Best Cities in North Carolina for Schools

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Rank (of 478)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Oak Ridge	1	0	0	0	1	0.986	4	3
2^nd	Wrightsville Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.98	1	1
3^rd	Marvin	1	0	0	0	0	0.975	3
4^th	Pinehurst	1	0	0	0	0	0.971	6	2
5^th	Banner Elk	1	0	0	0	0	0.968	2	3
6^th	Saluda	1	0	0	0	0	0.94	31	25
7^th	Cliffside	1	0	0	0	0	0.937	35	28
8^th	Lewisville	1	1	0	0	1	0.933	8
9^th	Cramerton	0	1	0	0	1	0.932	5	4
10^th	Lucama	1	1	0	0	0	0.923	16	6
11^th	Davidson	1	0	0	1	3	0.918	7	4
12^th	Barnardsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.918	109	97
13^th	Wentworth	0	0	1	0	0	0.914	27	14
14^th	Atlantic	1	0	0	0	0	0.912	30	16
15^th	Mills River	2	0	0	0	3	0.907	10	5
16^th	Carolina Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.892	22	6
17^th	Advance	1	1	0	0	0	0.89	20	3
18^th	Blowing Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.888	11	7
19^th	Apex	13	5	3	0	6	0.884	28	9
20^th	Currituck	0	0	1	0	0	0.881	9	11
21^st	Stedman	2	0	0	0	0	0.881	12	9
22^nd	Cape Carteret	1	0	0	0	0	0.877	18	4
23^rd	Bath	1	0	0	0	0	0.877	44	21
24^th	Vass	1	0	0	1	2	0.876	62	38
25^th	Morrisville	5	0	1	0	3	0.876	23	2
26^th	Colfax	1	0	0	0	0	0.866	15	11
27^th	Hampstead	4	2	1	0	1	0.863	24	3
28^th	Knotts Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.862	19	9
29^th	Willow Spring	2	0	0	0	0	0.861	25	4
30^th	Fairview	1	0	0	0	0	0.858	14	16
31^st	Misenheimer	0	0	1	0	0	0.858	26	5
32^nd	Tobaccoville	1	0	0	0	0	0.854	57	25
33^rd	Pfafftown	1	0	1	0	0	0.853	21	12
34^th	Eastover	2	0	0	0	0	0.85	39	5
35^th	Clemmons	3	0	1	0	2	0.844	43	8
36^th	Clyde	2	0	1	0	0	0.844	45	9
37^th	Moravian Falls	1	1	0	0	0	0.839	60	23
38^th	Moyock	1	1	0	0	0	0.834	80	42
39^th	Midland	1	0	0	0	0	0.834	104	65
40^th	Pisgah Forest	1	0	0	0	2	0.834	95	55
41^st	Casar	1	0	0	0	0	0.83	29	12
42^nd	Kitty Hawk	1	0	0	0	1	0.829	32	10
43^rd	Hot Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.827	77	34
44^th	Ellenboro	1	0	0	0	1	0.825	88	44
45^th	Locust	1	1	0	0	1	0.821	36	9
46^th	Crossnore	1	0	0	0	0	0.817	38	8
47^th	Chapel Hill	12	5	4	2	5	0.815	48	1
48^th	Grover	1	0	0	0	0	0.803	105	57
49^th	Holly Springs	5	2	2	0	2	0.801	46	3
50^th	Tryon	1	0	0	0	0	0.795	13	37
51^st	Winton	0	0	1	0	1	0.792	246	195
52^nd	Castle Hayne	1	1	2	1	0	0.792	40	12
53^rd	Cary	18	7	7	1	16	0.79	55	2
54^th	Semora	1	0	0	0	0	0.79	71	17
55^th	Elk Park	1	1	0	0	1	0.775	50	5
56^th	Pinnacle	2	0	0	0	0	0.775	75	19
57^th	Wake Forest	8	2	3	2	3	0.775	54	3
