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Raleigh Charter High School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Raleigh Charter High School
Set in Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh Charter High School is a close-knit four-year high school, operated by Raleigh Charter High School. It caters to 552 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 27% leaner than the state mean of about 761.
Raleigh Charter High School is the operating authority for Raleigh Charter High School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.
On demographics, Raleigh Charter High School logs that the most-represented group is Asian (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 39% White, 8% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Raleigh Charter High School has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Wake County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $105,768 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wake County's 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), Raleigh Charter High School is one campus in the mix.
Partnership Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Raleigh Charter High School.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. Raleigh Charter High School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Trend over the last 7 years. Raleigh Charter High School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 564 (now 552). The White share of enrollment declined from 63% to 39% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.
On the community side, members of the Raleigh Charter High School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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