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The highest-poverty public schools in Wake County, North Carolina

Across Wake County, North Carolina, 200 public schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Southeast Raleigh High leads the list at 99.8%, against a median of 36.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

200

Wake County, North Carolina

Top % FRL

99.8%

Median % FRL

36.0%

HIGHEST POVERTY · WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Southeast Raleigh High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,438	99.8%
2	East Garner Middle	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,109	99.7%
3	River Bend Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	995	99.7%
4	Neuse River Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	877	99.7%
5	North Garner Middle	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	831	99.6%
6	Zebulon Middle	Zebulon, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	772	99.6%
7	Wendell Middle	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	762	99.6%
8	East Millbrook Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	731	99.6%
9	River Bend Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	709	99.6%
10	Zebulon Elementary	Zebulon, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	693	99.6%
11	Wakelon Elementary	Zebulon, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	679	99.6%
12	Beaverdam Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	678	99.6%
13	PreEminent Charter	Raleigh, NC	PreEminent Charter School	Elementary	667	99.6%
14	Barwell Road Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	648	99.5%
15	Smith Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	596	99.5%
16	Wilburn Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	593	99.5%
17	SCORE Academy	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	584	99.5%
18	Vandora Springs Elementary	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	582	99.5%
19	Walnut Creek Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	574	99.5%
20	Forestville Road Elementary	Knightdale, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	570	99.5%
21	Wildwood Forest Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	551	99.5%
22	Creech Road Elementary	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	549	99.5%
23	Knightdale Elementary	Knightdale, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	549	99.5%
24	Yates Mill Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	538	99.4%
25	East Garner Elementary	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	535	99.4%
26	Millbrook Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	534	99.4%
27	Hodge Road Elementary	Knightdale, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	522	99.4%
28	Carver Elementary	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	495	99.4%
29	Forest Pines Drive Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	493	99.4%
30	Centennial Campus Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	477	99.4%
31	Lockhart Elementary	Knightdale, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	463	99.4%
32	Wendell Elementary	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	458	99.3%
33	Fox Road Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	430	99.3%
34	Timber Drive Elementary	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	391	99.2%
35	Brentwood Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	385	99.2%
36	Aversboro Elementary	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	381	99.2%
37	Southeast Raleigh Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	378	99.2%
38	Green Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	534	98.9%
39	Bugg Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	345	98.8%
40	Rogers Lane Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	763	98.4%
41	RISE Southeast Raleigh Charter School	Raleigh, NC	RISE Southeast Raleigh Charter School	Elementary	484	97.7%
42	Phillips High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	123	95.9%
43	Durant Road Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	649	68.6%
44	Reedy Creek Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	605	67.4%
45	Knightdale High	Knightdale, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,695	66.9%
46	Brier Creek Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	642	63.9%
47	East Wake High	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,777	63.5%
48	Wakefield Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	520	62.5%
49	South Garner High	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,835	61.5%
50	Adams Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	655	61.2%

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