58^th	Denver	4	1	1	1	2	0.773	52	6
59^th	Summerfield	3	0	1	0	0	0.773	82	23
60^th	Bennett	2	0	0	0	0	0.77	51	9
61^st	Camden	2	1	2	0	0	0.769	68	7
62^nd	Mooresville	10	5	3	2	3	0.762	58	4
63^rd	Wade	1	0	0	0	0	0.761	42	21
64^th	Sherrills Ford	1	0	0	0	0	0.757	17	47
65^th	Waxhaw	6	2	3	0	1	0.757	41	24
66^th	Newport	2	2	1	0	3	0.756	76	10
67^th	Elm City	2	1	0	0	0	0.756	85	18
68^th	Weaverville	3	2	1	0	3	0.754	56	12
69^th	Matthews	7	3	3	1	6	0.754	53	16
70^th	Pine Level	1	0	0	0	0	0.753	33	37
71^st	Stokesdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.753	66	5
71^st	Vale	3	0	0	0	0	0.753	127	56
73^rd	Hurdle Mills	1	0	0	0	0	0.752	92	19
74^th	Pittsboro	4	1	2	0	2	0.752	73	1
75^th	West End	2	1	0	1	1	0.752	34	41
76^th	Peachland	1	0	0	0	0	0.751	94	18
77^th	Etowah	1	0	0	0	0	0.751	79	2
78^th	Columbus	0	0	2	0	0	0.749	81	3
79^th	Canton	3	1	1	0	1	0.749	89	10
80^th	Beaufort	2	1	1	0	0	0.748	102	22
81^st	Pleasant Garden	1	0	0	0	0	0.748	124	43
82^nd	Badin	1	0	0	0	0	0.747	186	104
83^rd	Holly Ridge	2	0	1	0	0	0.746	91	8
84^th	Iron Station	1	1	0	0	0	0.745	98	14
85^th	Jefferson	1	0	0	0	1	0.742	47	38
86^th	Indian Trail	4	2	1	1	4	0.739	69	17
87^th	Vilas	1	0	0	0	0	0.734	178	91
88^th	Bahama	1	1	0	0	0	0.733	96	8
89^th	Carrboro	1	0	2	0	0	0.732	64	25
90^th	Timberlake	1	0	0	0	0	0.73	67	23
91^st	Harkers Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.73	63	28
92^nd	Poplar Branch	1	0	0	0	0	0.726	131	39
93^rd	Mill Spring	2	1	0	0	0	0.72	61	32
94^th	State Road	1	0	0	0	0	0.718	59	35
95^th	Old Fort	1	0	0	0	0	0.717	65	30
96^th	Grimesland	1	0	0	0	0	0.716	152	56
97^th	Polkton	0	0	1	0	0	0.711	37	60
98^th	Oakboro	1	0	1	0	0	0.71	83	15
99^th	Pink Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.707	198	99
100^th	Waynesville	3	2	2	1	3	0.706	103	3
101^st	Pollocksville	1	0	0	0	0	0.704	74	27
102^nd	Warrensville	1	1	0	0	0	0.704	93	9
103^rd	Boone	5	0	2	0	2	0.703	70	33
104^th	Swansboro	2	1	1	0	0	0.703	119	15
105^th	Belmont	4	1	2	0	0	0.699	138	33
106^th	Chocowinity	1	1	1	0	1	0.697	150	44
107^th	West Jefferson	1	0	2	0	0	0.694	108	1
108^th	Shallotte	1	1	1	0	1	0.693	125	17
109^th	Marshall	2	1	3	0	1	0.692	101	8
110^th	Fletcher	1	1	0	1	5	0.692	86	24
111^th	Harrisburg	3	1	1	0	0	0.691	113	2
112^th	Southern Pines	4	0	1	0	3	0.689	126	14
113^th	Seagrove	2	0	0	0	0	0.687	210	97
114^th	Valdese	1	1	1	1	0	0.686	87	27
115^th	Mount Holly	2	1	1	1	0	0.684	110	5
116^th	Aulander	1	0	0	0	0	0.682	139	23
117^th	Bolivia	4	1	2	0	0	0.682	116	1
118^th	Union Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.676	295	177
