Central Wake High School

Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, Central Wake High School is a very small high school. Total enrollment is 293 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. It has 61% fewer students than the average for high schools in North Carolina (about 761).

The school's district is Central Wake Charter High School.

Black students make up 44% of enrollment at Central Wake High School, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 44% Hispanic and 8% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Wake County's population at about 19%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.

Teacher count: 7.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 37.4:1. The average for high schools in North Carolina, 19.6:1, is lower.

In Wake County, home to about 1,178,653 people, median household income comes to about $105,768, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 237 public schools in the county, enrolling about 184,790, Central Wake High School among them.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Southeast Raleigh Elementary, is about 0.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Central Wake High School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Central Wake High School is a publicly funded charter school.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 180 to 293. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 20.0:1 to 37.4:1.

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