Enrollment
262
High
DISTRICT 1,536 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472003239
Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy
567 East Hargett St, Raleigh, NC 27601 · (919) 664-5644 · Wake County
GRADES 06–13HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL262 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of North Carolina public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
92 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 6 | 49 | 19% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 10 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 33 | 13% |
Student demographics
69%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
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NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
86.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
92.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
89.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 10%.
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 Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy
Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy's state test result (89.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy this school | 262 | 35.1% | 89.6% |
| Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy Raleigh | 337 | 34.4% | 85.6% |
| North Wake College and Career Academy Wake Forest | 346 | 36.1% | 75.9% |
| Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early Coll Concord | 234 | 35.5% | 87.2% |
| Cross Creek Early College Fayetteville | 253 | 47.0% | N/A |
| Cumberland Polytechnic Fayetteville | 319 | 40.4% | 92.3% |
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 Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.6% | #12 of 468 | #3 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.6% | #7 of 464 | #2 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.9% | #49 of 448 | #4 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 262 | #432 of 598 | #36 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #18 of 473 | #2 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #88 of 474 | #13 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #453 of 527 | #16 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.4% | #118 of 164 | #10 of 13 |
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
262
-11 (-4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 262 | 20.6 | 12.7:1 | 35% (92) |
| 2023-24 | 279 | 19.6 | 14.2:1 | 34% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 269 | 19.9 | 13.5:1 | 30% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 273 | 19 | 14.4:1 | 28% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 251 | 19.1 | 13.1:1 | 38% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 257 | 19 | 13.5:1 | 32% (83) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (251 to 262); teachers up 8% (19.1 to 20.6).
About Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy
In Raleigh, North Carolina, Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy is a very small high school. The school covers grades 6 through 13 and reported 262 students in 2024-25. Across high schools in North Carolina, the average enrollment is about 761.
In Wake County Schools, 198 schools enroll a combined 163,176 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy is Black, with 44% of students. Next come 29% White, 16% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 19% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy scores 69%.
Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1, with 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in North Carolina, 19.6:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 35% at Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy.
Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 94% of North Carolina public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy is in the top 10% of North Carolina schools: 89.6% actual against 68.1% predicted.
In the wider Wake County area, median household income comes to about $105,768, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wake County counts 237 public schools with about 184,790 students.
Moore Square Middle is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy ranks 1st of 6 on average proficiency.
Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Enrollment was 262 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 273. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.4:1 to 12.7:1.
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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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- Phillips High1.0 mi · 123
- Washington Elementary1.1 mi · 514
Frequently asked questions
About Wake Young Men's Leadership AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy?
Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy enrolls approximately 262 students in grades 06-13.
What age range does Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy serve?
Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy serves students from grade 06 through grade 13.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy is approximately 12.7:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy?
At Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy, the student body is approximately 29% White, 16% Hispanic, 44% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy public or private?
Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.