NC Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt 2023 | North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
NC Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt 2023 | North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Apex Friendship High School registered the highest enrollment among Wake County's 215 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 2,712 students.
Despite boasting a favorable teacher-student ratio of 1:15, surpassing the national average, North Carolina's public schools face a significant funding gap. The state's per-student expenditure of $10,519 falls considerably short of the national average of $14,295.
North Carolina's public schools also faced a staggering 58.4% surge in vacant teaching positions in the 2021-22 school year, leaving over 5,000 classrooms without qualified instructors.
Enrollment in Wake County Over 9 Years
Enrollment in Wake County Schools Compared to Previous Year
| School name | Total Enrollment in 2021-22 | Total Enrollment in 2022-23 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apex Friendship High School | 2,704 | 2,712 | 0.3% |
| Leesville Road High School | 2,533 | 2,536 | 0.1% |
| Apex High School | 2,372 | 2,454 | 3.5% |
| Enloe High School | 2,346 | 2,426 | 3.4% |
| Panther Creek High School | 2,309 | 2,419 | 4.8% |
| Millbrook High School | 2,281 | 2,332 | 2.2% |
| Rolesville High School | 2,402 | 2,258 | -6% |
| Holly Springs High School | 2,186 | 2,092 | -4.3% |
| Needham Broughton High School | 2,047 | 2,080 | 1.6% |
| Cary High School | 2,014 | 2,070 | 2.8% |
| Wake Forest High School | 2,115 | 2,044 | -3.4% |
| Green Level High School | 1,930 | 2,038 | 5.6% |
| Wakefield High School | - | 1,999 | - |
| Athens Drive High School | 1,973 | 1,990 | 0.9% |
| Green Hope High School | - | 1,987 | - |
| Fuquay-Varina High School | 2,004 | 1,875 | -6.4% |
| Heritage High School | 1,866 | 1,779 | -4.7% |
| South Garner High School | 1,711 | 1,756 | 2.6% |
| Knightdale High School | 1,589 | 1,658 | 4.3% |
| Franklin Academy | 1,632 | 1,634 | 0.1% |
| Mills Park Middle School | - | 1,623 | - |
| Garner High School | 1,601 | 1,616 | 0.9% |
| Sanderson High School | - | 1,607 | - |
| Middle Creek High School | 1,670 | 1,586 | -5% |
| East Wake High School | 1,461 | 1,548 | 6% |
| Alston Ridge Middle School | 1,353 | 1,504 | 11.2% |
| Willow Spring High School | 926 | 1,465 | 58.2% |
| Apex Friendship Middle School | 1,350 | 1,384 | 2.5% |
| Southeast Raleigh High School | 1,405 | 1,362 | -3.1% |
| Triangle Math and Science Academy | 1,010 | 1,253 | 24.1% |
| Pine Springs Preparatory Academy | 1,085 | 1,236 | 13.9% |
| East Wake Academy | 1,195 | 1,209 | 1.2% |
| Fuquay-Varina Middle School | 1,168 | 1,181 | 1.1% |
| East Garner Middle School | 1,283 | 1,174 | -8.5% |
| River Bend Middle School | 1,154 | 1,106 | -4.2% |
| Oberlin Middle School | 1,192 | 1,081 | -9.3% |
| Salem Middle School | 1,079 | 1,073 | -0.6% |
| West Millbrook Middle School | 998 | 1,041 | 4.3% |
| Rolesville Middle School | 1,072 | 1,039 | -3.1% |
| Alston Ridge Elementary School | 1,040 | 1,029 | -1.1% |
| Heritage Middle School | 1,076 | 1,004 | -6.7% |
| Lufkin Road Middle School | 1,051 | 1,001 | -4.8% |
| Holly Ridge Middle School | 1,064 | 991 | -6.9% |
