Apex High

Apex High is an expansive four-year high school in Apex, North Carolina, run under Wake County Schools. The school enrolls 2,449 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Apex High sits 222% bigger than that benchmark.

Wake County Schools runs 198 schools in total, collectively educating 163,176 students. Apex High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Apex High records that White students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school records 15% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 9% Black, 4% multiracial. Compared to Wake County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 123 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Wake County's rate of about 42%.

With demographic context factored in, Apex High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.0%, the actual is 60.5%, a residual of -11.4 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Wake County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $105,768 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Wake County's 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), Apex High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Salem Elementary, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Apex High. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Apex High ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 73.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Apex High has expanded 20%, going from 2,033 students in 2018 to 2,449 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 66% to 58%. Class-load math has widened: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.