Wakefield High

As an expansive 9-12 campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, Wakefield High teaches 2,065 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Wake County Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Wakefield High sits 171% above that benchmark.

Within Wake County Schools, which oversees 198 schools and 163,176 students, Wakefield High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Wakefield High reports that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 28% Black, 19% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Wake County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 106 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wakefield High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.8%; this one delivers 52.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Wake County shows median household earnings sit near $105,768, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wake County runs 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), of which Wakefield High is one.

Wakefield Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wakefield High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Wakefield High's enrollment has ticked up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,918 (now 2,065). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 15% to 19%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Wakefield High community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.