NC’s 100 Best Public High Schools: New Rankings Released

Raleigh Charter High School is North Carolina’s best public high school for 2019, according to a new set of rankings released by Niche.com this week.

The rankings were released as part of Niche’s 2019 K-12 rankings. The Early College at Guilford, East Chapel Hill High School, Green Hope High School and Carrboro High School closed out the top five spots in the state.

Here are the top 100 public high schools in North Carolina (with Charlotte metro schools in bold):

• Raleigh Charter High School
• The Early College at Guilford
• East Chapel Hill High School
• Green Hope High School
• Carrboro High School
• Panther Creek High School
• William G. Enloe High School
• Ardrey Kell High School
• Chapel Hill High School
• Philip J. Weaver Education Center
• Marvin Ridge High School
• Central Academy of Technology & Arts
• Weddington High School
• Wayne Early Middle College High School
• Durham School of the Arts
• Early College of Forsyth
• Myers Park High School
• The STEM Early College at N.C. A&T
• Atkins Academic & Technology High School
• Cuthbertson High School
• Grimsley High School
• Community School of Davidson
• Lake Norman Charter School
• Thomas Jefferson Class Academy
• Woods Charter School
• West Forsyth High School
• Providence High School
• Heritage High School
• Wake Early College of Health & Sciences
• Highland School of Technology
• Wake NC State University STEM Early College High School
• Isaac M. Bear High School
• Research Triangle High School
• Caldwell Early College High School
• William Amos Hough High School
• Pine Lake Preparatory School
• T.C. Roberson High School
• Apex High School
• Ronald W. Reagan High School
• Brunswick County Early College High School
• Leesville Road High School
• Johnston County Early College Academy
• Northwest Guilford High School
• Cross Creek Early College High School
• Discovery High School
• Cato Middle College High School
• Franklin Academy
• Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early College High School
• Northern Guilford High School
• Middle Creek High School
• Gray Stone Day School
• Challenger Early College High School
• Union County Early College
• Needham Broughton High School
• John T. Hoggard High School
• South Mecklenburg High School
• Davidson Early College High School
• Cary High School
• Cox Mill High School
• Jack Britt High School
• Lake Norman High School
• Collaborative College for Technology & Leadership (CCTL)
• Davie County Early College High School
• Millbrook High School
• J.D. Clement Early College High School
• Hendersonville High School
• Yadkin Early College High School
• David W. Butler High School
• Cedar Ridge High School
• School of Inquiry & Life Sciences
• Wilmington Early College High School
• Lincoln Charter School
• Randolph Early College High School
• Massey Hill Classical High School
• Hickory Ridge High School
• Longleaf School of the Arts
• Holly Springs High School
• Martin L. Nesbitt, Jr. Discovery Academy
• Croatan High School
• Pender Early College High School
• Craven Early College High School
• Southwest Guilford High School
• First Flight High School
• Jackson County Early College
• Charlotte Engineering Early College
• Watauga High School
• Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy
• South Iredell High School
• Sanderson High School
• Rockingham Co Early College High School
• Mount Tabor High School
• Buncombe County Early College
• The Hawbridge School
• Athens Drive High School
• Chatham Charter School
• Triangle Math & Science Academy
• East Mecklenburg High School
• Beaufort Co Early College High School
• Cumberland International Early Colleges
• Caldwell County Career Center

You can see the full list of best public high schools in North Carolina here.

According to Niche, the best public high school in the country is Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, Illinois.

To arrive at these rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data and ratings collected from Niche users. (You can read more about the methodology here.)

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