| North Garner Middle School | 972 | 970 | -0.2% |
| Dillard Drive Middle School | 989 | 968 | -2.1% |
| Wake Forest Middle School | 1,132 | 963 | -14.9% |
| Olive Chapel Elementary School | 995 | 962 | -3.3% |
| Martin Middle School | 981 | 952 | -3% |
| Herbert Akins Rd Elementary School | 880 | 938 | 6.6% |
| Oakview Elementary School | 893 | 933 | 4.5% |
| Apex Middle School | 919 | 921 | 0.2% |
| Neuse River Middle School | 873 | 917 | 5% |
| Holly Springs Elementary School | 860 | 909 | 5.7% |
| Holly Grove Elementary School | 937 | 907 | -3.2% |
| Wakefield Middle School | 928 | 898 | -3.2% |
| West Lake Middle School | - | 883 | - |
| West Cary Middle School | 860 | 869 | 1% |
| Pine Hollow Middle School | 942 | 867 | -8% |
| Herbert Akins Road Middle School | - | 864 | - |
| Carroll Middle School | 893 | 862 | -3.5% |
| Davis Drive Elementary School | 851 | 848 | -0.4% |
| Harris Creek Elementary School | 904 | 842 | -6.9% |
| Parkside Elementary School | 895 | 837 | -6.5% |
| Carnage Middle School | 871 | 833 | -4.4% |
| South Lakes Elementary School | 666 | 826 | 24% |
| Holly Ridge Elementary School | 817 | 793 | -2.9% |
| Leesville Road Middle School | 832 | 784 | -5.8% |
| Sycamore Creek Elementary School | 940 | 782 | -16.8% |
| White Oak Elementary School | 776 | 775 | -0.1% |
| Laurel Park Elementary School | 830 | 775 | -6.6% |
| Cedar Fork Elementary School | 774 | 774 | 0% |
| Apex Friendship Elementary School | - | 773 | - |
| Abbotts Creek Elementary School | 785 | 771 | -1.8% |
| Reedy Creek Middle School | 711 | 768 | 8% |
| Scotts Ridge Elementary School | 830 | 764 | -8% |
| Durant Road Middle School | - | 763 | - |
| Endeavor Charter School | 749 | 762 | 1.7% |
| Buckhorn Creek Elementary School | 690 | 758 | 9.9% |
| East Millbrook Middle School | 753 | 757 | 0.5% |
| Peak Charter Academy | 751 | 756 | 0.7% |
| Envision Science Academy | 732 | 734 | 0.3% |
| Highcroft Elementary School | 757 | 731 | -3.4% |
| Salem Elementary School | 967 | 723 | -25.2% |
| Wendell Middle School | 739 | 721 | -2.4% |
| Rogers Lane Elementary School | 730 | 721 | -1.2% |
| Cardinal Charter Academy at Wendell Falls | 644 | 720 | 11.8% |
| Zebulon Middle School | 714 | 706 | -1.1% |
| Cardinal Charter Academy | 773 | 703 | -9.1% |
| PreEminent Charter | 674 | 698 | 3.6% |
| North Ridge Elementary School | 654 | 697 | 6.6% |
| Weatherstone Elementary School | 743 | 697 | -6.2% |
| Ballentine Elementary School | 666 | 694 | 4.2% |
| Hortons Creek Elementary School | 784 | 691 | -11.9% |
| Mills Park Elementary School | 722 | 690 | -4.4% |
| Willow Springs Elementary School | 615 | 690 | 12.2% |
| Beaverdam Elementary School | 658 | 683 | 3.8% |
| Dillard Drive Elementary School | 652 | 683 | 4.8% |
| Barwell Road Elementary School | 674 | 681 | 1% |
| River Bend Elementary School | 736 | 670 | -9% |
| Lacy Elementary School | 657 | 670 | 2% |
| Turner Creek Elementary School | 903 | 668 | -26% |
| Wake Forest Charter Academy | 740 | 664 | -10.3% |
| Morrisville Elementary School | - | 663 | - |
| Banks Road Elementary School | 643 | 655 | 1.9% |
| Bryan Road Elementary School | - | 655 | - |
| Middle Creek Elementary School | 636 | 642 | 0.9% |
| Carpenter Elementary School | 724 | 641 | -11.5% |
| Lake Myra Elementary School | - | 636 | - |
| Durant Road Elementary School | 648 | 631 | -2.6% |
| Farmington Woods Elementary School | 616 | 630 | 2.3% |
| Rolesville Charter Academy | 736 | 627 | -14.8% |
| East Cary Middle School | 623 | 623 | 0% |
| Heritage Elementary School | 645 | 622 | -3.6% |
| SCORE Academy | 478 | 621 | 29.9% |
| Apex Elementary School | 656 | 621 | -5.3% |
| West Lake Elementary School | 612 | 617 | 0.8% |
| Northwoods Elementary School | 630 | 617 | -2.1% |
| Hilburn Drive Academy | 648 | 616 | -4.9% |
| Lincoln Heights Elementary School | 574 | 615 | 7.1% |
| Sterling Montessori Academy | 618 | 615 | -0.5% |
| Combs Elementary School | 625 | 609 | -2.6% |
| Green Hope Elementary School | 543 | 606 | 11.6% |
| Sanford Creek Elementary School | 623 | 606 | -2.7% |
| Hunter Elementary School | 597 | 605 | 1.3% |
| The Math and Science Academy of Apex | - | 605 | - |
| Brassfield Elementary School | 607 | 602 | -0.8% |
| Wilburn Elementary School | 604 | 602 | -0.3% |
| Fuquay-Varina Elementary School | 554 | 600 | 8.3% |
| Leesville Road Elementary School | 643 | 599 | -6.8% |
| Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School | 553 | 596 | 7.8% |
| Oak Grove Elementary School | 600 | 595 | -0.8% |
| Moore Square Middle School | 606 | 591 | -2.5% |
| Reedy Creek Elementary School | 643 | 585 | -9% |
| Jones Dairy Elementary School | 596 | 583 | -2.2% |
| Brier Creek Elementary School | 606 | 579 | -4.5% |
| Pleasant Grove Elementary School | 640 | 576 | -10% |
| Wakelon Elementary School | 538 | 564 | 4.8% |
| North Forest Pines Elementary School | 541 | 559 | 3.3% |
| Raleigh Charter High School | 557 | 559 | 0.4% |
| Southern Wake Academy | 626 | 555 | -11.3% |
| Pleasant Union Elementary School | 562 | 551 | -2% |
| Zebulon Elementary School | 529 | 549 | 3.8% |
| Knightdale Elementary School | 550 | 542 | -1.5% |
| Green Elementary School | 537 | 540 | 0.6% |
| Adams Elementary School | 516 | 539 | 4.5% |
| Douglas Elementary School | 546 | 524 | -4% |
| Vandora Springs Elementary School | 503 | 522 | 3.8% |
| Joyner Elementary School | 520 | 518 | -0.4% |
| Centennial Campus Middle School | 514 | 512 | -0.4% |
| Conn Elementary School | 457 | 511 | 11.8% |
| Stough Elementary School | 488 | 511 | 4.7% |
| Wildwood Forest Elementary School | 578 | 511 | -11.6% |
| Hodge Road Elementary School | 508 | 508 | 0% |
| Forest Pines Drive Elementary School | - | 506 | - |
| Baucom Elementary School | 645 | 505 | -21.7% |
| Millbrook Elementary School | 473 | 504 | 6.6% |
| Smith Elementary School | 481 | 503 | 4.6% |
| Rolesville Elementary School | 538 | 498 | -7.4% |
| Washington Elementary School | 523 | 491 | -6.1% |
| Walnut Creek Elementary School | 511 | 490 | -4.1% |
| Penny Road Elementary School | 493 | 489 | -0.8% |
| Jeffreys Grove Elementary School | 518 | 486 | -6.2% |
| Wakefield Elementary School | 543 | 486 | -10.5% |
| Yates Mill Elementary School | 469 | 485 | 3.4% |
| Forestville Road Elementary School | 507 | 484 | -4.5% |
| East Garner Elementary School | 490 | 477 | -2.7% |
| Lynn Road Elementary School | 495 | 471 | -4.8% |
| Cary Elementary School | 513 | 470 | -8.4% |
| RISE Southeast Raleigh Charter | 433 | 467 | 7.9% |
