North Carolina · Pipeline Atlas
Every North Carolina high school feeding college sport.
1,331 schools tracked. 569 feeders.
Football is the engine, accounting for 69.2% of all college placements.
Source · 1,900+ NCAA rosters/NCES verified/5yr rolling window
Schools tracked
1,331
Top sport
Football
How feeder tiers work
Tiers are percentile rankings across every U.S. high school for a given sport and college division, measured over the last 5 years.
Elite
Top 2% of U.S. high schools in this sport and division.
Strong
Top 10% (excluding elite schools).
Rising
Top 25% (excluding elite and strong schools).
Emerging
At least one verified placement in the 5-year window.
Football is ranked separately for FBS (top-level D1) and FCS (D1-AA). Every other sport uses a single D1 tier.
The Leaderboard
Top 25 North Carolina feeders.
The top 25 out of 569 North Carolina feeders, ranked by college roster volume over the last 5 years. Schools whose roster links we are still checking are left out. Visit the national index to search all 569 by name.
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North Carolina high schools A to Z
Every North Carolina high school with alumni on the college rosters we track.
A
- A L Brown High
- A&T Four Middle College
- Academy At Smith
- Advance Academy
- Alamance Virtual School
- Albemarle High
- Albemarle School
- Alexander Central High
- Alleghany High
- Alpha Academy
- Andrews High
- Anson High School
- Antioch Christian Academy
- Apex Friendship High
- Apex High
- Ardrey Kell High School
- Ashbrook High
- Ashe County Early College High
- Ashe County High
- Asheboro High
- Asheville Academy
- Asheville Christian Academy
- Asheville High
- Asheville Waldorf School
- Athens Drive High
- Atkins Academic & Tech High
- Ayden-Grifton High
B
- Bandys High
- Bartlett Yancey High
- Beaufort Co Early College High
- Beddingfield High
- Ben L. Smith High School
- Berean Baptist Academy
- Bertie High
- Bessemer City High
- Bethesda Christian Academy
- Bradford Preparatory School
- Brevard High
- Brookside Christian Academy
- Brunswick County Early College
- Bunker Hill High
- Burbrella Microschool
- Burlington Christian Academy
- Burns High
- Butler High School
C
- C E Jordan High
- Caldwell Early College
- Calvary Day School
- Camden County High
- Cannon School
- Cape Fear Academy
- Cape Fear High
- Cape Hatteras Secondary School
- Cardinal Gibbons
- Carmel Christian School
- Carolina Christian Academy
- Carolina Christian School
- Carolina Day School
- Carolina Friends School
- Carrboro High
- Carson High
- Carter High School
- Cary Christian School
- Cary High
- Catawba Rosenwald Education Center
- Cedar Ridge High
- Central Academy Of Technology And Arts
- Central Cabarrus High
- Central Davidson High
- Challenger Early College High
- Chapel Hill High
- Charles B Aycock High
- Charlotte Catholic High School
- Charlotte Christian School
- Charlotte Latin School
- Charlotte Secondary
- Chase High School
- Chatham Central High
- Chatham Charter
- Cherokee Central High School
- Cherryville High
- Chowan Multi Purpose Jovenille School
- Christ School
- Christ The King Catholic High School
- City Of Medicine Academy
- Clayton High
- Cleveland High
- Clinton High
- Clover Garden
- Coastal Christian High School
- Cochrane Collegiate Academy
- Columbus Christian Academy
- Combine Academy
- Community School Of Davidson
- Concord Academy
- Concord High
- Corinth Holders High
- Cornerstone Charter Academy-Cfa
- Corvian Community School
- Covenant Day School
- Cox Mill High School
- Crest High
- Croatan High
- Crossroads Arts Sciences Early College
- Crossroads Christian School
- Cs Brown High - Stem Program
- Currituck County High
- Cuthbertson High
D
E
- E E Smith High
- Early College At Guilford
- Early College Of Forsyth Co
- East Bladen High
- East Burke High
- East Carteret High
- East Chapel Hill High
- East Columbus Junior-Senior High
- East Davidson High
- East Duplin High
- East Forsyth High
- East Gaston High
- East Henderson High
- East Lincoln High
- East Mecklenburg High School
- East Rowan High
- East Rutherford High School
- East Surry High
- East Wake High
- East Wilkes High School
- Eastern Alamance High
- Eastern Guilford High
- Eastern Randolph High School
- Eastern Wayne High
- Emsley A Laney High
- Enka High
- Enloe High
- Eno River Academy
- Erwin High
- Essie Academy
- Eugene Ashley High
F
- Fairmont High
- Faith Christian Academy
- Falls Lake Academy
- Farmville Central High
- Fayetteville Academy
- Fayetteville Christian School
- Fike High
- First Flight High School
- Fletcher Academy
- Forbush High
- Forest Hills High
- Forestview High
- Forsyth Country Day School
- Franklin County Early College
- Franklin High
- Franklinton High
- Fred T Foard High
