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Enrollment
2,411
High
DISTRICT 1,536 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472000944
Leesville Road High
8410 Pride Way, Raleigh, NC 27613 · (919) 870-4250 · Wake County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,411 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of North Carolina public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
19.6:1
123 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
591 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 | 613 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 619 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 635 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 544 | 23% |
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
School pathway
Based on published attendance-zone data from Wake County Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
75.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
37.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Leesville Road High
Leesville Road High's state test result (61.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leesville Road High this school | 2,411 | 24.5% | 61.9% |
| Fuquay-Varina High Fuquay-Varina | 1,858 | 25.1% | 51.0% |
| Ronald W Reagan High School Pfafftown | 2,122 | 29.8% | 67.2% |
| Needham Broughton High Raleigh | 2,153 | 28.1% | 53.4% |
| William Amos Hough High Cornelius | 2,518 | 20.1% | 70.6% |
| Wake Forest High School Wake Forest | 2,043 | 30.4% | 56.2% |
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 Leesville Road High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #113 of 468 | #12 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #214 of 464 | #15 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #88 of 448 | #11 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,411 | #11 of 598 | #6 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #288 of 473 | #27 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #229 of 474 | #27 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.5% | #496 of 527 | #27 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #183 of 277 | #10 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
2,411
-234 (-9%) vs 2020
+21% since 2000-01, when it was 1,995
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 2,411 | 122.9 | 19.6:1 | 25% (591) |
| 2023-24 | 2,517 | 127.3 | 19.8:1 | 24% (596) |
| 2022-23 | 2,613 | 127.2 | 20.6:1 | 22% (576) |
| 2020-21 | 2,645 | 130 | 20.4:1 | 16% (435) |
| 2017-18 | 2,568 | 130.8 | 19.6:1 | 18% (460) |
| 2015-16 | 2,371 | 124 | 19.1:1 | 18% (429) |
| 2010-11 | 2,408 | 128 | 18.8:1 | 19% (447) |
| 2000-01 | 1,995 | 105 | 19.0:1 | 7% (149) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leesville Road High.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (2,568 to 2,411); teachers down 6% (130.8 to 122.9).
About Leesville Road High
Leesville Road High is a large high school. Its address is in Raleigh, North Carolina. It reports enrollment of 2,411 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in North Carolina enroll around 761, and this school is 217% above that mark.
The district, Wake County Schools, has 163,176 students enrolled across 198 schools.
The student body at Leesville Road High is 57% White. The school is also 20% Black, 14% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among Wake County residents, the White share is about 58%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
Its staff includes 122.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 19.6 students per teacher. That is in line with the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina. Roughly 25% of students at Leesville Road High can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Wake County, the average eligibility rate is 42%.
On the allk12 Grade, Leesville Road High lands at B+, ahead of 65% of North Carolina public high schools.
Test results at Leesville Road High are 9.5 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (61.9% actual, 71.4% predicted).
For the population of Wake County, median household income comes to about $105,768, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Wake County's 237 public schools enroll about 184,790 students and include Leesville Road High.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Leesville Road Middle, is about 0.1 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Leesville Road High places 8th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Leesville Road High falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 234 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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
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- Panther Creek HighHigh · 2,609 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Apex HighHigh · 2,449 students
- Rolesville HighHigh · 2,321 students
Other schools in Raleigh
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Athens Drive HighHigh · 2,156 students
- Needham Broughton HighHigh · 2,153 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,065 students
- Sanderson HighHigh · 1,648 students
Nearby schools
- Leesville Road Middle0.1 mi · 795
- Leesville Road Elementary0.2 mi · 528
- Hilburn Drive Academy1.1 mi · 596
- Pine Hollow Middle1.5 mi · 776
- Barton Pond Elementary1.7 mi · 515
- Sycamore Creek Elementary2.1 mi · 778
Frequently asked questions
About Leesville Road HighWhat is the total enrollment at Leesville Road High?
Leesville Road High enrolls approximately 2,411 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Leesville Road High serve?
Leesville Road High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Leesville Road High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Leesville Road High is approximately 19.6:1 (123 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Leesville Road High?
At Leesville Road High, the student body is approximately 57% White, 14% Hispanic, 20% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Leesville Road High?
Leesville Road High is overseen by Wake County Schools in Wake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.