Across 195 schools in Wake County Schools, 44.4% of Black students meet grade level proficient+. That is 2.6 points above the North Carolina average for Black students.
Search North Carolina schools ›Average across the 195 schools in Wake County Schools with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.
Among the 190 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies reports 93.5% of Black students meeting the standard. Connections Academy, in the same district, reports 5%. That is a 88.5-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.
Ranked by the share of Black students meeting grade level proficient+. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wake STEM Early College High School | 95% | 95% | 95% | 95% | 95% |
| White Oak Elementary | 95% | 95% | 95% | 94.2% | 95% |
| Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies | 95% | 93.5% | 95% | 95% | 95% |
| Wake Early College of Health and Science | 95% | 91.7% | 95% | 95% | 95% |
| Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy | 92.2% | 90% | 87.8% | 95% | 95% |
| Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy | 90.3% | 84.7% | 79.2% | 95% | 95% |
| Mills Park Middle | 93.4% | 80.1% | 78.8% | 92.2% | 95% |
| North Wake College and Career Academy | 82.1% | 73.8% | 81% | 89% | — |
| Davis Drive Middle | 87.4% | 73% | 57.5% | 91.8% | 92.4% |
| Holly Grove Elementary | 83.1% | 72.8% | 76.4% | 84% | 88% |
| Hortons Creek Elementary | 88.5% | 72.8% | 64.5% | 87.6% | 95% |
| Scotts Ridge Elementary | 85.5% | 72.7% | 80.8% | 86.6% | 86.1% |
| Holly Springs Elementary | 82.1% | 70% | 69.9% | 86% | 91.9% |
| Mills Park Elementary | 88.6% | 70% | 63% | 88.5% | 95% |
| Olive Chapel Elementary | 86.1% | 69% | 83.8% | 86.2% | 89.6% |
| Apex Friendship Elementary | 87.8% | 68.4% | 93.1% | 85.5% | 91.6% |
| Green Hope Elementary | 85% | 66.7% | 47.2% | 89.1% | 90.5% |
| Jones Dairy Elementary | 81.2% | 66.7% | 73.5% | 84.1% | 91.6% |
| Rolesville Elementary | 65.1% | 66.7% | 47.5% | 69.4% | 60% |
| Highcroft Elementary | 87.2% | 65.9% | 84.5% | 88.8% | 88.1% |
| Davis Drive Elementary | 88.2% | 64.9% | 85.7% | 91.5% | 87.6% |
| Green Level High | 91.4% | 64.8% | 75.8% | 88.4% | 95% |
| Parkside Elementary | 80.7% | 64.8% | 60.8% | 80.6% | 89.4% |
| Apex Friendship Middle | 87.6% | 64.4% | 74.5% | 89.3% | 93.1% |
| Apex Friendship High | 81.1% | 62.8% | 72.7% | 81.5% | 93.9% |
| Vernon Malone College and Career Academy | 74.5% | 61.8% | 71.3% | 90.7% | 90% |
| Bryan Road Elementary | 73.4% | 60.6% | 63% | 80.4% | 86.7% |
| Carpenter Elementary | 71.8% | 59.3% | 35.4% | 89.1% | 82.3% |
| Poe Elementary Magnet | 61.4% | 58.8% | 28.8% | 88.5% | 84.6% |