119^th	Jamesville	1	0	1	0	0	0.675	190	71
120^th	Westfield	2	0	0	0	0	0.672	237	117
121^st	Huntersville	8	2	3	2	11	0.67	132	11
122^nd	Ash	2	0	0	0	0	0.669	117	5
123^rd	Winterville	4	1	2	0	5	0.667	118	5
124^th	Hudson	1	1	3	0	1	0.664	143	19
125^th	Pilot Mountain	2	1	1	0	0	0.664	111	14
126^th	Cameron	2	1	1	0	0	0.663	236	110
127^th	Mount Pleasant	1	1	1	0	0	0.662	128	1
128^th	Millers Creek	1	0	1	0	1	0.659	146	18
129^th	Sneads Ferry	0	1	0	0	1	0.658	137	8
130^th	Sugar Grove	2	0	0	0	0	0.658	99	31
131^st	Ansonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.658	159	28
132^nd	Benson	2	2	1	0	0	0.655	216	84
133^rd	Catawba	1	0	1	1	0	0.654	153	20
134^th	Hillsborough	6	2	3	1	2	0.653	148	14
135^th	Hayesville	2	1	1	0	1	0.653	107	28
136^th	Morehead City	2	1	2	0	3	0.652	100	36
137^th	East Bend	3	1	1	0	0	0.651	165	28
138^th	Burnsville	4	2	1	0	3	0.647	106	32
139^th	Shawboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.646	134	5
140^th	Smyrna	1	0	0	0	0	0.644	49	91
141^st	Spindale	1	0	1	0	1	0.644	121	20
142^nd	Youngsville	2	1	0	1	0	0.644	136	6
143^rd	Maiden	2	1	1	0	0	0.643	164	21
144^th	Roaring River	1	0	0	0	0	0.643	339	195
145^th	Princeton	1	0	1	0	0	0.64	149	4
146^th	Rosman	1	1	1	0	0	0.64	158	12
147^th	Harmony	1	0	0	0	0	0.637	234	87
148^th	Clayton	8	3	2	1	4	0.635	145	3
149^th	Black Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.635	187	38
150^th	Arden	2	1	0	0	3	0.634	161	11
151^st	Winfall	1	1	0	0	0	0.632	189	38
152^nd	Newton	5	1	3	0	1	0.631	180	28
153^rd	Nakina	0	1	0	0	0	0.631	151	2
154^th	Wilkesboro	1	1	2	0	1	0.63	114	40
155^th	Murphy	5	1	4	0	2	0.629	154	1
156^th	Mars Hill	1	0	0	0	1	0.627	176	20
157^th	Wingate	2	0	0	0	0	0.627	271	114
158^th	Piney Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.625	78	80
159^th	Ronda	1	1	1	0	0	0.621	122	37
160^th	Micro	1	1	0	0	0	0.619	72	88
161^st	Faison	1	0	0	0	1	0.615	200	39
162^nd	Goldston	1	0	0	0	0	0.614	133	29
163^rd	Hildebran	1	0	0	0	1	0.613	97	66
164^th	Creedmoor	1	1	2	1	0	0.613	209	45
165^th	Connellys Springs	2	1	1	0	1	0.613	144	21
166^th	Hendersonville	8	3	3	0	9	0.609	157	9
167^th	Bostic	1	1	1	0	1	0.609	112	55
168^th	Ferguson	1	0	0	0	0	0.607	120	48
169^th	Mc Adenville	1	0	0	0	0	0.607	303	134
170^th	Fuquay Varina	8	2	2	1	2	0.605	123	47
171^st	Cornelius	3	1	1	0	1	0.602	141	30
172^nd	Spruce Pine	2	1	1	0	4	0.597	147	25
173^rd	Brevard	2	1	2	0	2	0.594	241	68
174^th	Hubert	1	0	0	0	0	0.593	202	28
174^th	Black Mountain	2	0	1	0	2	0.593	129	45
176^th	Dublin	1	0	1	0	0	0.591	185	9
