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The public schools with the most Black students in Wake County, North Carolina

219 public schools in Wake County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the public schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. South Garner High leads the list at 872, against a median of 123 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

219

Wake County, North Carolina

Top Black students

872

Median Black students

123

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	South Garner High	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	1,835	47.5%	872
2	Rolesville High	Rolesville, NC	Wake County Schools	2,321	37.0%	859
3	Southeast Raleigh High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	1,438	53.3%	767
4	Knightdale High	Knightdale, NC	Wake County Schools	1,695	45.0%	763
5	East Wake High	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	1,777	42.9%	762
6	Enloe High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	2,643	26.1%	690
7	Wakefield High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	2,065	27.9%	577
8	Millbrook High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	2,498	22.9%	572
9	Garner High	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	1,670	33.0%	551
10	Athens Drive High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	2,156	25.2%	543
11	East Garner Middle	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	1,109	46.4%	514
12	Leesville Road High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	2,411	20.2%	486
13	Wake Forest High School	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	2,043	23.1%	473
14	PreEminent Charter	Raleigh, NC	PreEminent Charter School	667	68.8%	459
15	River Bend Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	995	44.2%	440
16	Needham Broughton High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	2,153	19.6%	423
17	Panther Creek High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	2,609	15.2%	396
18	Sanderson High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	1,648	23.3%	384
19	Zebulon Middle	Zebulon, NC	Wake County Schools	772	49.0%	378
20	Rogers Lane Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	763	47.7%	364
21	Cary High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	2,044	17.2%	352
22	RISE Southeast Raleigh Charter School	Raleigh, NC	RISE Southeast Raleigh Charter School	484	71.3%	345
23	Wakelon Elementary	Zebulon, NC	Wake County Schools	679	47.9%	325
24	Barwell Road Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	648	50.0%	324
25	Zebulon Elementary	Zebulon, NC	Wake County Schools	693	46.6%	323
26	East Millbrook Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	731	43.6%	319
27	Willow Spring High	Fuquay Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	2,223	14.3%	319
28	Wake Forest Middle School	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	878	35.3%	310
29	Ligon Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	959	31.6%	303
30	River Bend Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	709	42.5%	301
31	Brier Creek Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	642	46.6%	299
32	Harris Creek Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	827	35.4%	293
33	Wildwood Forest Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	551	52.1%	287
34	Neuse River Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	877	32.6%	286
35	Walnut Creek Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	574	49.8%	286
36	Rolesville Middle	Rolesville, NC	Wake County Schools	889	32.2%	286
37	Carroll Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	898	30.9%	277
38	Fuquay-Varina High	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	1,858	14.8%	276
39	Wendell Middle	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	762	36.0%	274
40	East Garner Elementary	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	535	50.1%	268
41	North Garner Middle	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	831	31.9%	265
42	Beaverdam Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	678	38.8%	263
43	Rolesville Charter Academy	Rolesville, NC	Rolesville Charter Academy	716	36.2%	259
44	Heritage High	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	1,778	14.4%	257
45	Creech Road Elementary	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	549	44.3%	243
46	Dillard Drive Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	977	24.7%	241
47	Southeast Raleigh Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	378	63.0%	238
48	Centennial Campus Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	477	48.4%	231
49	Apex High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	2,449	9.4%	230
50	Knightdale Elementary	Knightdale, NC	Wake County Schools	549	41.5%	228

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