NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICTS
General Statute divides North Carolina into eight education districts that match the composition of the
prosperity zones established in GS 143B-28.1. These zones are named as regions, as noted in parentheses
under districts. The education districts listed below include the counties in them.
District
Counties
First District
(Northeast Region)
Beaufort
Bertie
Camden
Chowan
Currituck
Second District
(Southeast Region)
Brunswick
Carteret
Craven
Duplin
Greene
Chatham
Durham
Edgecombe
Franklin
Granville
Third District
(North Central
Region)
Dare
Gates
Halifax
Hertford
Hyde
Martin
Jones
Lenoir
New Hanover
Onslow
Northampton
Pasquotank
Perquimans
Pitt
Tyrrell
Washington
Pamlico
Pender
Wayne
Harnett
Johnston
Lee
Nash
Orange
Person
Vance
Wake
Warren
Wilson
Richmond
Robeson
Sampson
Scotland
Stokes
Surry
Yadkin
Fourth District
(Sandhills Region)
Bladen
Columbus
Cumberland
Hoke
Montgomery
Moore
Fifth District
(Piedmont Triad)
Alamance
Caswell
Davidson
Davie
Anson
Cabarrus
Cleveland
Forsyth
Guilford
Randolph
Rockingham
Gaston
Iredell
Lincoln
Mecklenburg
Caldwell
Catawba
McDowell
Sixth District
(Southwest Region)
Seventh District
(Northwest Region)
Eighth District
(Western Region)
Alexander
Alleghany
Ashe
Avery
Burke
Buncombe
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Henderson
Jackson
Macon
Madison
Polk
Rowan
Stanly
Union
Mitchell
Watauga
Wilkes
Yancey
Rutherford
Swain
Transylvania