177^th	Southport	1	1	1	0	2	0.588	181	4
178^th	Rutherfordton	2	1	1	0	2	0.588	156	22
179^th	Raleigh	64	18	18	4	48	0.588	197	18
180^th	Taylorsville	5	1	2	1	1	0.585	90	90
181^st	Bayboro	2	1	1	0	0	0.585	196	15
182^nd	Cleveland	2	0	0	0	0	0.582	172	10
183^rd	Kings Mountain	4	2	1	0	1	0.58	199	16
184^th	Hickory	10	3	4	0	6	0.58	175	9
185^th	Roxboro	6	2	3	1	2	0.578	218	33
186^th	Richfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.577	230	44
187^th	Havelock	5	2	2	0	1	0.577	177	10
188^th	Olin	0	1	2	0	0	0.576	191	3
189^th	Red Oak	1	0	0	0	0	0.574		(n/a)
190^th	Collettsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.574	167	23
191^st	Moncure	1	0	0	0	0	0.573	171	20
192^nd	Elon	2	1	1	0	0	0.572	205	13
193^rd	Autryville	1	0	0	0	0	0.571	179	14
194^th	Star	1	0	0	0	0	0.57	220	26
195^th	Aberdeen	2	1	0	0	1	0.569	170	25
196^th	Wilson	9	2	5	5	5	0.567	208	12
197^th	Fremont	1	1	0	0	0	0.565	323	126
198^th	Leland	3	1	1	0	2	0.564	193	5
199^th	Hays	1	0	1	0	0	0.564	135	64
200^th	Manteo	1	1	1	0	0	0.564	166	34
201^st	Dobson	3	1	2	1	1	0.556	188	13
202^nd	Asheville	18	6	9	2	24	0.556	215	13
203^rd	Zebulon	3	1	0	1	1	0.551	232	29
204^th	Nags Head	1	0	0	0	0	0.549	203	1
205^th	Siler City	3	1	3	1	2	0.545	192	13
206^th	Elkin	3	1	2	0	1	0.542	240	34
207^th	Mount Airy	5	3	2	1	1	0.542	160	47
208^th	Rockwell	2	0	0	0	2	0.54	289	81
209^th	Wilmington	30	6	8	1	20	0.539	231	22
210^th	Monroe	13	3	8	1	4	0.538	214	4
211^th	Kernersville	6	3	2	1	2	0.537	224	13
212^th	Louisburg	5	1	2	0	2	0.535	260	48
213^th	Sophia	1	0	0	0	2	0.535	140	73
214^th	Creswell	2	0	1	0	0	0.531	291	77
215^th	Hertford	1	0	1	0	0	0.529	183	32
216^th	Sunbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.528	244	28
217^th	Comfort	1	0	0	0	0	0.526	84	133
218^th	Rolesville	3	1	1	0	1	0.525	206	12
219^th	Morganton	10	3	3	5	3	0.523	219
220^th	New Bern	8	3	2	1	4	0.523	207	13
221^st	Carthage	2	1	1	0	1	0.523	229	8
222^nd	Stantonsburg	1	1	0	0	0	0.522	255	33
223^rd	Lawndale	0	1	1	0	1	0.522	248	25
224^th	Bailey	1	0	1	0	0	0.522	333	109
225^th	Forest City	4	1	2	0	1	0.52	228	3
226^th	Elizabeth City	7	2	5	0	6	0.517	298	72
227^th	Marion	6	3	4	0	1	0.513	227
228^th	Lowgap	1	0	0	0	0	0.513	226	2
229^th	Roseboro	2	1	0	0	1	0.513	194	35
230^th	Lawsonville	1	1	0	0	0	0.51	162	68
231^st	Chinquapin	1	0	0	0	0	0.509	163	68
232^nd	Sanford	11	4	5	1	4	0.508	286	54
233^rd	Newton Grove	1	1	2	0	0	0.507	173	60
234^th	Pikeville	2	0	1	0	0	0.507	285	51
235^th	Cherryville	2	1	1	0	0	0.507	222	13
236^th	Hope Mills	5	3	2	0	3	0.504	287	51
