Charles B. Aycock High School (CBA) is a public high school in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States, that opened in 1961. The school’s physical address is Pikeville, North Carolina. This area of North Carolina is near the birthplace of Governor Charles Brantley Aycock. During Governor Aycock’s term, he advocated improving North Carolina’s public schools. Even after his term as governor, he continued to work on the improvement of schools in the country. It is because of Governor Aycock’s passion for public education that the school got its name.
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