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College Success Award
The College Success Award recognizes schools that do an exemplary job getting students to enroll in and stick with college, including those that excel at serving students from low-income families.
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Haywood County School District
6,605 students | WAYNESVILLE, NC
Grades PK, K-12 | 15 schools
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Reviews From Schools in Waynesville
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September 11, 2025
This school is not safe for children under the current administration. Lots of screaming, emotional, and physical bullying., mocking and intimidation all done by admin. Many former families and... More
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Shining Rock Classical Academy
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August 19, 2025
I worked at this school through Americorps. It was awful, the teachers made children cry and the principle was discriminatory and hateful towards the only two openly gay teachers there. If I could... More
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Shining Rock Classical Academy
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June 05, 2025
This was the worst experience of my life. This school and it's teachers failed me my senior year and didn't care. In my final parent teacher conference before I was forced to drop out my parents... More
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Tuscola High