237^th	Stanfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.503	337	100
238^th	Browns Summit	3	1	1	0	0	0.502	356	118
239^th	Shelby	8	2	4	3	0	0.502	266	27
240^th	Ahoskie	2	0	2	0	2	0.501	330	90
241^st	Mocksville	4	3	2	1	1	0.5	184	57
242^nd	Stanley	2	1	0	1	1	0.498	204	38
243^rd	Concord	15	7	11	3	7	0.498	247	4
244^th	Franklin	4	2	3	1	2	0.498	288	44
245^th	Kill Devil Hills	1	1	2	0	0	0.497	115	130
246^th	Bear Creek	1	0	2	0	0	0.496	280	34
247^th	Cashiers	1	0	1	1	0	0.495	233	14
248^th	Zionville	1	0	0	0	0	0.492	379	131
249^th	Traphill	1	0	0	0	0	0.492	305	56
250^th	Marshville	2	1	1	0	0	0.491	250
251^st	Walnut Cove	2	1	2	0	0	0.491	252	1
252^nd	Hamlet	2	1	1	0	2	0.491	213	39
253^rd	Ellerbe	1	1	0	0	0	0.49	258	5
254^th	Mebane	4	2	1	0	1	0.49	201	53
255^th	Garner	9	3	2	0	2	0.489	283	28
256^th	Stokes	1	0	0	0	0	0.489	278	22
257^th	Lincolnton	7	2	4	0	2	0.489	249	8
258^th	Whiteville	5	1	3	0	1	0.485	277	19
259^th	Franklinville	2	0	0	0	0	0.484	261	2
260^th	Smithfield	2	2	3	3	1	0.484	263	3
261^st	Kenly	1	0	1	0	0	0.483	251	10
262^nd	Candler	3	2	1	0	2	0.48	195	67
263^rd	Lake Toxaway	1	0	0	0	0	0.479	174	89
264^th	North Wilkesboro	3	1	0	0	0	0.478	182	82
265^th	Ruffin	1	0	0	0	1	0.473	259	6
266^th	Dunn	3	3	1	0	3	0.469	282	16
267^th	Greenville	14	4	3	3	9	0.469	279	12
268^th	Greensboro	47	13	18	4	20	0.468	284	16
269^th	Sylva	2	1	3	0	2	0.467	211	58
270^th	King	3	1	2	0	1	0.464	318	48
271^st	Dallas	2	1	3	1	1	0.464	169	102
272^nd	Four Oaks	1	1	1	0	0	0.463	309	37
273^rd	Mint Hill	1	1	1	1	0	0.463	225	48
274^th	Buxton	1	0	1	0	0	0.462	212	62
275^th	Washington	3	1	2	1	0	0.461	269	6
276^th	Conover	3	1	0	1	3	0.461	281	5
277^th	Lexington	15	4	6	2	3	0.46	275	2
278^th	Wendell	4	2	6	0	0	0.459	336	58
279^th	Lumber Bridge	1	1	0	0	0	0.455	312	33
280^th	Thomasville	6	3	4	0	2	0.455	262	18
281^st	Norwood	2	1	1	0	1	0.455	411	130
282^nd	Boonville	0	1	1	1	0	0.454	243	39
283^rd	Claremont	2	2	1	0	0	0.454	245	38
284^th	Buies Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.453	354	70
285^th	Archdale	3	1	0	0	1	0.451	168	117
286^th	Trinity	2	1	3	0	0	0.448	325	39
287^th	Bakersville	1	1	1	0	0	0.447	238	49
288^th	Stoneville	1	0	0	0	0	0.447	346	58
289^th	Fayetteville	37	13	16	3	22	0.443	302	13
290^th	Richlands	2	1	1	0	1	0.441	276	14
291^st	Charlotte	117	24	30	10	69	0.441	311	20
292^nd	Williamston	3	1	2	0	0	0.441	324	32
293^rd	Stony Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.44	357	64
294^th	Angier	4	1	1	0	0	0.438	296	2
295^th	Mayodan	0	0	1	0	0	0.436	316	21
296^th	Nashville	1	1	0	0	0	0.436	372	76
297^th	Yadkinville	2	0	1	1	1	0.435	265	32
298^th	Columbia	1	1	1	0	0	0.435	360	62
299^th	Barco	1	1	1	0	0	0.43	272	27
300^th	Windsor	1	1	2	1	1	0.427	348	48
301^st	Calypso	1	0	1	0	0	0.426	294	7
302^nd	Newland	2	1	1	1	0	0.424	299	3
303^rd	Cooleemee	1	0	0	0	0	0.422	326	23
304^th	Jamestown	2	1	3	2	0	0.418	292	12
305^th	Flat Rock	1	0	2	0	3	0.417	313	8
306^th	Rural Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.417	332	26
307^th	Durham	40	9	15	7	36	0.416	307
308^th	Riegelwood	3	0	0	0	0	0.416	142	166
309^th	Efland	1	1	0	0	0	0.416	353	44
310^th	Seven Springs	0	1	1	0	0	0.414	391	81
311^th	Troutman	2	1	1	0	0	0.414	235	76
312^th	Clinton	5	2	2	0	2	0.412	273	39
313^th	Liberty	2	1	0	0	0	0.411	270	43
314^th	Clarkton	0	1	0	0	0	0.409	239	75
315^th	Pinetown	1	0	1	0	0	0.408	304	11
316^th	Madison	2	1	0	0	0	0.405	322	6
317^th	Colerain	1	0	0	0	0	0.404	388	71
318^th	Supply	1	1	0	0	2	0.404	253	65
319^th	Lumberton	10	2	2	0	2	0.403	317	2
320^th	Bryson City	3	1	1	1	1	0.402	268	52
321^st	Graham	4	2	4	1	3	0.402	340	19
322^nd	Tyner	0	1	0	0	0	0.401	389	67
323^rd	Germanton	1	0	0	0	0	0.395	363	40
324^th	Andrews	1	1	1	0	0	0.395	256	68
325^th	Franklinton	3	1	1	0	0	0.395	254	71
326^th	Granite Falls	4	1	1	0	0	0.394	350	24
327^th	Selma	2	1	0	0	0	0.393	351	24
328^th	Kannapolis	9	1	1	0	2	0.393	341	13
329^th	Raeford	6	2	3	0	4	0.391	328	1
330^th	Mount Olive	1	1	0	0	0	0.391	449	119
331^st	Oxford	2	1	1	3	0	0.389	306	25
332^nd	Robbins	1	1	1	0	0	0.387	362	30
333^rd	Mount Ulla	1	0	1	0	0	0.387	385	52
334^th	Lowell	1	1	0	0	0	0.386	300	34
335^th	Lilesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.386	415	80
336^th	Goldsboro	10	5	7	3	10	0.382	380	44
337^th	Middlesex	1	0	0	0	0	0.381	314	23
338^th	Sparta	1	0	1	0	1	0.38	367	29
339^th	Spring Lake	4	2	1	0	0	0.379	329	10
340^th	Jacksonville	15	5	5	1	15	0.378	327	13
341^st	Fallston	1	0	0	0	0	0.377	155	186
342^nd	High Point	14	4	7	2	12	0.377	361	19
343^rd	Salemburg	1	0	1	0	1	0.376	359	16
344^th	Hiddenite	1	1	0	0	0	0.375	319	25
345^th	Weldon	1	0	4	0	0	0.375	373	28
346^th	Henderson	9	2	3	3	3	0.374	334	12
347^th	Maysville	2	0	0	0	0	0.374	301	46
348^th	Butner	1	1	2	3	0	0.373	406	58
349^th	Kelford	1	0	0	0	0	0.372	242	107
350^th	Albemarle	4	1	4	1	1	0.37	308	42
351^st	Ayden	1	1	1	0	0	0.368	320	31
352^nd	Statesville	10	4	5	3	7	0.368	344	8
353^rd	Sedalia	1	0	0	0	0	0.367	371	18
354^th	Chadbourn	1	0	0	0	0	0.367	366	12
355^th	Spring Hope	1	1	0	0	0	0.364	416	61
356^th	Bladenboro	1	1	1	0	1	0.363	382	26
