North Wake College and Career Academy

Set in Wake Forest, North Carolina, North Wake College and Career Academy is a modestly sized 9-12 campus, one of the schools within Wake County Schools. It hosts 346 students across grades 9 through 13. That puts it 55% smaller than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 761 students.

North Wake College and Career Academy is one of 198 schools operated by Wake County Schools, a district that works with 163,176 students overall.

In terms of who attends, North Wake College and Career Academy logs that the largest single group is White at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 34% Black, 22% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, North Wake College and Career Academy shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North Wake College and Career Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Wake County) reports that median household earnings sit near $105,768, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Wake County's 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), North Wake College and Career Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wake Forest Elementary, roughly 1.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around North Wake College and Career Academy. On composite proficiency, North Wake College and Career Academy comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 59.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. North Wake College and Career Academy's enrollment has expanded 177% since 2018, when it stood at 125 (now 346). Black enrollment moved from 46% to 34% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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