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The public high schools with the highest student-to-teacher ratios in Wake County, North Carolina

37 public high schools in Wake County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the public high schools with the highest student-to-teacher ratios, ranked by the most students per teacher, a proxy for larger classes. Central Wake High School leads the list at 37.4:1, against a median of 18.2:1 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Wake County, North Carolina

Top Students/teacher

37.4:1

Median Students/teacher

18.2:1

HIGHEST RATIO · WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Central Wake High School	Raleigh, NC	Central Wake Charter High School	High	293	37.4:1
2	Wake Early College of Health and Science	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	317	22.8:1
3	Apex Friendship High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,748	21.1:1
4	Green Hope High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,304	20.5:1
5	Green Level High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,283	20.5:1
6	Panther Creek High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,609	20.4:1
7	Wake STEM Early College High School	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	294	20.3:1
8	Willow Spring High	Fuquay Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,223	20.3:1
9	Apex High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,449	19.9:1
10	Holly Springs High	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,018	19.7:1
11	Leesville Road High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,411	19.6:1
12	Wakefield High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,065	19.6:1
13	Fuquay-Varina High	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,858	19.0:1
14	Wake Forest High School	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,043	18.8:1
15	Rolesville High	Rolesville, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,321	18.4:1
16	SCORE Academy	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	584	18.3:1
17	Heritage High	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,778	18.3:1
18	Middle Creek High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,587	18.2:1
19	Needham Broughton High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,153	18.2:1
20	Millbrook High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,498	18.2:1
21	Sanderson High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,648	18.1:1
22	East Wake High	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,777	18.0:1
23	North Wake College and Career Academy	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	346	17.9:1
24	Enloe High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,643	17.7:1
25	Cary High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,044	17.5:1
26	South Garner High	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,835	17.4:1
27	Athens Drive High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,156	17.2:1
28	Knightdale High	Knightdale, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,695	16.1:1
29	Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	337	15.9:1
30	Vernon Malone College and Career Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	348	15.9:1
31	Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies	Morrisville, NC	Wake County Schools	High	260	15.8:1
32	Garner High	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,670	15.6:1
33	Southern Wake Academy	Holly Springs, NC	Southern Wake Academy	High	534	14.7:1
34	Southeast Raleigh High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,438	14.0:1
35	Raleigh Charter High School	Raleigh, NC	Raleigh Charter High School	High	552	12.8:1
36	Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	262	12.7:1
37	Longleaf School of the Arts	Raleigh, NC	Longleaf School of the Arts	High	405	12.7:1

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