357^th	Bunn	1	1	1	0	0	0.363	358	1
358^th	Winston Salem	35	12	14	5	17	0.363	345	13
359^th	Cove City	1	0	0	0	0	0.361	267	92
360^th	Hallsboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.36	349	11
361^st	Denton	1	0	1	0	0	0.36	343	18
362^nd	Troy	2	0	3	0	1	0.356	368	6
363^rd	Wilsons Mills	1	0	0	0	0	0.356	310	53
364^th	Maxton	3	0	0	0	1	0.356	402	38
365^th	Eden	3	1	1	0	0	0.355	369	4
366^th	Asheboro	9	3	3	1	4	0.354	352	14
367^th	Ennice	1	0	0	0	0	0.353	217	150
368^th	Gatesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.353	293	75
369^th	Kenansville	1	0	1	0	0	0.348	264	105
370^th	Sandy Ridge	1	0	0	0	0	0.346	221	149
371^st	Rocky Point	2	1	1	1	1	0.344	374	3
372^nd	China Grove	3	1	2	0	0	0.341	378	6
373^rd	Laurinburg	3	2	3	0	3	0.341	401	28
374^th	Roper	1	1	0	0	0	0.34	429	55
375^th	Randleman	2	1	1	0	1	0.339	398	23
376^th	Swannanoa	2	1	1	0	2	0.337	321	55
377^th	Macon	1	0	0	0	0	0.336	410	33
378^th	Reidsville	9	2	2	1	4	0.333	342	36
379^th	Willard	1	0	0	0	0	0.332	403	24
380^th	Nebo	1	0	0	0	1	0.33	364	16
381^st	Tarboro	3	1	3	1	0	0.329	396	15
382^nd	Burlington	9	2	3	2	6	0.328	381	1
383^rd	Gastonia	15	3	5	3	6	0.325	370	13
384^th	Trenton	1	0	1	0	0	0.322	297	87
385^th	Landis	1	1	0	0	0	0.322	400	15
386^th	Lenoir	9	2	2	1	0	0.32	390	4
387^th	Farmville	2	1	1	0	1	0.317	407	20
388^th	Gates	1	0	0	0	0	0.316	223	165
389^th	East Flat Rock	1	1	1	0	0	0.316	315	74
390^th	Kinston	8	2	2	2	3	0.315	397	7
391^st	Roanoke Rapids	3	2	2	0	2	0.314	386	5
392^nd	Tabor City	1	0	1	0	0	0.314	377	15
393^rd	La Grange	1	1	1	0	0	0.311	394	1
394^th	Cullowhee	1	0	0	0	0	0.305	347	47
395^th	Pembroke	3	2	1	0	1	0.3	365	30
396^th	Deep Run	0	0	1	0	0	0.3	428	32
397^th	Vanceboro	1	0	1	0	0	0.298	412	15
398^th	Edenton	2	0	1	0	1	0.294	392	6
399^th	Snow Hill	3	1	2	0	0	0.292	376	23
400^th	Biscoe	2	1	0	0	0	0.29	409	9
401^st	Robbinsville	1	1	1	0	0	0.286	399	2
402^nd	Pinetops	1	1	1	0	0	0.281	383	19
403^rd	Swanquarter	0	0	1	1	0	0.28		(n/a)
404^th	Pineville	2	0	0	0	1	0.277	438	34
405^th	Elizabethtown	3	1	2	0	1	0.269	417	12
406^th	Aurora	1	0	0	0	0	0.268	427	21
407^th	Burgaw	2	2	2	0	0	0.265	375	32
408^th	Bethel	1	0	1	0	0	0.263	408
409^th	Warrenton	1	1	2	0	0	0.26	387	22
410^th	Pine Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.26	459	49
411^th	Knightdale	4	0	1	0	1	0.259	414	3
412^th	New London	0	1	1	0	1	0.259	413	1
413^th	Rockingham	4	1	2	0	1	0.258	418	5
414^th	Danbury	0	0	1	0	1	0.253	355	59
415^th	Jonesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.25	335	80
416^th	Stovall	1	0	0	0	0	0.249	393	23
