Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy

Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy is one of the intimate 9-12 campuss in Raleigh, North Carolina, one of the schools within Wake County Schools, with 337 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 13. Enrollment runs roughly 56% leaner than the state mean of about 761.

Within Wake County Schools, which oversees 198 schools and 163,176 students, Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy records that the largest single group is White at 35%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 33% Black, 18% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

On the income-and-resources front, Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 34% of students at Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy sits in the top 10% of North Carolina schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 68.3%; actual is 85.6%, +17.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Wake County put median household income runs about $105,768, 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 Young Women's Leadership Academy is one campus in the mix.

Governor Morehead School for the Blind is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 64.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy has increased 10%, going from 305 students in 2018 to 337 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 41% to 33% over that span.

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