| Willow Springs Elementary | 73.8% | 58.5% | 52.1% | 78.8% | 95% |
| Wakelon Elementary | 58.9% | 57.1% | 53.8% | 69.8% | — |
| Jeffreys Grove Elementary Magnet | 79.1% | 56.7% | 57% | 92.5% | 95% |
| Panther Creek High | 81% | 56.7% | 65.9% | 81.6% | 91.8% |
| Combs Elementary Magnet | 70.8% | 56.5% | 43.9% | 86.4% | 82% |
| Oakview Elementary | 82.5% | 56.3% | 67.5% | 85.7% | 86.1% |
| Partnership Elementary | 71.2% | 56.1% | 37.8% | 90.3% | — |
| Barton Pond Elementary | 86.9% | 55.8% | 95% | 88.3% | 91.7% |
| Weatherstone Elementary | 71.5% | 54.8% | 50% | 83.8% | 73.4% |
| North Forest Pines Elementary | 63.1% | 54.7% | 32% | 78% | — |
| Green Hope High | 83% | 54.5% | 70.1% | 83.7% | 91.3% |
| Briarcliff Elementary | 58% | 54.3% | 21.9% | 78.8% | 33.3% |
| Holly Grove Middle | 75.4% | 54.1% | 59.5% | 79.7% | 88.4% |
| Pleasant Union Elementary | 77.8% | 53.8% | 53.3% | 86% | 81% |
| Sanford Creek Elementary | 65.3% | 53.6% | 58.4% | 73.4% | 74.1% |
| Abbotts Creek Elementary | 75.5% | 53.4% | 57.2% | 88.3% | 87.5% |
| Richland Creek Elementary | 70.3% | 53.4% | 62.7% | 78.2% | 89.1% |
| Leesville Road Elementary | 81.6% | 53.3% | 73.8% | 88.9% | 77.8% |
| Alston Ridge Middle | 79.1% | 53.1% | 49.7% | 84.1% | 90.9% |
| Heritage Middle | 78.2% | 53% | 69.4% | 83.8% | 92.5% |
| Buckhorn Creek Elementary | 74.6% | 52.5% | 55.5% | 80.8% | 88.5% |
| Moore Square Middle Magnet | 72.7% | 52.5% | 47.6% | 89.4% | 95% |
| Woods Creek Elementary | 76.5% | 52.5% | 66.2% | 83.5% | 88.7% |
| West Cary Middle | 73.4% | 52.3% | 54.9% | 82.4% | 84.8% |
| Ballentine Elementary | 76% | 52.2% | 50.3% | 84.1% | 95% |
| Heritage High | 65.1% | 51.6% | 38.8% | 79.5% | 86.7% |
| Vandora Springs Elementary | 60% | 51.5% | 54.9% | 75.3% | — |
| Cedar Fork Elementary | 75.5% | 50.6% | 42.9% | 67.8% | 83.6% |
| Rolesville Middle | 60.1% | 50.6% | 51% | 72% | 72.9% |
| Holly Springs High | 78.9% | 50% | 68% | 82.6% | 90.1% |
| West Lake Elementary | 67.5% | 50% | 33.3% | 78% | 70.4% |
| Barwell Road Elementary | 48.2% | 49.7% | 43.2% | 50% | 66.7% |
| South Lakes Elementary | 65% | 49.7% | 52.9% | 67.2% | 82.8% |
| South Garner High | 53.6% | 49.6% | 48% | 80.6% | 72.5% |
| Reedy Creek Elementary | 55.1% | 49.4% | 35.7% | 80.9% | 58.8% |
| Leesville Road Middle | 72.8% | 49% | 51.9% | 89.2% | 79.1% |
| Laurel Park Elementary | 75.6% | 48.9% | 57.8% | 80.1% | 79.2% |
| Rand Road Elementary | 63.8% | 48% | 51.6% | 76.7% | — |
| East Cary Middle | 69.8% | 47.8% | 50.2% | 83.4% | 76% |
| Heritage Elementary | 72% | 47.7% | 66.2% | 82.7% | 75.5% |
| Baucom Elementary | 77.9% | 47.4% | 69.4% | 81% | 86.6% |
| Stough Elementary Magnet | 70.4% | 47.4% | 60% | 75.7% | 86% |
