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Safest school districts in North Carolina

Ranked on reported serious-incident rates from the 2021-22 federal collection · higher percentile = safer

Only school districts with at least 5 schools whose reporting we can verify appear here — see how we score and what this data can't tell you.

92 ranked school districts in North Carolina

#	DISTRICT	SAFETY PCTL	SCHOOLS SCORED
1	Columbus County Schools	85	14 of 14
2	Watauga County Schools	84	8 of 11
3	Chatham County Schools	82	16 of 20
4	Cabarrus County Schools	80	35 of 42
5	Vance County Schools	79	15 of 16
6	Granville County Schools	76	14 of 17
7	Avery County Schools	73	6 of 9
8	Transylvania County Schools	73	7 of 10
9	Warren County Schools	71	6 of 7
10	Wilson County Schools	70	23 of 27
11	Public Schools of Robeson County	69	31 of 35
12	Yadkin County Schools	68	12 of 14
13	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	68	27 of 33
14	Caldwell County Schools	68	22 of 25
15	Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools	67	11 of 13
16	Halifax County Schools	63	10 of 11
17	Hoke County Schools	62	13 of 14
18	Beaufort County Schools	62	13 of 14
19	Person County Schools	62	8 of 12
20	Asheboro City Schools	59	8 of 8
21	Craven County Schools	59	24 of 26
22	Wilkes County Schools	59	19 of 22
23	Orange County Schools	57	12 of 14
24	Burke County Schools	56	19 of 26
25	Edgecombe County Public Schools	55	12 of 14
26	Johnston County Public Schools	53	42 of 48
27	Washington County Schools	52	5 of 5
28	Lexington City Schools	52	5 of 7
29	Macon County Schools	52	8 of 12
30	Currituck County Schools	52	9 of 10
31	Hickory City Schools	51	8 of 9
32	Cumberland County Schools	51	74 of 89
33	Newton Conover City Schools	51	5 of 7
34	Cherokee County Schools	50	7 of 13
35	Anson County Schools	50	8 of 9
36	Henderson County Schools	49	18 of 23
37	Lincoln County Schools	49	22 of 22
38	New Hanover County Schools	49	29 of 42
39	Nash County Public Schools	48	27 of 29
40	Wake County Schools	48	182 of 193
41	Davie County Schools	47	9 of 13
42	Carteret County Public Schools	46	15 of 18
43	Bladen County Schools	46	11 of 13
44	Moore County Schools	45	21 of 22
45	Camden County Schools	44	5 of 5
46	Jackson County Public Schools	43	8 of 9
47	Haywood County Schools	43	12 of 15
48	Polk County Schools	43	5 of 7
49	Asheville City Schools	43	10 of 10
50	Catawba County Schools	42	26 of 28
51	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	41	19 of 19
52	Rutherford County Schools	39	13 of 18
53	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	39	164 of 180
54	Scotland County Schools	38	10 of 10
55	Wayne County Public Schools	38	30 of 32
56	Onslow County Schools	37	35 of 39
57	Caswell County Schools	36	6 of 6
58	Kannapolis City Schools	36	8 of 8
59	Clinton City Schools	35	5 of 5
60	Alexander County Schools	34	11 of 12
61	Brunswick County Schools	34	17 of 20
62	Cleveland County Schools	33	26 of 30
63	Guilford County Schools	32	100 of 126
64	Duplin County Schools	32	13 of 13
65	Alamance-Burlington Schools	31	34 of 36
66	Northampton County Schools	31	5 of 7
67	Franklin County Schools	31	15 of 16
68	Stokes County Schools	31	16 of 19
69	Pender County Schools	29	13 of 19
70	Mooresville Graded School District	27	7 of 8
71	Gaston County Schools	27	50 of 57
72	Iredell-Statesville Schools	27	33 of 38
73	Davidson County Schools	27	34 of 37
74	Lenoir County Public Schools	27	16 of 17
75	Rockingham County Schools	25	20 of 22
76	Union County Public Schools	25	48 of 52
77	Randolph County School System	25	30 of 32
78	Buncombe County Schools	25	41 of 45
79	Hertford County Schools	24	6 of 7
80	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	24	69 of 80
81	Pitt County Schools	24	38 of 38
82	Dare County Schools	24	10 of 11
83	Richmond County Schools	23	15 of 15
84	Lee County Schools	22	15 of 16
85	Sampson County Schools	22	16 of 18
86	Montgomery County Schools	21	11 of 11
87	Durham Public Schools	21	48 of 53
88	Surry County Schools	20	14 of 20
89	McDowell County Schools	17	11 of 15
90	Stanly County Schools	17	22 of 23
91	Harnett County Schools	14	23 of 29
92	Martin County Schools	4	9 of 9

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