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The fastest-growing public schools in Wake County, North Carolina

This ranking covers the fastest-growing public schools in Wake County, North Carolina, drawn from 54 qualifying public schools. Pine Springs Preparatory Academy leads the list at 147%, against a median of 13.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Wake County, North Carolina

Top Enrollment growth

147%

Median Enrollment growth

13.6%

FASTEST GROWING · WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Pine Springs Preparatory Academy	Holly Springs, NC	Pine Springs Preparatory Academy	509	1,258	147%
2	White Oak Elementary	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	414	843	104%
3	Endeavor Charter School	Wake Forest, NC	Endeavor Charter	511	799	56.4%
4	RISE Southeast Raleigh Charter School	Raleigh, NC	RISE Southeast Raleigh Charter School	318	484	52.2%
5	Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School	Wake Forest, NC	Casa Esperanza Montessori	498	752	51.0%
6	Lincoln Heights Elementary	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	461	667	44.7%
7	West Millbrook Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	830	1,164	40.2%
8	Neuse River Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	632	877	38.8%
9	Salem Elementary	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	561	776	38.3%
10	Stough Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	399	550	37.8%
11	East Wake High	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	1,348	1,777	31.8%
12	Ballentine Elementary	Fuquay Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	581	742	27.7%
13	Zebulon Middle	Zebulon, NC	Wake County Schools	621	772	24.3%
14	Wakelon Elementary	Zebulon, NC	Wake County Schools	548	679	23.9%
15	Zebulon Elementary	Zebulon, NC	Wake County Schools	560	693	23.8%
16	York Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	459	563	22.7%
17	Richland Creek Elementary	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	455	558	22.6%
18	Apex Friendship High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	2,243	2,748	22.5%
19	Longleaf School of the Arts	Raleigh, NC	Longleaf School of the Arts	333	405	21.6%
20	Apex High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	2,033	2,449	20.5%
21	Conn Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	503	595	18.3%
22	Wake STEM Early College High School	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	249	294	18.1%
23	Hodge Road Elementary	Knightdale, NC	Wake County Schools	443	522	17.8%
24	Vandora Springs Elementary	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	498	582	16.9%
25	Sterling Montessori Academy	Morrisville, NC	Sterling Montessori Academy	609	702	15.3%
26	Moore Square Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	515	594	15.3%
27	Lake Myra Elementary	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	635	722	13.7%
28	Envision Science Academy	Wake Forest, NC	Envision Science Academy	668	759	13.6%
29	Smith Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	528	596	12.9%
30	PreEminent Charter	Raleigh, NC	PreEminent Charter School	593	667	12.5%
31	Oakview Elementary	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	778	873	12.2%
32	Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	305	337	10.5%
33	Northwoods Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	526	579	10.1%
34	North Ridge Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	665	730	9.8%
35	Fuquay-Varina Middle	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	916	1,004	9.6%
36	Carver Elementary	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	454	495	9.0%
37	Peak Charter Academy	Apex, NC	Peak Charter Academy	600	651	8.5%
38	Wakefield High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	1,918	2,065	7.7%
39	Rolesville High	Rolesville, NC	Wake County Schools	2,162	2,321	7.4%
40	Olive Chapel Elementary	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	996	1,066	7.0%
41	The Exploris School	Raleigh, NC	The Exploris School	421	448	6.4%
42	Enloe High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	2,499	2,643	5.8%
43	North Garner Middle	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	795	831	4.5%
44	Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	251	262	4.4%
45	Scotts Ridge Elementary	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	834	869	4.2%
46	Millbrook High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	2,401	2,498	4.0%
47	Baucom Elementary	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	651	675	3.7%
48	Athens Drive High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	2,083	2,156	3.5%
49	Kingswood Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	414	427	3.1%
50	Lacy Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	683	695	1.8%

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