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

34 public high schools in Wake County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, 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 34.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Wake County, North Carolina

Top % FRL

99.8%

Median % FRL

34.2%

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	SCORE Academy	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	584	99.5%
3	Phillips High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	123	95.9%
4	Knightdale High	Knightdale, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,695	66.9%
5	East Wake High	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,777	63.5%
6	South Garner High	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,835	61.5%
7	Garner High	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,670	54.7%
8	Rolesville High	Rolesville, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,321	50.6%
9	Vernon Malone College and Career Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	348	45.1%
10	Athens Drive High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,156	44.0%
11	Sanderson High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,648	43.4%
12	Cary High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,044	38.6%
13	North Wake College and Career Academy	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	346	36.1%
14	Wakefield High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,065	36.1%
15	Wake STEM Early College High School	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	294	35.7%
16	Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	262	35.1%
17	Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	337	34.4%
18	Wake Early College of Health and Science	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	317	34.1%
19	Millbrook High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,498	33.3%
20	Wake Forest High School	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,043	30.4%
21	Middle Creek High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,587	29.6%
22	Willow Spring High	Fuquay Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,223	28.7%
23	Needham Broughton High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,153	28.1%
24	Enloe High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,643	28.0%
25	Heritage High	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,778	27.7%
26	Fuquay-Varina High	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,858	25.1%
27	Leesville Road High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,411	24.5%
28	Apex High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,449	22.5%
29	Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies	Morrisville, NC	Wake County Schools	High	260	16.5%
30	Panther Creek High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,609	14.8%
31	Holly Springs High	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,018	13.8%
32	Green Hope High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,304	12.5%
33	Apex Friendship High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,748	11.2%
34	Green Level High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,283	6.4%

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