These Are The Top 25 Best High Schools In North Carolina

High school is an important experience that can help set the foundation for a student's life after graduation. However, some institutions have a higher rate of post-grad success than others.

U.S. News reviewed nearly 24,000 public high schools across the country and ranked the best in each state using a variety of factors, such as college readiness, college curriculum breadth, math and reading proficiency, math and reading performance, underserved student performance, and graduation rate.

According to the report, North Carolina has 654 high schools across 183 districts, with 30,793 full-time teachers and 508,180 students enrolled.

Here are the Top 25 best high schools in North Carolina:

1. The Early College at Guilford, in Greensboro
2. Raleigh Charter High School, in Raleigh
3. STEM Early College at N.C. A&T, in Greensboro
4. Woods Charter, in Chapel Hill
5. Philip J. Weaver Ed Center, in Greensboro
6. Wake NCSU STEM Early College High School, in Raleigh
7. Thomas Jefferson Class Academy, in Mooresboro
8. Highland School of Technology, in Gastonia
9. Penn-Griffin Schools, in High Point
10. East Chapel Hill High, in Chapel Hill
11. Lake Norman Charter, Huntersville
12. Central Academy of Technology and Arts, in Monroe
13. Marvin Ridge High, in Waxhaw
14. Panther Creek High, in Cary
15. Ardrey Kell High, in Charlotte
16. Weddington High, in Matthews
17. Pine Lake Preparatory, in Mooresville
18. Providence High, in Charlotte
19. Chapel Hill High, in Chapel Hill
20. The Hawbridge School, in Saxapahaw
21. Discovery High School, in Newton
22. Green Hope High, in Cary
23. Henderson Collegiate, in Henderson
24. Gray Stone Day, in Misenheimer
25. School of Inquiry and Life Sciences, in Asheville

Check out the full list here.

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