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Wake County Schools

Wake County Schools serves families across Raleigh-Durham — including Apex (Friendship area), Falls River / North Raleigh, Holly Springs, and 2 more neighborhoods. Below: every indexed K-12 school in the district, feeder neighborhoods, and federal NCES Common Core data.

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Schools indexed

38

Total enrollment

34,617

Feeder neighborhoods

5

Free/reduced lunch (avg)

27%

Charter schools

0

Magnet schools

0

Schools by level

Every Wake County Schools school in our Raleigh-Durham corpus

38 schools sourced from the NCES Common Core of Data. Click any school for grades, enrollment, free/reduced lunch %, and the neighborhoods that feed it.

Elementary · 25
Middle · 7
High · 5
Feeder neighborhoods

Raleigh-Durham neighborhoods that feed into Wake County Schools

Neighborhoods in our Raleigh-Durham family home-search guide whose K-12 pipeline touches Wake County Schools. Each page covers school pipelines, sold comps, commute reality, and family-fit verdicts.

Frequently asked

Wake County Schools family questions

What schools are in Wake County Schools?

Wake County Schools has 38 schools indexed across our Raleigh-Durham family home-search corpus (25 elementary, 7 middle, 5 high). Each school has its own NCES Common Core profile linked below.

How many students attend Wake County Schools?

34,617 students are enrolled across the 38 indexed schools in Wake County Schools, per the most recent NCES Common Core of Data dataset. Note: this counts schools that appear in our Raleigh-Durham sample report and may not reflect the full district enrollment.

Which neighborhoods feed into Wake County Schools?

5 neighborhoods in our Raleigh-Durham family home-search guide feed into Wake County Schools: Apex (Friendship area), Falls River / North Raleigh, Holly Springs, Morrisville / Cedar Fork, North Raleigh / Leesville. Each neighborhood page covers school pipelines, sold comps, and family-fit verdicts.

What's the free/reduced-lunch rate across Wake County Schools?

The enrollment-weighted free or reduced-price lunch rate across indexed Wake County Schools schools is 27%. This is one of the most-cited proxies for student-body economic mix at the district level.

Federal data sources

School roster, enrollment, free/reduced-lunch rates, and grade ranges are sourced from the NCES Common Core of Data (US Department of Education / National Center for Education Statistics). Verify directly: