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The most racially diverse public high schools in Wake County, North Carolina

Across Wake County, North Carolina, 37 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Wake Early College of Health and Science leads the list at 76.2%, against a median of 66.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Wake County, North Carolina

Top Diversity index

76.2%

Median Diversity index

66.4%

MOST DIVERSE · WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Wake Early College of Health and Science	Raleigh, NC	317	76.2%	28.7%(91)	26.8%(85)	18.3%(58)	22.1%(70)
2	Wake STEM Early College High School	Cary, NC	294	74.5%	33.3%(98)	13.6%(40)	28.6%(84)	20.4%(60)
3	Enloe High	Raleigh, NC	2,643	74.5%	35.2%(930)	26.1%(690)	13.3%(352)	20.9%(553)
4	Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	337	72.8%	35.0%(118)	32.9%(111)	17.5%(59)	7.4%(25)
5	Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies	Morrisville, NC	260	72.4%	33.9%(88)	21.1%(55)	7.3%(19)	33.1%(86)
6	Rolesville High	Rolesville, NC	2,321	71.2%	25.6%(594)	37.0%(859)	28.6%(663)	4.6%(107)
7	North Wake College and Career Academy	Wake Forest, NC	346	71.0%	35.3%(122)	33.8%(117)	21.7%(75)	4.3%(15)
8	Vernon Malone College and Career Academy	Raleigh, NC	348	71.0%	25.9%(90)	39.1%(136)	25.9%(90)	3.2%(11)
9	Athens Drive High	Raleigh, NC	2,156	70.3%	42.4%(913)	25.2%(543)	22.0%(474)	7.0%(152)
10	SCORE Academy	Cary, NC	584	70.1%	28.1%(164)	36.0%(210)	29.8%(174)	2.0%(12)
11	Garner High	Garner, NC	1,670	69.7%	28.3%(473)	33.0%(551)	33.5%(559)	1.4%(23)
12	Cary High	Cary, NC	2,044	69.5%	43.0%(879)	17.2%(352)	29.2%(597)	5.6%(114)
13	Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy	Raleigh, NC	262	68.9%	28.6%(75)	44.3%(116)	16.0%(42)	7.6%(20)
14	Wakefield High	Raleigh, NC	2,065	68.6%	44.2%(913)	27.9%(577)	19.3%(399)	4.5%(93)
15	Panther Creek High	Cary, NC	2,609	68.2%	23.9%(624)	15.2%(396)	7.8%(204)	48.0%(1,251)
16	Sanderson High	Raleigh, NC	1,648	67.4%	47.3%(779)	23.3%(384)	21.2%(349)	3.3%(55)
17	Raleigh Charter High School	Raleigh, NC	552	67.1%	38.8%(214)	7.6%(42)	6.5%(36)	40.6%(224)
18	Millbrook High	Raleigh, NC	2,498	67.0%	47.6%(1,188)	22.9%(572)	22.1%(552)	3.4%(85)
19	East Wake High	Wendell, NC	1,777	66.4%	16.3%(289)	42.9%(762)	35.1%(624)	1.4%(25)
20	Green Hope High	Cary, NC	2,304	65.0%	45.0%(1,036)	6.5%(149)	7.8%(179)	37.0%(852)
21	Wake Forest High School	Wake Forest, NC	2,043	64.7%	51.5%(1,052)	23.1%(473)	17.6%(360)	3.5%(71)
22	South Garner High	Garner, NC	1,835	64.3%	12.5%(230)	47.5%(872)	33.8%(620)	2.9%(54)
23	Knightdale High	Knightdale, NC	1,695	63.8%	10.2%(173)	45.0%(763)	38.3%(649)	3.2%(54)
24	Heritage High	Wake Forest, NC	1,778	63.5%	53.4%(950)	14.4%(257)	23.5%(418)	4.8%(86)
25	Green Level High	Cary, NC	2,283	61.8%	35.9%(820)	4.5%(102)	5.9%(135)	49.6%(1,133)
26	Willow Spring High	Fuquay Varina, NC	2,223	61.7%	56.2%(1,249)	14.3%(319)	20.9%(465)	4.5%(99)
27	Leesville Road High	Raleigh, NC	2,411	61.5%	56.6%(1,364)	20.2%(486)	14.2%(343)	5.5%(132)
28	Apex High	Apex, NC	2,449	61.2%	58.1%(1,422)	9.4%(230)	15.4%(378)	12.7%(311)
29	Fuquay-Varina High	Fuquay-Varina, NC	1,858	61.1%	57.8%(1,073)	14.8%(276)	16.9%(313)	5.7%(105)
30	Central Wake High School	Raleigh, NC	293	60.2%	8.2%(24)	44.4%(130)	44.0%(129)	1.0%(3)
31	Needham Broughton High	Raleigh, NC	2,153	59.2%	58.5%(1,259)	19.6%(423)	15.9%(342)	2.4%(52)
32	Middle Creek High	Apex, NC	1,587	59.1%	58.3%(925)	12.5%(198)	22.7%(360)	2.8%(44)
33	Southeast Raleigh High	Raleigh, NC	1,438	58.2%	5.0%(72)	53.3%(767)	35.9%(516)	1.7%(24)
34	Longleaf School of the Arts	Raleigh, NC	405	55.6%	62.7%(254)	18.3%(74)	11.8%(48)	2.0%(8)
35	Apex Friendship High	Apex, NC	2,748	54.0%	65.1%(1,790)	6.8%(188)	9.5%(261)	14.2%(390)
36	Southern Wake Academy	Holly Springs, NC	534	53.5%	65.7%(351)	10.3%(55)	11.1%(59)	2.8%(15)
37	Holly Springs High	Holly Springs, NC	2,018	44.0%	73.6%(1,485)	7.7%(156)	8.7%(176)	6.0%(120)

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