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Enrollment
2,065
High
DISTRICT 1,536 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002560
Wakefield High
2200 Wakefield Pines Drive, Raleigh, NC 27614 · (919) 562-3600 · Wake County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,065 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of North Carolina public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
19.6:1
106 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
745 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 9 | 517 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 508 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 535 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 505 | 24% |
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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Wake County Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
66.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
31.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 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 Wakefield High
Wakefield High's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield High this school | 2,065 | 36.1% | 52.5% |
| Millbrook High Raleigh | 2,498 | 33.3% | 52.7% |
| Wake Forest High School Wake Forest | 2,043 | 30.4% | 56.2% |
| West Forsyth High Clemmons | 2,145 | 37.9% | 58.9% |
| Sanderson High Raleigh | 1,648 | 43.4% | 39.2% |
| Jack Britt High Fayetteville | 1,940 | 41.6% | 62.2% |
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 Wakefield High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #183 of 468 | #22 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #268 of 464 | #18 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #150 of 448 | #21 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,065 | #30 of 598 | #13 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #282 of 473 | #26 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #96 of 474 | #14 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.1% | #448 of 527 | #14 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.7% | #89 of 164 | #7 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
2,065
+61 (+3%) vs 2020
+137% since 2000-01, when it was 870
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 2,065 | 105.6 | 19.6:1 | 36% (745) |
| 2023-24 | 2,105 | 108.7 | 19.4:1 | 36% (755) |
| 2022-23 | 2,072 | 108.1 | 19.2:1 | 35% (715) |
| 2020-21 | 2,004 | 106 | 18.9:1 | 26% (522) |
| 2017-18 | 1,918 | 103.5 | 18.5:1 | 27% (520) |
| 2015-16 | 2,182 | 122 | 17.9:1 | 25% (547) |
| 2010-11 | 2,573 | 133 | 19.4:1 | 28% (713) |
| 2000-01 | 870 | 39 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wakefield High.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (1,918 to 2,065); teachers up 2% (103.5 to 105.6).
About Wakefield High
Wakefield High is a high-enrollment high school serving families in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school serves 2,065 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, high schools in North Carolina average about 761 students.
Wakefield High is in Wake County Schools, a district with 163,176 students across 198 schools.
Wakefield High has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 44%. Other students are 28% Black, 19% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Wake County residents are about 58% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 105.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 19.6 students per teacher. That is close to the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 36% of students.
allk12 grades Wakefield High a B-. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 67.8% for Wakefield High. The school posts 52.5%, 15.4 points below the prediction.
According to the American Community Survey, in Wake County, the median household income is $105,768, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Wakefield High is one of 237 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Wakefield Middle, about 0.1 miles away. Wakefield High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Wakefield High at 5th of 7.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 61 more students in 2024-25.
The Wakefield High community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Wake County Schools
- Apex Friendship HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Panther Creek HighHigh · 2,609 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Apex HighHigh · 2,449 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
Other schools in Raleigh
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
- Athens Drive HighHigh · 2,156 students
- Needham Broughton HighHigh · 2,153 students
- Sanderson HighHigh · 1,648 students
Other Wakefield High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Wakefield High. Wakefield High is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Wakefield HighArlington, VA · 2,646 students
- WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOLWAKEFIELD, NE · 234 students
- Wakefield HighWakefield, KS · 80 students
Nearby schools
- Wakefield Middle0.1 mi · 803
- Wakefield Elementary0.3 mi · 520
- North Forest Pines Elementary1.3 mi · 536
- Forest Pines Drive Elementary1.4 mi · 493
- Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School1.9 mi · 752
- Wake Forest Middle School2.4 mi · 878
Frequently asked questions
About Wakefield HighHow large is Wakefield High?
Wakefield High enrolls approximately 2,065 students in grades 09-12.
Is Wakefield High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wakefield High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Wakefield High have?
Wakefield High employs 106 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Wakefield High?
Student demographics at Wakefield High are roughly 44% White, 19% Hispanic, 28% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Wakefield High in?
Wakefield High is part of Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.