Southeast Raleigh High

Southeast Raleigh High, a high-enrollment high school in Raleigh, North Carolina, run under Wake County Schools, serves 1,438 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 89% larger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 761 students.

Wake County Schools comprises 198 schools with combined enrollment of 163,176 students; Southeast Raleigh High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Southeast Raleigh High shows that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 36% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Wake County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Southeast Raleigh High has 103 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Southeast Raleigh High tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible 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 above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Southeast Raleigh High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.4%; this one comes in at 24.3%, -24.1 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Wake County put median household income runs about $105,768, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Southeast Raleigh High is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

The closest other public school is Walnut Creek Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Southeast Raleigh High at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 48.5%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 1,466 students in 2018 compared to 1,438 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 25% to 36%.

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