You can't talk long about the Triangle area without mentioning the education. After all, the triangle has the region's three major research universities - Duke in Durham, North Carolina State in Raleigh and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - they are the the three points that make up the research Triangle.

At the elementary and secondary school levels more than 340 public schools and 121 private schools educate the leaders and workers of tomorrow. A Performance Composite is available next to every school listed below, giving you the ability to determine the over all education level that learning center has to offer you children after you relocate to the Triangle.

Orange County 1. Cedar Grove 2. Little River 3. Cheeks 4. Hillsborough 5. Eno 6. Bingham 7. Chapel Hill Durham County 8. Mangum 9. Lebanon 10. Oak Grove 11. Durham 12. Carr 13. Triangle Wake County 14. New Light 15. Wake Forest 16. Little River 17. Bartons Creek 18. Neuse 19. Saint Matthews 20. Marks Creek 21. Leesville 22. House Creek 23. Meredith 24. Raleigh 25. St. Mary's 26. Cedar Fork 27. Cary 28. Swift Creek 29. Panther Brach 30. White Oak 31. Buckhorn 32. Holly Springs 33. Middle Creak

Johnson County 34. Pleasant Grove 35. Banner 36. Meadow 37. Bentonville 38. Ingrams 39. Elevation 40. Cleveland 41. Clayton 42. Smithfield 43. Boon Hill 44. Wilsons Mills 45. Pine Level 46. Selma 47. Wilders 48. O'Neals 49. Micro 50. Beulah Franklin County 51. Dunn 52. Harris 53. Youngsville 54. Franklinton 55. Louisburg 56. Cypress Creek 57. Cedar Rock 58. Gold Mine 59. Sandy Creek 60. Hayesville Chatham County 61. Albright 62. Hadley 63. Baldwin 64. Williams 65. New Hope 66. Center 67. Hickory Mtn. 68. Matthews 69. Bear Creek 70. Gulf 71. Oakland 72. Haw River 73. Cape Fear

Harnett County 74. Hectors Creek 75. Buekhorn 76. Black River 77. Grove 78. Averasboro 79. Duke 80. Neills Creek 81. Upper Little River 82. Lillington 83. Stewarts Creek 84. Anderson Creek 85. Barbecue 86. Jonhsonville Warren County 87. Fork 88. Shocco 89. Sandy Creek 90. Fishing Creek 91. Judkins 92. Warrenton 93. Nutbush 94. Smith Creek 95. Norlina 96. Hawtree 97. Six Pound 98. Roanoke 99. River Lee County 100. Greenwood 101. Pocket 102. Jonesboro 103. Cape Fear 104. East Sanford 105. West Sanford 106. Deep River

Person County 107. Cunningham 108. Woodsdale 109. Holloway 110. Olive Hill 111. Roxboro 112. Allensville 113. Bushy Fork 114. Flat river 115. Mt. Tirzah Moore County 116. Sheffield 117. Ritter 118. Deep River 119. Greenwood 120. Carthage 121. Bensalem 122. Mineral Springs 123. McNeill 124. Little River 125. Sandhills Vance County 126. Middleburg 127. Sandy Creek 128. Kittrell 129. Henderson 130. Watkins 131. Dabney 132. Williamsboro 133. Townsville Granville County 134. Dutchville 135. Brassfield 136. Tally-Ho 137. Fishing Creek 138. Walnut Grove 139. Oxford 140. Salem 141. Oak Hill 142. Sassafras Fork