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The public schools with the highest share of Black students in Wake County, North Carolina

Across Wake County, North Carolina, 215 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. RISE Southeast Raleigh Charter School leads the list at 71.3%, against a median of 19.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

215

Wake County, North Carolina

Top % Black

71.3%

Median % Black

19.5%

MOST BLACK · WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	RISE Southeast Raleigh Charter School	Raleigh, NC	RISE Southeast Raleigh Charter School	484	345	71.3%
2	PreEminent Charter	Raleigh, NC	PreEminent Charter School	667	459	68.8%
3	Southeast Raleigh Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	378	238	63.0%
4	Bugg Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	345	192	55.6%
5	Southeast Raleigh High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	1,438	767	53.3%
6	Wildwood Forest Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	551	287	52.1%
7	East Garner Elementary	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	535	268	50.1%
8	Barwell Road Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	648	324	50.0%
9	Walnut Creek Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	574	286	49.8%
10	Zebulon Middle	Zebulon, NC	Wake County Schools	772	378	49.0%
11	Centennial Campus Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	477	231	48.4%
12	Wakelon Elementary	Zebulon, NC	Wake County Schools	679	325	47.9%
13	Rogers Lane Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	763	364	47.7%
14	South Garner High	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	1,835	872	47.5%
15	Zebulon Elementary	Zebulon, NC	Wake County Schools	693	323	46.6%
16	Brier Creek Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	642	299	46.6%
17	East Garner Middle	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	1,109	514	46.4%
18	Fox Road Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	430	198	46.0%
19	Knightdale High	Knightdale, NC	Wake County Schools	1,695	763	45.0%
20	Central Wake High School	Raleigh, NC	Central Wake Charter High School	293	130	44.4%
21	Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	262	116	44.3%
22	Creech Road Elementary	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	549	243	44.3%
23	River Bend Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	995	440	44.2%
24	East Millbrook Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	731	319	43.6%
25	East Wake High	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	1,777	762	42.9%
26	River Bend Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	709	301	42.5%
27	Knightdale Elementary	Knightdale, NC	Wake County Schools	549	228	41.5%
28	Forest Pines Drive Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	493	199	40.4%
29	Millbrook Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	534	215	40.3%
30	Vernon Malone College and Career Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	348	136	39.1%
31	Beaverdam Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	678	263	38.8%
32	Phillips High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	123	47	38.2%
33	Lockhart Elementary	Knightdale, NC	Wake County Schools	463	174	37.6%
34	Forestville Road Elementary	Knightdale, NC	Wake County Schools	570	212	37.2%
35	Rolesville High	Rolesville, NC	Wake County Schools	2,321	859	37.0%
36	Rolesville Charter Academy	Rolesville, NC	Rolesville Charter Academy	716	259	36.2%
37	Green Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	534	193	36.1%
38	Reedy Creek Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	605	218	36.0%
39	Wendell Middle	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	762	274	36.0%
40	SCORE Academy	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	584	210	36.0%
41	Poe Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	324	115	35.5%
42	Doral Academy of North Carolina	Raleigh, NC	Doral Academy North Carolina	592	210	35.5%
43	Harris Creek Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	827	293	35.4%
44	Wake Forest Middle School	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	878	310	35.3%
45	Cardinal Charter Academy	Cary, NC	Cardinal Charter	584	198	33.9%
46	North Wake College and Career Academy	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	346	117	33.8%
47	Powell Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	335	112	33.4%
48	Timber Drive Elementary	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	391	130	33.3%
49	Vandora Springs Elementary	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	582	193	33.2%
50	Garner High	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	1,670	551	33.0%

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