The annual Newsweek ranking of America’s best high schools is here! The following is a list of the top 20 high schools in North Carolina according to the venerable magazine:
42. Raleigh Charter*, Raleigh
66. Myers Park, Charlotte
78. Grimsley, Greensboro
107. Woods Charter*, Chapel Hill
118. East Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill
119. Math, Engineering and Science at Olympic, Charlotte
127. Enloe, Raleigh
193. North Mecklenburg, Huntersville
214. Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill
231. Northwest Guilford, Greensboro
248. Weaver Academy, Greensboro
250. Western Guilford, Greensboro
251. Durham School of the Arts, Durham
257. Providence, Charlotte
261. East Mecklenburg, Charlotte
267. Harding University High School of Mathematics, Science and Technology, Charlotte
289. Mount Tabor, Winston-Salem
300. Needham Broughton, Raleigh
323. KIPP Gaston College Prep*, Gaston
344. Northwest School of the Arts, Charlotte
* Denotes charter school that the State Board of Education hates and wants to close.