| Herbert Akins Road Middle | 64% | 47% | 38% | 76.2% | 83.6% |
| Holly Ridge Elementary | 80.3% | 46.7% | 69% | 84.8% | 95% |
| Kingswood Elementary Magnet | 63.9% | 46.3% | 32.5% | 88.5% | 91% |
| Salem Middle | 77.7% | 45.9% | 53.2% | 84.8% | 89.3% |
| Leesville Road High | 69.1% | 45.8% | 51.4% | 82.6% | 83.9% |
| Forestville Road Elementary | 46.2% | 45.7% | 38.9% | 56.8% | 43.5% |
| Harris Creek Elementary | 53.9% | 45.6% | 51.2% | 63.5% | 66.7% |
| Creech Road Elementary | 49.7% | 45.4% | 48.6% | 72.7% | 81.8% |
| Lake Myra Elementary | 51.7% | 45.3% | 41.8% | 64.7% | 61.5% |
| East Garner Elementary | 43.7% | 44.9% | 39.2% | 43.4% | 60.5% |
| Alston Ridge Elementary | 72.3% | 44.7% | 39.9% | 80.4% | 83.9% |
| Wakefield Elementary | 53.6% | 44.4% | 39.4% | 76.2% | 66.7% |
| Millbrook Elementary Magnet | 42.5% | 44.3% | 33.6% | 68.4% | 36.4% |
| North Ridge Elementary | 70% | 44.2% | 44.1% | 85.2% | 71.4% |
| Middle Creek Elementary | 69.2% | 44.1% | 38.5% | 84.2% | 95% |
| Wakefield High | 60.5% | 44% | 38.6% | 79.4% | 71.6% |
| West Millbrook Middle | 66.4% | 43.8% | 33.9% | 83.5% | 69.3% |
| River Bend Elementary | 47.6% | 43.7% | 48.5% | 46.8% | 62.7% |
| Pine Hollow Middle | 69.1% | 43.7% | 46.6% | 84.6% | 75.2% |
| Lockhart Elementary | 47.4% | 43.6% | 42.1% | 66.4% | — |
| Morrisville Elementary | 79.8% | 43.5% | 59.6% | 86.3% | 84.8% |
| Beaverdam Elementary | 47.6% | 43.4% | 44.7% | 67.1% | 51.9% |
| Fuquay-Varina Middle | 64.8% | 43.2% | 48.8% | 71.9% | 88.5% |
| Yates Mill Elementary | 57.1% | 43.2% | 38.8% | 83.3% | 95% |
| Powell Elementary Magnet | 53.5% | 42.9% | 26.7% | 70.8% | — |
| Middle Creek High | 62.6% | 42.6% | 29.9% | 79.5% | 85.4% |
| Cary High | 62.8% | 42.5% | 39.5% | 84.1% | 84.7% |
| Turner Creek Elementary | 71% | 42.4% | 49.2% | 79.5% | 84.1% |
| Apex High | 67.4% | 42.2% | 44.6% | 74.8% | 86% |
| Holly Ridge Middle | 71.4% | 42.1% | 54% | 82.2% | 82.1% |
| Willow Spring High | 60.6% | 41.8% | 42% | 70.3% | 92.2% |
| Enloe High Magnet | 71.6% | 41.6% | 42.2% | 89.2% | 95% |
| Millbrook High Magnet | 60.7% | 41.5% | 34.2% | 82.2% | 81% |
| Cary Elementary | 69.6% | 41.3% | 50% | 77.7% | 77.8% |
| Wake Forest High School | 63.4% | 41.3% | 45.9% | 79.8% | 80% |
| Carver Elementary | 52.4% | 40.9% | 48.7% | 68.9% | — |
| Reedy Creek Middle Magnet | 61.6% | 40.9% | 35.1% | 77.5% | 89.6% |
| Conn Elementary Magnet | 69.3% | 40.8% | 69% | 87.8% | 95% |
| Green Elementary Magnet | 52.8% | 40.6% | 37% | 80.8% | — |
| Needham Broughton High Magnet | 66.7% | 40.5% | 41.9% | 84.7% | 73.2% |
| East Garner Middle Magnet | 44.8% | 40.4% | 41.2% | 63.4% | 67.2% |
| Knightdale Elementary | 41.9% | 40.3% | 23.9% | 53.7% | 86.7% |
