Notable Alumni
- Steve Almond – Author of Candyfreak, My Life in Heavy Metal, and The Evil B.B. Chow.
- Gerald Austin – NFL Referee
- Kathryn Stripling Byer (born 1944) – American poet and teacher; North Carolina Poet Laureate 2005–2009
- Andy Cabic – singer-songwriter for the band Vetiver
- Tracy Ducar – professional soccer player
- Claudia Emerson – Pulitzer Prize-winning author
- Dale Folwell – North Carolina House of Representatives (R), District 74 (2004–Present)
- Virginia Foxx – Congresswoman (R), District 5-NC (2005–Present)
- Emmylou Harris – Grammy-winning Country music/folk singer-songwriter
- Kyle Hines – basketball player who is one of only six men's players in NCAA history to score 2,000 points, grab 1,000 rebounds and block 300 shots in a career
- Beth Leavel – Tony Award-winning broadway actress
- Carol Mann – LPGA Hall of Fame golfer
- Nadia Moffett – Miss North Carolina USA 2010
- Alejandro Moreno – Venezuelan International soccer player and MLS Forward for Chivas USA
- Keith Lee Morris – author of The Dart League King, The Greyhound God, and The Best Seats in the House.
- Robert Morgan – poet, author of Gap Creek, selected by Oprah's Book Club
- Samwell – Internet celebrity made famous by his video What What (In the Butt)
- Tom Smith – musician, Fulbright dignitary, IAJE Jazz Ambassador Recipient
- Mary Ellen Snodgrass – author and two-time New York Public Library award winner
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