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

Across Wake County, North Carolina, 39 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. South Garner High leads the list at 872, against a median of 230 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Wake County, North Carolina

Top Black students

872

Median Black students

230

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	Leesville Road High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	2,411	20.2%	486
12	Wake Forest High School	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	2,043	23.1%	473
13	Needham Broughton High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	2,153	19.6%	423
14	Panther Creek High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	2,609	15.2%	396
15	Sanderson High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	1,648	23.3%	384
16	Cary High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	2,044	17.2%	352
17	Willow Spring High	Fuquay Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	2,223	14.3%	319
18	Fuquay-Varina High	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	1,858	14.8%	276
19	Heritage High	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	1,778	14.4%	257
20	Apex High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	2,449	9.4%	230
21	SCORE Academy	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	584	36.0%	210
22	Middle Creek High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	1,587	12.5%	198
23	Apex Friendship High	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	2,748	6.8%	188
24	Holly Springs High	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	2,018	7.7%	156
25	Green Hope High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	2,304	6.5%	149
26	Vernon Malone College and Career Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	348	39.1%	136
27	Central Wake High School	Raleigh, NC	Central Wake Charter High School	293	44.4%	130
28	North Wake College and Career Academy	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	346	33.8%	117
29	Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	262	44.3%	116
30	Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	337	32.9%	111
31	Green Level High	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	2,283	4.5%	102
32	Wake Early College of Health and Science	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	317	26.8%	85
33	Longleaf School of the Arts	Raleigh, NC	Longleaf School of the Arts	405	18.3%	74
34	Southern Wake Academy	Holly Springs, NC	Southern Wake Academy	534	10.3%	55
35	Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies	Morrisville, NC	Wake County Schools	260	21.1%	55
36	Phillips High	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	123	38.2%	47
37	Raleigh Charter High School	Raleigh, NC	Raleigh Charter High School	552	7.6%	42
38	Wake STEM Early College High School	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	294	13.6%	40
39	Longview	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	18	66.7%	12

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