- Freedom Christian Academy
- Freedom High
- Fuquay-Varina High
G
H
- Harding University High School
- Harnett Central High
- Harper Middle College High
- Harrells Christian Academy
- Havelock High
- Hawthorne Academy Of Health Sciences
- Hayesville High
- Haywood Christian Academy
- Heide Trask High
- Henderson Collegiate
- Hendersonville High
- Heritage High
- Hertford County High
- Hibriten High
- Hickory Christian Academy
- Hickory Grove Christian School
- Hickory High
- Hickory Ridge High
- High Point Central High
- High Point Christian Academy
- Highland Christian Academy
- Hill Learning Center
- Hillside High
- Hilltop Christian School
- Hobgood Charter School
- Hoke County High
- Holden Beach Christian Academy
- Holly Springs High
- Hopewell High School
- Hugh M Cummings High
- Hunter Huss High
I
J
- J D Clement Early College HS
- J. F. Webb High
- Jack Britt High
- Jackson Day School
- Jacksonville High
- James B Dudley High
- James Hunt High
- James Kenan High
- Jay M Robinson High
- Jimmy C Draughn High School
- John A Holmes High
- John M Morehead High
- John T Hoggard High
- Jones Senior High School
- Julius L. Chambers High School
- Junius H Rose High
K
L
- Lake Norman Charter
- Lake Norman Christian School
- Lake Norman High
- Lakeview School
- Laurinburg Normal & Industrial Institute
- Lawndale Baptist School
- Lawrence Academy
- Ledford Senior High
- Lee Christian School
- Lee County High
- Lee Park Preparatory School
- Leesville Road High
- Lenoir County Early College High
- Lexington Senior High School
- Liberty Christian Academy
- Liberty Christian School
- Lincoln Charter School
- Lincolnton High
- Louisburg Magnet High
- Lucy Ragsdale High
- Lumberton Senior High
M
- Madison High School
- Maiden High
- Mallard Creek High School
- Manteo High School
- Marvin Ridge High
- Mattamuskeet School
- Mayland Early College
- McDowell High School
- Merancas Middle College-Cpcc
- Metro School
- Metrolina Christian Academy
- Middle College
- Middle College At Gtcc-Greensboro
- Middle Creek High
- Midway High
- Military And Global Leadership
- Millbrook High
- Millers Creek Christian School
- Milton M Daniels Learning Center
- Mitchell High
- Monroe High
- Montgomery Central High
- Mooresville High School
- Mount Airy High
- Mount Pleasant High
- Mount Tabor High School
- Mount Zion Christian Academy
- Mountain Heritage High
- Mountain Island Charter School
- Mt Olive Christian Academy
- Murphy High
- Myers Park High School
N
- Nash Central High
- Nc Virtual Academy
- Needham Broughton High
- New Bern Christian Academy
- New Bern High
- New Hanover High
- New Life Christian Academy
- Newton-Conover High
- North Brunswick High
- North Buncombe High
- North Carolina Cyber Academy
- North Davidson High
- North Duplin Jr Sr High
- North Forsyth High
- North Henderson High
- North Iredell High
- North Johnston High
- North Lenoir High
- North Lincoln High
- North Mecklenburg High School
- North Moore High
- North Pitt High
- North Raleigh Christian Academy
- North Rowan High
- North Stanly High
- North Stokes High School
- North Surry High
- North Wilkes High School
- Northampton County High School
- Northampton Early College
- Northeast Guilford High
- Northeastern High
- Northern Guilford High
- Northern High
- Northern Nash High
- Northside Christian Academy
- Northside High (Jacksonville)
- Northside High (Pinetown)
- Northwest Cabarrus High
- Northwest Guilford High
- Northwest Halifax Collegiate And Technic
- Northwood High
O
P
- Page High
- Pamlico County High
- Panther Creek High
- Parkland High
- Parkwood High
- Pasquotank County High
- Pender Early College High
- Pender High
- Performance Learning Center
- Perquimans County High
- Person High
- Phillip O Berry Academy Of Technology
- Phillips High
- Phoenix Academy
- Piedmont Classical High School
- Piedmont Community Charter School
- Piedmont High
- Pine Forest High
- Pine Lake Preparatory
- Pinecrest High
- Pisgah High
- Polk County High School
- Pope John Paul Ii Catholic HS
- Porter Ridge High School
- Princeton High
- Providence Grove High School
- Providence High School
- Providence, A Christ Mon Co
- Purnell Swett High
R
- R J Reynolds High
- R-S Central High School
- Raleigh Christian Academy
- Randleman High School
- Ravenscroft School
- Red Springs High
- Reidsville High
- Research Triangle High School
- Reynolds High
- Reynolds Mountain Christian Acadeny
- Richlands High
- Richmond Senior High
- River Mill Academy
- Riverside High
- Roanoke Rapids High School
- Roanoke Valley Early College
- Robbinsville High
- Roberson High
- Robert B Glenn High School
- Robert L. Patton High School
- Rockingham County High
- Rocky Mount High
- Rocky River High School
- Rolesville High
- Ronald W Reagan High School
- Rosewood High
