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* Alamance-Burlington School System * Alexander County Schools * Alleghany County Schools *

Anson County Schools Anson County Schools is a PK– 12 graded school district serving Anson County, North Carolina. Its 11 schools serve 3,845 students as of the 2010–2011 school year. History Attempts at common schools began in Anson County as early as the mid- ...

Ashe County Schools Ashe County Schools is a PK– 12 graded school district serving Ashe County, North Carolina. The system, which once had as many as 66 school buildings as late as the 1930s, now manages six schools serving 3,297 students as of the 2010–2011 sch ...

* Asheboro City Schools *

Asheville City Schools Asheville City Schools is a local school district in Asheville, North Carolina. The district is responsible for serving large portions of the city of Asheville and as of the 2014-2015 school year was responsible for serving 4,361 students. Histor ...

Avery County Schools Avery County Schools is a PK– 12 graded school district serving Avery County, North Carolina, USA. Its eight schools served 2,239 students in the 2010–2011 school year. History Before the creation of Avery County in 1911, education was hand ...

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* Beaufort County Schools *

Bertie County Schools Bertie County Schools is a PK– 12 graded school district serving Bertie County, North Carolina. Its nine schools serve 2,900 students as of the 2010–2011 school year. Student demographics For the 2010–2011 school year, Bertie County Schoo ...

* Bladen County Schools *

Brunswick County Schools Brunswick County Schools is a PK– 12 graded school district serving Brunswick County, North Carolina. Its 19 schools serve 12,603 students as of the 2017–2018 school year. Student demographics For the 2017–2018 school year, Brunswick Coun ...

Buncombe County Schools Buncombe County Schools (BCS) is the public school system overseeing education in Buncombe County, North Carolina Buncombe County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is classified within Western North Carolina. The 20 ...

* Burke County Public Schools

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* Cabarrus County Schools *

Caldwell County Schools Caldwell County Schools is a PK– 12 graded school district serving Caldwell County, North Carolina. Its 26 schools serve 12,811 students as of the 2010–2011 school year. History While some subscription and church schools existed in the area ...

* Camden County Schools *

Carteret County Public Schools Carteret County Public Schools is a PK– 12 graded school district serving Carteret County, North Carolina. Its 18 schools serve approximately 8,000 students, as of the 2023-2024 school year. Student demographics For the 2010–2011 school year ...

Caswell County Schools Caswell County Schools is a PK– 12 graded school district serving Caswell County, North Carolina. Its six schools serve 3,012 students as of the 2010–2011 school year. Student demographics For the 2010–2011 school year, Caswell County Scho ...

Catawba County Schools Catawba County Schools is the largest school district in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. Its 28 schools serve 17,370 students as of the 2010–11 school year. Student demographics For the 2010–11 school year, Catawba County School ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) is a school district which educates over 12,000 students (pre-K through 12th grade) in the southeastern part of Orange County, North Carolina. Being near three major universities as well as the Research T ...

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (abbreviated CMS) is a local education agency headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina and is the public school system for Mecklenburg County. With over 147,000 students enrolled, it is the second-largest school ...

Chatham County Schools The Chatham County Public School System is a school district located in Chatham County, North Carolina and is operated by an elected school board. The school district currently operates 17 schools throughout the county. High schools There are ...

* Cherokee County School District * Clay County Schools *

Cleveland County Schools Cleveland County Schools is a PK– 12 graded school district serving Cleveland County, North Carolina. The system was formed from the merger of Kings Mountain City Schools, Shelby City Schools and the former Cleveland County Schools system in 20 ...

* Clinton City Schools * Columbus County Schools * Craven County Schools *

Cumberland County Schools Cumberland County Schools (CCS) is a school district encompassing the entirety of Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. Cumberland County Schools' headquarters are located in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Cumberland County Schools has s ...

Currituck County Schools Currituck County Schools is a PK– 12 graded school district serving Currituck County, North Carolina. Its ten schools serve 3,979 students as of the 2010–11 school year. Student demographics For the 2010–11 school year, Currituck County Sch ...

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Dare County Schools Dare County Schools (DCS) is a school district for Dare County, North Carolina. Its headquarters are in Nags Head Nag's Head or Nags Head may refer to: ;In London * Nag's Head, London, a locality in Holloway ** Nag's Head Market, a street marke ...

Davidson County Schools Davidson County Schools is a School district in Davidson County, North Carolina. The administrative education board is headquartered just off of U.S. Highway 64 on County School Road just outside the city limits of Lexington, North Carolina. The ...

* Davie County Schools * Duplin County Schools *

Durham Public Schools The Durham Public Schools district is a public school district in Durham, North Carolina. Formed in 1992 with the merger of Durham's previous two school districts, it is 8th largest school system in North Carolina as of November 2020. There ...

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* Edenton-Chowan Schools *

Edgecombe County Public Schools Edgecombe County Public Schools (previously called Edgecombe County Schools) is a PK– 12 graded school district serving Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was formed in 1993 from the merger of the old Edgecombe County Schools and Tarboro City ...

Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools (ECPPS) is a PK– 12 graded school district serving Pasquotank County, North Carolina, including Elizabeth City. Its 13 schools serve 6,212 students as of the 2010–11 school year. It was formed in 1969 ...

* Elkin City Schools

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* Franklin County Schools

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Gaston County Schools Gaston County Schools is a public school district located in Gaston County, North Carolina. With 30,046 students enrolled in 56 schools as of the 2021–22 academic year, it is the tenth largest public school district in North Carolina. Scho ...

* Gates County Schools *

Graham County Schools Graham County Schools is a PK– 12 graded school district serving Graham County, North Carolina, United States. Its three schools serve 1,252 students as of the 2010–11 school year. History From 2007 through 2009, the school district tried t ...

