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The largest public schools in Wake County, North Carolina

219 public schools in Wake County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the largest public schools, ranked by total student enrollment, excluding online and virtual schools. Apex Friendship High leads the list at 2,748, against a median of 651 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

219

Wake County, North Carolina

Top Students

2,748

Median Students

651

LARGEST · WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Apex Friendship High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,748
2	Enloe High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,643
3	Panther Creek High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,609
4	Millbrook High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,498
5	Apex High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,449
6	Leesville Road High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,411
7	Rolesville High	Rolesville, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,321
8	Green Hope High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,304
9	Green Level High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,283
10	Willow Spring High	Fuquay Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,223
11	Athens Drive High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,156
12	Needham Broughton High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,153
13	Wakefield High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,065
14	Cary High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,044
15	Wake Forest High School	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,043
16	Holly Springs High	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	High	2,018
17	Fuquay-Varina High	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,858
18	South Garner High	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,835
19	Heritage High	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,778
20	East Wake High	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,777
21	Knightdale High	Knightdale, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,695
22	Garner High	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,670
23	Sanderson High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,648
24	Mills Park Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,632
25	Middle Creek High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,587
26	Alston Ridge Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,494
27	Southeast Raleigh High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,438
28	Apex Friendship Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,412
29	Pine Springs Preparatory Academy	Holly Springs, NC	Pine Springs Preparatory Academy	Elementary	1,258
30	Herbert Akins Road Middle	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,253
31	West Millbrook Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,164
32	East Garner Middle	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,109
33	The Math and Science Academy of Apex	Apex, NC	The Math and Science Academy of Apex	Elementary	1,080
34	Olive Chapel Elementary	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	1,066
35	Salem Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,057
36	Oberlin Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,049
37	Lufkin Road Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,035
38	Martin Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,011
39	Fuquay-Varina Middle	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,004
40	River Bend Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	995
41	Davis Drive Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	992
42	Herbert Akins Rd Elementary	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	988
43	Holly Grove Middle	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	979
44	Dillard Drive Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	977
45	Ligon Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	959
46	Holly Ridge Middle	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	955
47	Heritage Middle	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	947
48	Carnage Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	924
49	Alston Ridge Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	917
50	Buckhorn Creek Elementary	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	Elementary	905

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