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There are 708 private schools in North Carolina, serving 114,313 students. There are 17 Blue Ribbon schools, 6 all-girls schools, 8 all-boys schools, and 53 Montessori schools.

North Carolina Private Schools by County

County	Grades 9-12	Grades PK-8
1. Alamance County	5	8
2. Avery County	-	2
3. Beaufort County	4	4
4. Bertie County	2	2
5. Bladen County	1	1
6. Brunswick County	3	11
7. Buncombe County	23	37
8. Burke County	1	5
9. Cabarrus County	6	5
10. Caldwell County	5	4
11. Carteret County	4	7
12. Catawba County	7	17
13. Chatham County	3	1
14. Cherokee County	2	2
15. Cleveland County	3	2
16. Columbus County	8	10
17. Craven County	5	7
18. Cumberland County	19	39
19. Currituck County	1	1
20. Dare County	1	3
21. Davidson County	9	11
22. Davie County	1	1
23. Duplin County	3	3
24. Durham County	12	31
25. Edgecombe County	1	2
26. Forsyth County	14	32
27. Franklin County	1	1
28. Gaston County	8	20
29. Graham County	1	1
30. Granville County	1	1
31. Greene County	1	2
32. Guilford County	19	37
33. Halifax County	4	4
34. Harnett County	6	9
35. Haywood County	5	7
36. Henderson County	6	8
37. Hertford County	2	3
38. Hoke County	-	1
39. Iredell County	10	17
40. Jackson County	1	2
41. Johnston County	2	4
42. Lee County	3	5
43. Lenoir County	3	6
44. Lincoln County	1	2
45. Macon County	1	2
46. Madison County	1	-
47. Mcdowell County	3	3
48. Mecklenburg County	54	115
49. Mitchell County	2	3
50. Montgomery County	2	2
51. Moore County	4	9
52. Nash County	8	11
53. New Hanover County	7	26
54. Northampton County	2	2
55. Onslow County	6	12
56. Orange County	3	13
57. Pasquotank County	3	5
58. Pender County	1	1
59. Person County	3	3
60. Pitt County	5	16
61. Polk County	1	3
62. Randolph County	6	10
63. Richmond County	5	5
64. Robeson County	8	10
65. Rockingham County	7	11
66. Rowan County	6	13
67. Rutherford County	3	6
68. Sampson County	3	3
69. Scotland County	3	2
70. Stanly County	2	3
71. Stokes County	3	4
72. Surry County	2	2
73. Swain County	-	1
74. Transylvania County	3	3
75. Union County	9	13
76. Vance County	5	7
77. Wake County	31	82
78. Warren County	1	1
79. Watauga County	1	4
80. Wayne County	8	13
81. Wilkes County	4	5
82. Wilson County	3	7
83. Yadkin County	1	2
84. Yancey County	2	1

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State Statistics:

About This State (NC)	(NC) State Statistics	Nationwide Statistics
Population (Approximate)	8,047,333 people	285,111,368 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	24%	25%
Median Household Income	$40,360	$36,135
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