Granville County Schools Granville County Schools is a PK– 12 graded school district serving Granville County, North Carolina. Its 15 schools serve approximately 6,627 students as of the 2022- 2023 school year. The system was formed in 1963 from the merger of the fo ...

* Greene County Schools * Guilford County Schools

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* Halifax County Schools * Harnett County Schools * Haywood County Schools *

Henderson County Public Schools Henderson County Public Schools (also called Henderson County Schools) is a K– 12 graded school district serving Henderson County, North Carolina. The district was formed in 1993 from the merger of Hendersonville City Schools and the former Hend ...

* Hertford County Public Schools * Hickory City Schools * Hoke County Schools *

Hyde County Schools Hyde County Schools is a public school district in Hyde County, North Carolina. Headquartered in Swan Squarter, currently operates two K-12 schools. History David S. Cecelski, author of ''Along Freedom Road: Hyde County, North Carolina, and th ...

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* Iredell-Statesville Schools

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* Jackson County Schools *

Johnston County Schools The Johnston County School District serves Johnston County, North Carolina. Currently, Johnston County has 46 schools, which serve over 35,000 students, and experiences a 4% increase in enrollment yearly. Elementary schools *Benson Elementary Sch ...

* Jones County Schools

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Kannapolis City Schools Kannapolis City Schools is a local education agency headquartered in Kannapolis, North Carolina. It encompasses parts of Cabarrus and Rowan Counties, yet operates independently of both county-wide school systems. This is a legacy of the fact th ...

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* Lee County Schools * Lenoir County Schools * Lexington City Schools * Lincoln County Schools

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* Macon County Schools * Madison County Schools * Martin County Schools * McDowell County Schools * Mitchell County Schools *

Montgomery County Schools Montgomery refers to: People For people with the name Montgomery, see Montgomery (name) Places Belgium * Montgomery Square, Brussels * Montgomery metro station, Brussels Pakistan * Montgomery (town), British India, former name of Sahiwal, Punjab ...

* Moore County Schools * Mooresville Graded School District * Mount Airy City Schools

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* Nash County Public Schools *

New Hanover County Schools New Hanover County Schools (NHCS) is a school district headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. It operates public schools in New Hanover County. It is the 12th largest school district in North Carolina and is estimated to be th ...

* Newton-Conover City Schools * Northampton County Schools

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Onslow County Schools Onslow County Schools (OSC) is a school district headquartered in Jacksonville, North Carolina. It serves Onslow County, except for Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station New River, which are served by Department of Defense Education Activity ...

Orange County Schools Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower *Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum * ...

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* Pamlico County Schools *

Pender County Schools Pender County Schools is a public school system located in southeastern North Carolina, providing an education for 7,800 students in Pender County. Pender County School District consists of 19 schools located in a diverse array of suburban and ru ...

Perquimans County Schools Perquimans County Schools is the public school district responsible for Perquimans County, North Carolina. The district consists of four schools: *Perquimans County Central School in Winfall serving grades PK-2 *Hertford Grammar School in Her ...

* Person County Schools *

Pitt County Schools Pitt County Schools is a school system located in Pitt County, North Carolina. The central office is located in Greenville. It operates one pre-kindergarten school, 16 elementary schools, six K–8, seven middle schools and six high school ...

* Polk County Schools * Public Schools of Robeson County

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* Randolph County Schools * Richmond County Schools *

Roanoke Rapids Graded School District The Roanoke Rapids Graded School District (RRGSD) is a school district headquartered in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Roanoke Rapids () is a city in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 15,754 at the 2010 census. ...

Rockingham County Schools Rockingham County Schools is a public school district in Rockingham County in the U.S. state of North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most po ...

Rowan-Salisbury School System The Rowan-Salisbury School System (also called Rowan-Salisbury Schools or for short RSS) is a PK– 12 graded school district in North Carolina covering nearly all of Rowan County including the city of Salisbury. The second largest employer in t ...

* Rutherford County Schools

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* Sampson County Schools * Scotland County Schools *

Stanly County Schools Stanly County Schools (abbreviated SCS) is a local education agency headquartered in Albemarle, North Carolina and is the public school system for Stanly County. With over 1,350 employees, Stanly County Schools is the largest employer in Stanly ...

* Stokes County Schools * Surry County Schools *

Swain County Schools Swain County Schools (SCS) or Swain County Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Bryson City, North Carolina. It serves all sections of Swain County except for the portion on the Eastern Cherokee Reservation, which instead is zone ...

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* Thomasville City Schools * Transylvania County Schools * Tyrrell County Schools

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*Union County Public Schools

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Vance County Public Schools Vance County Public Schools is a school district in Vance County, North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It ...

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Wake County Public School System The Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) is a public school district located in Wake County, North Carolina. With 157,673 students in average daily membership and 194 schools as of the 2021–2022 school year, it is the largest public sc ...

* Warren County Schools * Washington County Schools * Watauga County Schools *

Wayne County Public Schools The Wayne County Public School System is the 20th largest in the state of North Carolina out of 115 school systems. Public schools High schools * Charles B. Aycock High School, Pikeville *Eastern Wayne High School, Goldsboro * Goldsboro High Sc ...

* Weldon City Schools * Whiteville City Schools *

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (WS/FCS) is a school district in Forsyth County, North Carolina. WS/FCS has over 80 schools in its system, and it serves 54,984 students every year. WS/FCS was formed in 1963 by the merger of the Forsyth Coun ...

* Wilkes County Schools * Wilson County Schools

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* Yadkin County Schools * Yancey County Schools

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