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8/23/2026

The best public elementary schools in Wake County, North Carolina, by test scores

Mills Park Elementary in Cary posts the highest test proficiency of any public elementary school in Wake County, home to Raleigh. The strongest schools cluster in the Cary, Apex, and Morrisville tech corridor, and the scores track neighborhood income closely. Here are the top 15.

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Mary Johnson

6/28/2026

Inside Wake County Schools: Enrollment, Demographics, and What the Data Shows

Wake County, North Carolina runs one of the 15 largest school systems in the country, and it does it as a single countywide district. Here is what the enrollment, demographics, and test-score data say about Raleigh and its fast-growing western suburbs.

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Kate Carter