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School Finder
Narrow the federal record to the schools that match what you care about, then open any profile for the full picture. Filters run on NCES Common Core of Data; nothing leaves your browser beyond the search itself.
How the School Finder works
Each filter maps directly to a field in the federal record, so a search is a precise query against the NCES Common Core of Data rather than an opinion ranking. Three things are worth knowing before you read the results:
- Student-teacher ratio is enrollment divided by full-time-equivalent teachers, a staffing- intensity measure, not a direct count of students per classroom (it includes specialists and pull-out staff). The national median runs around 15 to 16 students per teacher, so a 12:1 filter surfaces the more generously staffed end of the distribution and a 25:1 filter is closer to the typical urban high school.
- Free-lunch share is the proportion of students whose household income qualifies them for free meals, the standard proxy for economic need that federal Title I funding tracks; the national figure is near half of all public-school students, so a 75%-plus band isolates high-need campuses.
- School type (charter, magnet, Title I) comes straight from the federal classification, not an editorial label.
The finder searches only schools that report staff data to NCES, so closed or stub listings are excluded, and it returns the largest matching schools first. A match is a starting point rather than a verdict: these figures describe the resources a school reports, not test scores or academic outcomes. Open any profile for the full context, and see our methodology for how every field is sourced, computed, and dated.
Top 100 of many matching schools
Many schools match. Showing the 100 largest. Add a state or tighter filters to narrow the list.
| School | Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Nc Virtual Academy Durham, NC | 3,482 |
| Myers Park High School Charlotte, NC | 3,225 |
| Ardrey Kell High School Charlotte, NC | 3,036 |
| Apex Friendship High Apex, NC | 2,748 |
| Enloe High Raleigh, NC | 2,643 |
| Wake Preparatory Academy Wake Forest, NC | 2,617 |
| Panther Creek High Cary, NC | 2,609 |
| South Mecklenburg High School Charlotte, NC | 2,534 |
| William Amos Hough High Cornelius, NC | 2,518 |
| Millbrook High Raleigh, NC | 2,498 |
| North Carolina Cyber Academy Durham, NC | 2,461 |
| Apex High Apex, NC | 2,449 |
| East Mecklenburg High School Charlotte, NC | 2,422 |
| Leesville Road High Raleigh, NC | 2,411 |
| Palisades High School Charlotte, NC | 2,332 |
| Rolesville High Rolesville, NC | 2,321 |
| Lincoln Charter School Denver, NC | 2,316 |
| Green Hope High Cary, NC | 2,304 |
| Pinecrest High Southern Pines, NC | 2,290 |
| Green Level High Cary, NC | 2,283 |
| Emsley a Laney High Wilmington, NC | 2,243 |
| Julius L. Chambers High School Charlotte, NC | 2,225 |
| Willow Spring High Fuquay Varina, NC | 2,223 |
| Lake Norman Charter Huntersville, NC | 2,222 |
| C E Jordan High Durham, NC | 2,189 |
| Corinth Holders High Wendell, NC | 2,187 |
| Union Academy Monroe, NC | 2,186 |
| Providence High School Charlotte, NC | 2,167 |
| Athens Drive High Raleigh, NC | 2,156 |
| Needham Broughton High Raleigh, NC | 2,153 |
| Uwharrie Charter Academy Asheboro, NC | 2,145 |
| West Forsyth High Clemmons, NC | 2,145 |
| Ronald W Reagan High School Pfafftown, NC | 2,122 |
| Hoke County High Raeford, NC | 2,110 |
| John T Hoggard High Wilmington, NC | 2,082 |
| Mallard Creek High School Charlotte, NC | 2,068 |
| Wakefield High Raleigh, NC | 2,065 |
| Northwest Guilford High Greensboro, NC | 2,055 |
| Cary High Cary, NC | 2,044 |
| Wake Forest High School Wake Forest, NC | 2,043 |
| Independence High School Charlotte, NC | 2,024 |
| Holly Springs High Holly Springs, NC | 2,018 |
| West Charlotte High School Charlotte, NC | 2,008 |
| Overhills High Spring Lake, NC | 1,981 |
| Grimsley High Greensboro, NC | 1,967 |
| Piedmont Community Charter School Gastonia, NC | 1,963 |
| Marvin Ridge High Waxhaw, NC | 1,961 |
| Topsail High Hampstead, NC | 1,945 |
| Jack Britt High Fayetteville, NC | 1,940 |
| Clayton High Clayton, NC | 1,929 |
| Mooresville High School Mooresville, NC | 1,923 |
| Lake Norman High Mooresville, NC | 1,905 |
| Triangle Math and Science Academy Cary, NC | 1,904 |
| Riverside High Durham, NC | 1,900 |
| Weddington High Matthews, NC | 1,899 |
| Lumberton Senior High Lumberton, NC | 1,894 |
| Eugene Ashley High Wilmington, NC | 1,893 |
| Cleveland High Clayton, NC | 1,889 |
| Pine Lake Preparatory Mooresville, NC | 1,888 |
| Garinger High School Charlotte, NC | 1,877 |
| Fuquay-Varina High Fuquay-Varina, NC | 1,858 |
| Cuthbertson High Waxhaw, NC | 1,857 |
| North Mecklenburg High School Huntersville, NC | 1,854 |
| Hopewell High School Huntersville, NC | 1,851 |
| South Garner High Garner, NC | 1,835 |
| Davie County High Mocksville, NC | 1,819 |
| Porter Ridge High School Indian Trail, NC | 1,809 |
| Butler High School Matthews, NC | 1,791 |
| Mountain Island Charter School Mt. Holly, NC | 1,782 |
| Heritage High Wake Forest, NC | 1,778 |
| East Wake High Wendell, NC | 1,777 |
| Cox Mill High School Concord, NC | 1,772 |
| South Iredell High Statesville, NC | 1,768 |
| Durham School of the Arts Durham, NC | 1,764 |
| R J Reynolds High Winston Salem, NC | 1,759 |
| D H Conley High Greenville, NC | 1,757 |
| A L Brown High Kannapolis, NC | 1,753 |
| South Central Winterville, NC | 1,738 |
| Knightdale High Knightdale, NC | 1,695 |
| Hickory Ridge High Harrisburg, NC | 1,671 |
| Garner High Garner, NC | 1,670 |
| Franklin Academy Wake Forest, NC | 1,660 |
| Page High Greensboro, NC | 1,648 |
| Sanderson High Raleigh, NC | 1,648 |
| East Forsyth High Kernersville, NC | 1,647 |
| New Bern High New Bern, NC | 1,637 |
| Mills Park Middle Cary, NC | 1,632 |
| Community School of Davidson Davidson, NC | 1,631 |
| West Cabarrus High Concord, NC | 1,627 |
| North Brunswick High Leland, NC | 1,620 |
| Chapel Hill High Chapel Hill, NC | 1,608 |
| Sugar Creek Charter Charlotte, NC | 1,591 |
| Middle Creek High Apex, NC | 1,587 |
| Phoenix Academy - Primary Elem Upper High Point, NC | 1,583 |
| Purnell Swett High Pembroke, NC | 1,583 |
| Parkland High Winston Salem, NC | 1,569 |
| Junius H Rose High Greenville, NC | 1,568 |
| Bradford Preparatory School Charlotte, NC | 1,566 |
| West Johnston High Benson, NC | 1,563 |
| Rocky River High School Mint Hill, NC | 1,562 |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public School Universe + Civil Rights Data Collection · 2024-25