Athens Drive High

Athens Drive High operates as a well-populated high school in Raleigh, North Carolina, operated by Wake County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 2,156 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Athens Drive High sits 183% larger than that benchmark.

Wake County Schools comprises 198 schools with combined enrollment of 163,176 students; Athens Drive High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Athens Drive High lists that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 25% Black, 22% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Athens Drive High records 125 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Athens Drive High is in the bottom 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 65.4%; Athens Drive High posts 45.7%, -19.7 points below that line.

In the area at large, Wake County reports that median household income runs about $105,768, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Wake County runs 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), of which Athens Drive High is one.

Combs Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Athens Drive High. On composite proficiency, Athens Drive High comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 51.0%.

Athens Drive High operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Athens Drive High's enrollment has rose 4% since 2018, when it stood at 2,083 (now 2,156). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 18% to 22% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Athens Drive High community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.