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The largest public high schools in Wake County, North Carolina

Across Wake County, North Carolina, 39 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by total student enrollment, excluding online and virtual schools. Apex Friendship High leads the list at 2,748, against a median of 1,777 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Wake County, North Carolina

Top Students

2,748

Median Students

1,777

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	Middle Creek High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,587
25	Southeast Raleigh High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	1,438
26	SCORE Academy	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	584
27	Raleigh Charter High School	Raleigh, NC	Raleigh Charter High School	High	552
28	Southern Wake Academy	Holly Springs, NC	Southern Wake Academy	High	534
29	Longleaf School of the Arts	Raleigh, NC	Longleaf School of the Arts	High	405
30	Vernon Malone College and Career Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	348
31	North Wake College and Career Academy	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	High	346
32	Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	337
33	Wake Early College of Health and Science	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	317
34	Wake STEM Early College High School	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	High	294
35	Central Wake High School	Raleigh, NC	Central Wake Charter High School	High	293
36	Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	262
37	Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies	Morrisville, NC	Wake County Schools	High	260
38	Phillips High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	123
39	Longview	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	High	18

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