417^th	Snow Camp	1	0	0	0	0	0.249	404	13
418^th	Battleboro	2	2	0	0	0	0.245	423	5
419^th	Gibsonville	1	1	1	0	1	0.241	421	2
420^th	Leicester	1	0	0	0	0	0.239	274	146
421^st	Providence	1	0	0	0	0	0.227	405	16
422^nd	Conway	0	1	0	0	0	0.227	436	14
423^rd	Beulaville	1	0	1	0	2	0.226	384	39
424^th	Rocky Mount	8	4	6	2	8	0.223	442	18
425^th	Hamptonville	1	0	0	0	1	0.217	257	168
426^th	Tar Heel	1	0	0	0	0	0.217	420	6
427^th	Grifton	1	0	0	0	1	0.216	425	2
428^th	Cordova	0	1	0	0	0	0.216	338	90
429^th	Littleton	1	0	1	0	0	0.209	465	36
430^th	Gaston	2	0	1	1	0	0.2	437	7
431^st	Lillington	2	1	2	0	0	0.199	439	8
432^nd	Haw River	2	0	1	0	1	0.185	426	6
433^rd	Rowland	3	1	0	0	0	0.185	431	2
434^th	Bunnlevel	2	0	0	0	0	0.185	434
435^th	Teachey	0	0	1	0	0	0.181	461	26
436^th	Mount Gilead	1	1	0	0	0	0.179	395	41
437^th	Walkertown	2	1	1	0	0	0.179	430	7
438^th	Bessemer City	3	1	1	0	1	0.176	419	19
439^th	Boomer	1	0	0	1	1	0.162	450	11
440^th	Laurel Hill	1	1	0	0	0	0.162	448	8
441^st	Morven	1	0	0	0	0	0.158	452	11
442^nd	Mc Leansville	2	1	1	0	1	0.156	441	1
443^rd	Gold Hill	1	0	0	0	1	0.154	331	112
444^th	Cerro Gordo	1	0	1	0	0	0.143	446	2
445^th	Albertson	1	0	0	0	0	0.143	424	21
446^th	Erwin	1	0	1	0	1	0.142	432	14
447^th	Salisbury	8	3	4	0	6	0.14	445	2
448^th	Ramseur	2	1	1	0	1	0.137	435	13
449^th	Saint Pauls	1	1	1	0	0	0.133	444	5
450^th	Dudley	1	1	1	0	0	0.128	466	16
451^st	Lake Waccamaw	0	0	2	0	0	0.121	422	29
452^nd	Whittier	1	0	0	0	0	0.12	454	2
453^rd	Murfreesboro	1	1	0	0	0	0.118	462	9
454^th	Yanceyville	1	1	1	0	0	0.114	440	14
455^th	Wagram	1	0	0	0	0	0.114	447	8
456^th	Robersonville	1	1	1	0	0	0.11	463	7
457^th	Stem	0	0	1	0	0	0.108	433	24
458^th	Coats	1	0	0	0	0	0.107	455	3
459^th	Rose Hill	1	0	1	0	0	0.105	451	8
460^th	Warsaw	1	0	1	0	1	0.103	458	2
461^st	Enfield	2	1	0	0	0	0.102	464	3
462^nd	Hollister	1	0	0	1	0	0.097	470	8
463^rd	Parkton	1	0	0	0	0	0.095	453	10
464^th	Broadway	1	0	0	0	1	0.094	443	21
465^th	Red Springs	2	1	1	0	1	0.087	457	8
466^th	Kittrell	1	0	0	0	0	0.085	456	10
467^th	Shannon	1	0	0	0	0	0.08	475	8
468^th	Wadesboro	1	2	2	0	0	0.079	473	5
469^th	Scotland Neck	2	0	0	0	0	0.074	474	5
470^th	Wallace	1	0	0	0	2	0.065	467	3
471^st	Orrum	0	1	0	0	0	0.064	460	11
472^nd	Halifax	1	1	1	0	0	0.064	471	1
473^rd	Candor	1	0	0	1	2	0.063	468	5
474^th	Fairmont	2	1	1	0	0	0.058	472	2
475^th	Drexel	0	0	1	0	0	0.044	477	2
476^th	Plymouth	0	0	1	0	0	0.036	478	2
477^th	Norlina	1	0	0	0	1	0.031	469	8
478^th	Spencer	1	1	1	0	0	0.025	476	2

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