- Rosman High
- Roxboro Community School
S
- Saint Pauls High
- Saint Stephens High
- Salem Academy
- Salisbury High
- Sallie B Howard School
- Sanderson High
- Sandhills Classical Christian School
- Scotland High School
- Seaforth High
- Seventy-First High
- Sheets Memorial Christian School
- Shelby High
- Shining Light Academy
- Smithfield-Selma High
- Smoky Mountain High School
- South Brunswick High
- South Caldwell High
- South Central
- South Davidson Middle And High
- South Garner High
- South Granville High
- South Iredell High
- South Johnston High
- South Mecklenburg High School
- South Point High
- South Rowan High
- South Stanly High
- South Stokes High School
- South View High
- Southeast Guilford High
- Southeast Halifax Collegiate Prep Academ
- Southeast Raleigh High
- Southern Alamance High
- Southern Guilford High
- Southern Lee High School
- Southern Nash High
- Southern School Of Energy And Sustainabi
- Southern Wake Academy
- Southern Wayne High
- Southlake Christian Academy
- Southside High
- Southwest Edgecombe High
- Southwest Guilford High
- Southwest High
- Southwestern Randolph High School
- St Andrew'S Espiscopal School
- St Andrews Early Childhood Center
- St Joseph Academy
- St Thomas More Academy
- Stanly Early College High
- Stanly Stem Early College
- Starmount High
- Statesville Christian School
- Statesville High
- Stem Early College @ Nc A&T Su
- Stewart Creek High
- Stuart W Cramer High
- Sugar Creek Charter
- Sun Valley High
- Surry Central High
- Swain County High School
- Swansboro High
T
- T Wingate Andrews High
- Tarboro High
- Temple Christian School
- Terry Sanford High
- Thales Academy Of Cary
- The Burlington School
- The Coast
- The O'Neal School
- The Oakwood School
- Thomas Academy
- Thomas Jefferson Class Academy
- Thomasville High
- Topsail High
- Triad Baptist Christian Academy
- Trinity Academy
- Trinity Christian School
- Trinity High School
- Trinity School Of Durham & Chapel Hill
- Triton High
- True Path Christian Academy
- Tuscola High
U
V
W
- Wake Christian Academy
- Wake Forest High School
- Wake Stem Early College High School
- Wakefield High
- Walkertown High
- Wallace-Rose Hill High
- Walter M Williams High
- Warren County High
- Warren Early College High
- Warren New Tech High
- Washington County High
- Washington High
- Watauga High
- Watauga Innovation Academy
- Wayne Christian School
- Wayne Country Day School
- Weddington Christian Academy
- Weddington High
- Wesleyan Christian Academy
- West Bladen High
- West Brunswick High
- West Cabarrus High
- West Caldwell High
- West Carteret High
- West Charlotte High School
- West Christian Academy
- West Columbus High
- West Craven High
- West Davidson High
- West Forsyth High
- West Henderson High
- West Iredell High
- West Johnston High
- West Lincoln High
- West Mecklenburg High School
- West Rowan High
- West Stanly High
- West Stokes High School
- Westchester Country Day School
- Western Alamance High
- Western Guilford High
- Western Harnett High
- Westover High
- White Oak High
- Whiteville High
- Wilkes Central High School
- William Amos Hough High
- Willow Spring High
- Wilmington Christian Academy
- Wilson Preparatory Academy
- Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad
- Woods Charter
- Word Of God Christian Academy
Frequently asked
North Carolina recruiting, answered.
01
Which North Carolina high schools send the most athletes to college?
The leaderboard above shows the top 25 by volume. RawRecruit tracks 569 North Carolina feeders. Search the national index to find any school in the database.
02
What sports drive North Carolina's college pipeline?
Football leads with 69.2% of all placements, followed by Men's basketball at 8.2%. These numbers reflect verified roster placements at all college divisions, from FBS through JUCO, over a rolling 5-year window.
03
How are North Carolina high schools ranked on RawRecruit?
Rankings are based on verified college roster placements. RawRecruit scrapes rosters from 1,900+ schools, cross-references each athlete's high school against the NCES federal database, and counts placements per school over a rolling 5-year window. Tier assignments (Elite, Strong, Rising, Emerging) are percentile-based within each sport and college division.
04
How do I get recruited from a North Carolina high school?
Start by understanding which colleges already recruit from your area. The leaderboard above shows where North Carolina athletes have landed. Then build your athletic profile, get your academic metrics in order, and reach out to coaches at programs that match your size, speed, and grades. RawRecruit's Fit Score matches you with programs based on 135+ data points per school.
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