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The highest-poverty public schools in Wake County, North Carolina · page 2

Ranks 51–100 of the highest-poverty public schools in Wake County, North Carolina. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST POVERTY · WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
51	Carroll Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	898	61.1%
52	Rolesville Charter Academy	Rolesville, NC	Rolesville Charter Academy	Elementary	716	59.1%
53	Durant Road Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	577	58.6%
54	Baileywick Road Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	352	58.5%
55	Lynn Road Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	486	57.2%
56	Wake Forest Middle School	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	878	57.2%
57	Dillard Drive Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	648	56.5%
58	Lake Myra Elementary	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	722	55.4%
59	Garner High	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,670	54.7%
60	Rand Road Elementary	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	394	52.5%
61	Harris Creek Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	827	51.6%
62	Rolesville High	Rolesville, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,321	50.6%
63	Dillard Drive Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	977	50.5%
64	Poe Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	324	49.1%
65	Lead Mine Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	359	47.6%
66	Powell Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	335	47.5%
67	Cardinal Charter Academy	Cary, NC	Cardinal Charter	Elementary	584	47.4%
68	Brooks Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	471	47.1%
69	York Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	563	46.4%
70	Wake Forest Elementary	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	444	45.9%
71	Banks Road Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	651	45.8%
72	Vernon Malone College and Career Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	348	45.1%
73	Wake Forest Charter Academy	Wake Forest, NC	Wake Forest Charter Academy	Elementary	650	44.8%
74	Swift Creek Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	310	44.2%
75	Athens Drive High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,156	44.0%
76	Douglas Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	562	44.0%
77	Sanderson High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,648	43.4%
78	Rolesville Middle	Rolesville, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	889	43.4%
79	Briarcliff Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	486	43.0%
80	West Lake Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	687	42.9%
81	Vance Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	445	42.9%
82	Cary Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	477	42.6%
83	Conn Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	595	42.5%
84	Kingswood Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	427	42.4%
85	Richland Creek Elementary	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	558	42.3%
86	Brassfield Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	613	41.9%
87	Combs Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	695	41.7%
88	North Forest Pines Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	536	41.6%
89	Fuller Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	545	39.6%
90	Wiley Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	429	38.9%
91	Rolesville Elementary	Rolesville, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	538	38.8%
92	Partnership Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	276	38.8%
93	Cary High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,044	38.6%
94	Abbotts Creek Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	805	37.5%
95	Reedy Creek Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	805	37.1%
96	Penny Road Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	509	36.9%
97	Hilburn Drive Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	596	36.2%
98	East Cary Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	597	36.2%
99	North Wake College and Career Academy	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	346	36.1%
100	Wakefield High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,065	36.1%

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