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The highest-poverty public schools in Wake County, North Carolina · page 3

Ranks 101–150 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
101	Fuquay-Varina Elementary	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	772	35.9%
102	Lincoln Heights Elementary	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	667	35.8%
103	Wake STEM Early College High School	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	294	35.7%
104	North Ridge Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	730	35.5%
105	Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	262	35.1%
106	Northwoods Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	579	35.1%
107	Root Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	469	34.8%
108	Ligon Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	959	34.5%
109	Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	337	34.4%
110	Sanford Creek Elementary	Rolesville, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	599	34.4%
111	Middle Creek Elementary	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	636	34.3%
112	Apex Elementary	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	550	34.2%
113	Wake Early College of Health and Science	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	317	34.1%
114	Bryan Road Elementary	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	685	34.0%
115	Joyner Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	569	33.7%
116	Lufkin Road Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,035	33.5%
117	Herbert Akins Road Middle	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,253	33.5%
118	Millbrook High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,498	33.3%
119	Stough Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	550	33.3%
120	Pine Hollow Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	776	33.1%
121	Oak Grove Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	553	33.1%
122	Olds Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	244	32.4%
123	West Millbrook Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,164	32.3%
124	West Lake Elementary	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	581	32.0%
125	Herbert Akins Rd Elementary	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	988	32.0%
126	Leesville Road Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	795	31.7%
127	Jeffreys Grove Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	543	31.5%
128	Wakefield Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	803	31.4%
129	Hunter Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	658	31.3%
130	Weatherstone Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	730	31.1%
131	Farmington Woods Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	648	31.0%
132	Carnage Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	924	30.8%
133	Willow Springs Elementary	Willow Spring, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	826	30.8%
134	Doral Academy of North Carolina	Raleigh, NC	Doral Academy North Carolina	Elementary	592	30.7%
135	Heritage Elementary	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	634	30.4%
136	Wake Forest High School	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,043	30.4%
137	Oberlin Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,049	30.1%
138	West Cary Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	824	30.0%
139	Underwood Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	405	29.9%
140	Pleasant Grove Elementary	Morrisville, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	376	29.8%
141	Middle Creek High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,587	29.6%
142	Martin Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,011	29.6%
143	Moore Square Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	594	29.0%
144	Carpenter Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	604	28.8%
145	Willow Spring High	Fuquay Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,223	28.7%
146	Washington Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	514	28.6%
147	Ballentine Elementary	Fuquay Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	742	28.6%
148	Fuquay-Varina Middle	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,004	28.3%
149	Needham Broughton High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,153	28.1%
150	Enloe High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,643	28.0%

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