| Underwood Elementary Magnet | 72.7% | 40% | 36.2% | 90.1% | 95% |
| Adams Elementary | 56.2% | 39.5% | 34.5% | 81.1% | 62.5% |
| East Wake High | 42.1% | 39.3% | 37% | 57% | 60.6% |
| Fuquay-Varina High | 59.4% | 39.3% | 48.1% | 68% | 72.4% |
| Oberlin Middle | 68.2% | 39.2% | 45% | 85.3% | 81.7% |
| Wakefield Middle | 64.6% | 39.1% | 49.3% | 78.2% | 74.1% |
| Garner High Magnet | 47.5% | 38.8% | 41% | 68.6% | 56.5% |
| Hilburn Drive Academy | 63% | 38.6% | 44% | 76.8% | 78.3% |
| Ligon Middle Magnet | 66% | 38.6% | 36.7% | 88.3% | 92.1% |
| Rolesville High | 41.9% | 38.3% | 26.7% | 61.4% | 60.7% |
| Rogers Lane Elementary | 37.2% | 38.2% | 37.4% | 36.4% | 35% |
| Salem Elementary | 70.3% | 38.2% | 38.4% | 78.6% | 83% |
| Hodge Road Elementary Magnet | 46.6% | 38.1% | 38.7% | 69.6% | 70.6% |
| Herbert Akins Rd Elementary | 68.4% | 37.6% | 50.3% | 78.9% | 81.1% |
| Brassfield Elementary | 54.4% | 37.5% | 25% | 75.1% | 66.7% |
| Northwoods Elementary Magnet | 69% | 37.4% | 55.3% | 75.8% | 85.6% |
| Zebulon Middle Magnet | 43.6% | 37.3% | 40.8% | 66.5% | — |
| Wendell Middle | 40% | 37.2% | 33.5% | 57.4% | 54.2% |
| Zebulon Elementary Magnet | 40.5% | 37.2% | 36.2% | 58.4% | — |
| Durant Road Middle | 42.4% | 36.8% | 30% | 63.5% | 69.7% |
| Pleasant Grove Elementary | 60.9% | 36.8% | 66.7% | 53.4% | 77.4% |
| Brier Creek Elementary | 46.2% | 36.1% | 31.8% | 78.8% | 61.9% |
| East Millbrook Middle Magnet | 35.1% | 36% | 24.9% | 63.2% | 35.1% |
| Hunter Elementary Magnet | 75.1% | 35.7% | 52.9% | 94.9% | 92.9% |
| Martin Middle Magnet | 71.9% | 35.6% | 34% | 86.3% | 94.6% |
| Southeast Raleigh Elementary Magnet | 34.7% | 35.4% | 33.9% | — | — |
| Wildwood Forest Elementary | 39.7% | 35.3% | 37.7% | 63.2% | 64.3% |
| Douglas Elementary Magnet | 56.8% | 35.2% | 28.3% | 77.2% | 20% |
| West Lake Middle | 60.6% | 35.1% | 41.7% | 80.8% | 82.4% |
| Fuquay-Varina Elementary | 64.6% | 34.8% | 60.8% | 71.8% | 89.1% |
| Lincoln Heights Elementary Magnet | 66.1% | 34.4% | 55.8% | 77.2% | 77.2% |
| Walnut Creek Elementary | 32.7% | 34.3% | 31.9% | 26.1% | 16.7% |
| Penny Road Elementary | 63.3% | 34% | 30.3% | 82.5% | 93.1% |
| Lead Mine Elementary | 59.9% | 33.8% | 34.5% | 83.4% | — |
| Neuse River Middle | 34.9% | 33.4% | 28.1% | 52.9% | 72.3% |
| Brentwood Elementary Magnet | 45.8% | 33.3% | 31% | 79.5% | 61.9% |
| Sycamore Creek Elementary | 74.7% | 33.3% | 58.2% | 85.9% | 85.7% |
| Washington Elementary Magnet | 69.3% | 33.1% | 26.2% | 76.7% | 93.8% |
| Wiley Elementary Magnet | 60.7% | 33.1% | 36% | 85.4% | 62.5% |
| Durant Road Elementary | 54.8% | 32.5% | 43.2% | 80.1% | 82.1% |
| Knightdale High | 33.5% | 32.4% | 29.4% | 51.4% | 50% |
