Enrollment
337
High
DISTRICT 1,536 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472003237
Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy
301 Ashe Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27606 · (919) 508-9088 · Wake County
GRADES 06–13HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of North Carolina public high schools
- ATest 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
15.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
116 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 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 11 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 43 | 13% |
Student demographics
73%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
93.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
92.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 94 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
85.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% 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 17 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 Women's Leadership Academy
Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy's state test result (85.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy this school | 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% |
| Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy Raleigh | 262 | 35.1% | 89.6% |
| Cumberland Polytechnic Fayetteville | 319 | 40.4% | 92.3% |
| Wilson Early College Academy Wilson | 268 | 37.3% | N/A |
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 Women's Leadership Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.6% | #31 of 468 | #4 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.7% | #6 of 464 | #1 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.9% | #10 of 448 | #1 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #397 of 598 | #32 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #103 of 473 | #9 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.8% | #20 of 474 | #4 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.4% | #457 of 527 | #17 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.5% | #69 of 164 | #6 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
337
-32 (-9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 337 | 21.1 | 15.9:1 | 34% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 358 | 21.8 | 16.4:1 | 32% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 350 | 21.6 | 16.2:1 | 30% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 19 | 19.4:1 | 31% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 305 | 20.1 | 15.2:1 | 35% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 304 | 21 | 14.5:1 | 37% (111) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (305 to 337); teachers up 5% (20.1 to 21.1).
About Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy
Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy is a low-enrollment high school in North Carolina, located in Raleigh. It has an enrollment of 337 students in grades 6 through 13. High schools in North Carolina average about 761 students, which makes this school 56% below average.
Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy is one school in Wake County Schools, a system of 198 schools with 163,176 students.
At Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy, White students make up the biggest share, 35%. Other groups include 33% Black, 18% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 7% multiracial. By comparison, Wake County residents are about 58% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 73, compared with 70 nationally.
Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy has 21.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in North Carolina is 19.6:1. At Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy, 34% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy lands at A, ahead of 90% of North Carolina public high schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy is among the top 10% of schools in North Carolina. Predicted: 68.3%. Actual: 85.6%.
Census data for Wake County show median household income comes to about $105,768, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 237 public schools and about 184,790 students.
Governor Morehead School for the Blind sits less than a tenth of a mile from Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy. Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 64.8% proficiency; Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy posts 85.6%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's enrollment fell 9% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.9:1) than in 2020-21 (19.4:1).
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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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- Partnership Elementary1.0 mi · 276
- Washington Elementary1.2 mi · 514
Frequently asked questions
About Wake Young Women's Leadership AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy?
Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy enrolls approximately 337 students in grades 06-13.
Is Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy is a high school covering grades 06-13.
How many teachers does Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy have?
Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy?
Student demographics at Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy are roughly 35% White, 18% Hispanic, 33% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy in?
Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy is part of Wake County Schools.
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