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Alumni: what's one memory from Fuquay-Varina High that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,858
High
DISTRICT 1,536 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001861
Fuquay-Varina High
201 Bengal Blvd, Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526 · (919) 557-2511 · Wake County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,858 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of North Carolina public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public high schools
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
98 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
466 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 506 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 472 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 472 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 408 | 22% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
73.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
26.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.2%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 71% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fuquay-Varina High
Fuquay-Varina High's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuquay-Varina High this school | 1,858 | 25.1% | 51.0% |
| Ronald W Reagan High School Pfafftown | 2,122 | 29.8% | 67.2% |
| Leesville Road High Raleigh | 2,411 | 24.5% | 61.9% |
| Willow Spring High Fuquay Varina | 2,223 | 28.7% | 54.0% |
| Heritage High Wake Forest | 1,778 | 27.7% | 57.5% |
| William Amos Hough High Cornelius | 2,518 | 20.1% | 70.6% |
Matched among North Carolina high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fuquay-Varina High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #197 of 468 | #23 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #318 of 464 | #22 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #100 of 448 | #16 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,858 | #51 of 598 | #17 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #263 of 473 | #25 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #237 of 474 | #29 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.1% | #495 of 527 | #26 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #56 of 277 | #5 of 17 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,858
-638 (-26%) vs 2020
+100% since 1990-91, when it was 930
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 20.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,858 | 97.9 | 19.0:1 | 25% (466) |
| 2023-24 | 1,744 | 95.2 | 18.3:1 | 27% (466) |
| 2022-23 | 1,940 | 102.7 | 18.9:1 | 26% (514) |
| 2020-21 | 2,496 | 125 | 20.0:1 | 20% (510) |
| 2017-18 | 2,284 | 121 | 18.9:1 | 25% (568) |
| 2015-16 | 2,182 | 119 | 18.3:1 | 28% (618) |
| 2010-11 | 1,968 | 110 | 17.9:1 | 25% (488) |
| 2000-01 | 1,544 | 105 | 14.7:1 | 13% (193) |
| 1990-91 | 930 | 68 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fuquay-Varina High.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (2,284 to 1,858); teachers down 19% (121 to 97.9).
About Fuquay-Varina High
Fuquay-Varina High, located in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, is a high-enrollment high school. Its 1,858 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 144% larger than the 761 average for high schools in North Carolina.
Wake County Schools has a total of 198 schools and 163,176 students, Fuquay-Varina High among them.
White students make up a majority at Fuquay-Varina High, at 58%. The remaining students are 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, Wake County is about 58% White. Fuquay-Varina High's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 97.9 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 19.0:1. For comparison, high schools in North Carolina average 19.6:1. Eligible students account for 25% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. On average, public schools in Wake County report 42%.
Measured against North Carolina public high schools, Fuquay-Varina High receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In North Carolina, Fuquay-Varina High is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.0% compared with a predicted 71.2%.
Within Wake County, the median household income is $105,768, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, Wake County has 237 public schools and roughly 184,790 students.
Lincoln Heights Elementary is the public school closest to Fuquay-Varina High, about 0.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 68.8%, higher than Fuquay-Varina High's 51.0%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Fuquay-Varina High's enrollment declined from 2,496 in 2020-21 to 1,858 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Fuquay-Varina High covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Wake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,178,653
Census ACS
Median income
$105,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
237
184,790 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wake County Schools
- Apex Friendship HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Panther Creek HighHigh · 2,609 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Apex HighHigh · 2,449 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
Other schools in Fuquay-Varina
- Herbert Akins Road MiddleMiddle · 1,253 students
- Fuquay-Varina MiddleMiddle · 1,004 students
- Herbert Akins Rd ElementaryElementary · 988 students
- South Lakes ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Fuquay-Varina ElementaryElementary · 772 students
- Lincoln Heights ElementaryElementary · 667 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Heights Elementary0.9 mi · 667
- Southern Wake Academy1.6 mi · 534
- Herbert Akins Rd Elementary1.6 mi · 988
- Herbert Akins Road Middle1.7 mi · 1,253
- Ballentine Elementary1.8 mi · 742
- Fuquay-Varina Elementary2.3 mi · 772
Frequently asked questions
About Fuquay-Varina HighHow large is Fuquay-Varina High?
Fuquay-Varina High enrolls approximately 1,858 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Fuquay-Varina High serve?
Fuquay-Varina High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Fuquay-Varina High have?
Fuquay-Varina High employs 98 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
How diverse is Fuquay-Varina High?
Fuquay-Varina High reports a student body of 58% White, 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Fuquay-Varina High public or private?
Fuquay-Varina High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.