Governor Morehead School for the Blind

Set in Raleigh, North Carolina, Governor Morehead School for the Blind is a tiny all-grades campus, overseen by Governor Morehead School for the Blind. It educates 35 students across grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 95% below the state mean of about 731.

Governor Morehead School for the Blind is a school of Governor Morehead School for the Blind, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Governor Morehead School for the Blind reports that the largest single group is White at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% Black, 23% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Wake County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 1.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.1:1 average. Roughly 91% of students at Governor Morehead School for the Blind qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Wake County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Wake County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $105,768 per year, 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 Governor Morehead School for the Blind is one.

Nearest neighbor: Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Governor Morehead School for the Blind's enrollment has ticked down 34% since 2018, when it stood at 53 (now 35). The White share of enrollment edged down from 53% to 34% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 3.0:1 in 2018 to 1.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.