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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Southeast Raleigh High administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,438
High
DISTRICT 1,536 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002355
Southeast Raleigh High
2600 Rock Quarry Road, Raleigh, NC 27610 · (919) 856-2800 · Wake County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,438 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of North Carolina public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.0:1
103 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,435 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 | 415 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 401 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 300 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 322 | 22% |
Student demographics
58%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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
37.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
14.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Southeast Raleigh High
Southeast Raleigh High's state test result (24.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Raleigh High this school | 1,438 | 99.8% | 24.3% |
| Rocky River High School Mint Hill | 1,562 | 99.8% | 26.0% |
| Hillside High Durham | 1,433 | 99.8% | 29.0% |
| North Mecklenburg High School Huntersville | 1,854 | 99.8% | 42.4% |
| Julius L. Chambers High School Charlotte | 2,225 | 99.9% | 26.0% |
| West Mecklenburg High School Charlotte | 1,290 | 99.8% | 22.4% |
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 Southeast Raleigh High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #437 of 468 | #31 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #430 of 464 | #31 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #398 of 448 | #29 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,438 | #98 of 598 | #25 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #41 of 473 | #4 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #279 of 474 | #33 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #23 of 527 | #1 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #259 of 277 | #16 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
1,438
-66 (-4%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 1,999
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 1,438 | 102.7 | 14.0:1 | 100% (1,435) |
| 2023-24 | 1,490 | 101.8 | 14.6:1 | 77% (1,146) |
| 2022-23 | 1,401 | 102.9 | 13.6:1 | 73% (1,016) |
| 2020-21 | 1,504 | 104 | 14.5:1 | 56% (847) |
| 2017-18 | 1,466 | 103.7 | 14.1:1 | 60% (885) |
| 2015-16 | 1,515 | 104 | 14.6:1 | 62% (935) |
| 2010-11 | 1,663 | 99 | 16.8:1 | 42% (701) |
| 2000-01 | 1,999 | 114 | 17.5:1 | 9% (181) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southeast Raleigh High.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (1,466 to 1,438); teachers down 1% (103.7 to 102.7).
About Southeast Raleigh High
Southeast Raleigh High is a large high school for students in Raleigh, North Carolina. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 1,438 students. The average among high schools in North Carolina is roughly 761 students; this school is 89% larger than that.
Wake County Schools has 163,176 students spread across 198 schools.
At Southeast Raleigh High, Black students make up 53% of the student body. After that, the student body is 36% Hispanic, 5% White, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Wake County is about 19% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 58% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 14.0 students per teacher and 102.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Wake County report 42%.
allk12 grades Southeast Raleigh High a D. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Southeast Raleigh High would score about 48.4%. It scores 24.3%, a bottom-10% result among North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Wake County, the median household income is $105,768, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 237 public schools in Wake County, enrolling about 184,790 students in all.
The closest other public school is Walnut Creek Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. Southeast Raleigh High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Southeast Raleigh High's average proficiency of 24.3% compares with 48.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The federal government classifies Southeast Raleigh High's location as City: Large.
Enrollment at Southeast Raleigh High declined 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,504 to 1,438 students.
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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
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Nearby schools
- Walnut Creek Elementary0.9 mi · 574
- RISE Southeast Raleigh Charter School1.0 mi · 484
- PreEminent Charter1.2 mi · 667
- Central Wake High School1.2 mi · 293
- Southeast Raleigh Elementary1.2 mi · 378
- Fuller Elementary1.3 mi · 545
Frequently asked questions
About Southeast Raleigh HighHow many students attend Southeast Raleigh High?
Southeast Raleigh High enrolls approximately 1,438 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Southeast Raleigh High serve?
Southeast Raleigh High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Southeast Raleigh High have?
Southeast Raleigh High employs 103 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southeast Raleigh High?
At Southeast Raleigh High, the student body is approximately 5% White, 36% Hispanic, 53% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Southeast Raleigh High in?
Southeast Raleigh High is part of Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.