Wake Early College of Health and Science

As a tight-knit secondary school in Raleigh, North Carolina, Wake Early College of Health and Science works with 317 students from grades 9 through 13, operated by Wake County Schools. That puts it 58% below 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; Wake Early College of Health and Science is among them.

On demographics, Wake Early College of Health and Science reports that the largest single group is White at 29%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% Black, 22% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Wake Early College of Health and Science has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Wake Early College of Health and Science higher than the state norm the norm. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Wake Early College of Health and Science sits in the top 10% of North Carolina schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 68.4%; actual is 91.9%, +23.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Wake County shows the typical household earns roughly $105,768 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Wake County's 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), Wake Early College of Health and Science is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Enloe High, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wake Early College of Health and Science. On composite proficiency, Wake Early College of Health and Science comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wake Early College of Health and Science has declined 4%, going from 329 students in 2018 to 317 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share expanded from 17% to 22%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 27.8:1 in 2018 to 22.8:1 today.

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