| Wake Forest Middle School | 46.4% | 31.9% | 36.6% | 64.7% | 56.3% |
| Bugg Elementary Magnet | 34.9% | 31.7% | 28.7% | 60% | — |
| Athens Drive High Magnet | 54.3% | 31.6% | 36.6% | 74.8% | 76.6% |
| Farmington Woods Elementary Magnet | 76.7% | 31.6% | 47.2% | 88.7% | 93.9% |
| Centennial Campus Middle Magnet | 34.8% | 31.5% | 24.1% | 60.9% | 53.6% |
| Apex Middle | 72.6% | 31.4% | 43.5% | 81.8% | 88% |
| Wilburn Elementary | 35.7% | 31.4% | 33.4% | 43.1% | 56.9% |
| River Bend Middle | 31.7% | 31.3% | 26.6% | 42.8% | 59.8% |
| Swift Creek Elementary | 66.5% | 31.3% | 42.3% | 85.9% | 95% |
| North Garner Middle | 41.8% | 31% | 31.2% | 63.8% | 72.1% |
| Fox Road Elementary Magnet | 40.1% | 30.7% | 36.3% | 64.6% | 81% |
| Lufkin Road Middle | 61.9% | 30.4% | 27.9% | 78.7% | 82.8% |
| York Elementary | 60.5% | 30.1% | 40.7% | 85.9% | 57.9% |
| Smith Elementary Magnet | 39.8% | 30% | 24.1% | 64.5% | 89.1% |
| Wake Forest Elementary | 57% | 30% | 53.2% | 72.4% | 81.3% |
| Timber Drive Elementary | 46.4% | 29.7% | 22.8% | 68.9% | 58.3% |
| Oak Grove Elementary | 63.8% | 29.4% | 32.4% | 80.1% | 80.5% |
| Dillard Drive Middle | 50.5% | 29.1% | 29.2% | 76.8% | 61.2% |
| Olds Elementary | 67.4% | 29% | 7.1% | 89.7% | 60% |
| Baileywick Road Elementary | 45.8% | 28.6% | 23.4% | 77.8% | — |
| Joyner Elementary Magnet | 64.8% | 28% | 61.5% | 83% | 53.8% |
| Wendell Elementary Magnet | 44.4% | 28% | 31.6% | 70.5% | 51.6% |
| Fuller Elementary Magnet | 67.5% | 27.6% | 19.3% | 76.1% | 95% |
| Apex Elementary | 69.7% | 27.4% | 52.4% | 81.8% | 94.1% |
| Carroll Middle Magnet | 44.8% | 27.3% | 31.3% | 73.8% | 34.9% |
| Dillard Drive Elementary | 46.3% | 27.1% | 33.5% | 70.1% | 46.9% |
| Forest Pines Drive Elementary | 48% | 27% | 50.6% | 65.4% | 78.6% |
| Lynn Road Elementary | 54.3% | 26.8% | 43.4% | 75.7% | 57.1% |
| Banks Road Elementary | 57.1% | 26.7% | 32.6% | 76.4% | 76.2% |
| Aversboro Elementary | 37.8% | 25.4% | 35.8% | 55.6% | 75% |
| Southeast Raleigh High Magnet | 27.4% | 24.5% | 25.6% | 58.7% | 30% |
| Root Elementary | 69.3% | 24.4% | 31.5% | 87.6% | — |
| Carnage Middle Magnet | 72.4% | 24.3% | 30.2% | 88.1% | 95% |
| Vance Elementary Magnet | 64.3% | 23.8% | 53.3% | 74.2% | — |
| Brooks Elementary Magnet | 56.7% | 20.8% | 44.4% | 80.8% | 21.1% |
| Lacy Elementary | 74.2% | 16.7% | 46.5% | 90.5% | 65.2% |
| Phillips High Alt | 17.3% | 16% | 10.8% | 38.9% | — |
| Mount Vernon Alt | 15.2% | 6.7% | 18.5% | 24% | — |
| River Oaks Middle Alt | 11% | 6.6% | 12% | 33.3% | — |
| Connections Academy Alt | 11.3% | 5% | 13.3% | 17.4% | — |
| SCORE Academy Alt | 9.8% | 5% | 9.6% | 21.4% | — |
Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.