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The highest-performing public high schools by test proficiency in Wake County, North Carolina

This ranking covers the highest-performing public high schools by test proficiency in Wake County, North Carolina, drawn from 31 qualifying public high schools. Wake STEM Early College High School leads the list at 92.2%, against a median of 56.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Wake County, North Carolina

Top % Proficient

92.2%

Median % Proficient

56.2%

HIGHEST PROFICIENCY · WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Wake STEM Early College High School	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	35.7%	294	92.2%
2	Wake Early College of Health and Science	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	34.1%	317	91.9%
3	Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	35.1%	262	89.6%
4	Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	34.4%	337	85.6%
5	Green Level High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	6.4%	2,283	85.1%
6	North Wake College and Career Academy	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	36.1%	346	75.9%
7	Green Hope High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	12.5%	2,304	75.7%
8	Apex Friendship High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	11.2%	2,748	74.4%
9	Panther Creek High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	14.8%	2,609	71.9%
10	Vernon Malone College and Career Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	45.1%	348	71.4%
11	Holly Springs High	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	High	13.8%	2,018	68.9%
12	Leesville Road High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	24.5%	2,411	61.9%
13	Apex High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	22.5%	2,449	60.5%
14	Heritage High	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	27.7%	1,778	57.5%
15	Enloe High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	28.0%	2,643	57.1%
16	Wake Forest High School	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	30.4%	2,043	56.2%
17	Cary High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	38.6%	2,044	55.1%
18	Middle Creek High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	29.6%	1,587	55.0%
19	Willow Spring High	Fuquay Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	High	28.7%	2,223	54.0%
20	Needham Broughton High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	28.1%	2,153	53.4%
21	Millbrook High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	33.3%	2,498	52.7%
22	Wakefield High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	36.1%	2,065	52.5%
23	Fuquay-Varina High	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	High	25.1%	1,858	51.0%
24	Athens Drive High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	44.0%	2,156	45.7%
25	South Garner High	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	High	61.5%	1,835	45.5%
26	Garner High	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	High	54.7%	1,670	39.2%
27	Sanderson High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	43.4%	1,648	39.2%
28	Rolesville High	Rolesville, NC	Wake County Schools	High	50.6%	2,321	36.8%
29	East Wake High	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	High	63.5%	1,777	33.8%
30	Knightdale High	Knightdale, NC	Wake County Schools	High	66.9%	1,695	29.0%
31	Southeast Raleigh High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	99.8%	1,438	24.3%

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