| Fox Road Elementary School | 477 | 462 | -3.1% |
| Lockhart Elementary School | 461 | 452 | -2% |
| Root Elementary School | 386 | 443 | 14.8% |
| Brooks Elementary School | 500 | 433 | -13.4% |
| The Exploris School | 441 | 427 | -3.2% |
| Briarcliff Elementary School | 442 | 426 | -3.6% |
| Wendell Elementary School | 436 | 424 | -2.8% |
| York Elementary School | 424 | 420 | -0.9% |
| Timber Drive Elementary School | 293 | 416 | 42% |
| Barton Pond Elementary School | - | 412 | - |
| Magellan Charter | 404 | 404 | 0% |
| Carver Elementary School | 393 | 402 | 2.3% |
| Longleaf School of the Arts | 361 | 390 | 8% |
| Swift Creek Elementary School | 407 | 385 | -5.4% |
| Underwood Elementary School | 395 | 385 | -2.5% |
| Kingswood Elementary School | 416 | 379 | -8.9% |
| Fuller Elementary School | 367 | 375 | 2.2% |
| Rand Road Elementary School | 470 | 370 | -21.3% |
| Vance Elementary School | 410 | 369 | -10% |
| Brentwood Elementary School | 366 | 368 | 0.5% |
| Wiley Elementary School | 361 | 368 | 1.9% |
| Southeast Raleigh Elementary School | 389 | 357 | -8.2% |
| Aversboro Elementary School | 379 | 352 | -7.1% |
| Baileywick Road Elementary School | 369 | 347 | -6% |
| North Wake College and Career Academy | 367 | 346 | -5.7% |
| Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy | 353 | 344 | -2.5% |
| Vernon Malone College and Career Academy | 335 | 340 | 1.5% |
| Wake Early College of Health and Science | 329 | 327 | -0.6% |
| Doral Academy of North Carolina | 197 | 319 | 61.9% |
| Wake Forest Elementary School | 343 | 317 | -7.6% |
| Raleigh Oak Charter | 282 | 286 | 1.4% |
| Partnership Elementary School | 289 | 271 | -6.2% |
| Olds Elementary School | 255 | 271 | 6.3% |
| Powell Elementary School | 279 | 270 | -3.2% |
| Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy | 260 | 268 | 3.1% |
| Central Carolina Academy | - | 264 | - |
| Poe Elementary School | 265 | 260 | -1.9% |
| Wake STEM Early College High School | 251 | 259 | 3.2% |
| Central Wake High School | 193 | 210 | 8.8% |
| Oak Hill Charter | - | 178 | - |
| Quest Academy | 143 | 142 | -0.7% |
| Crossroads FLEX | 143 | 136 | -4.9% |
| Phillips High School | 112 | 116 | 3.6% |
| Mount Vernon | 72 | 73 | 1.4% |
| Connections Academy | 44 | 60 | 36.4% |
| Longview | 32 | 26 | -18.8% |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Douglas Elementary School• Fuquay-Varina High School• Panther Creek High School• Holly Springs High School• Wakefield Elementary School• Yates Mill Elementary School• North Ridge Elementary School• Lincoln Heights Elementary School• Brooks Elementary School• Olds Elementary School• Conn Elementary School• Needham Broughton High School• Briarcliff Elementary School• Jeffreys Grove Elementary School• Fuquay-Varina Elementary School• Jones Dairy Elementary School• Longview• Dillard Drive Middle School• Heritage Middle School• Sanderson High School• Wiley Elementary School• East Millbrook Middle School• Alston Ridge Elementary School• Root Elementary School• Carroll Middle School• Rand Road Elementary School• Fuquay-Varina Middle School• Baileywick Road Elementary School• Lockhart Elementary School• Heritage High School• River Bend Elementary School• Timber Drive Elementary School• Lake Myra Elementary School• Hodge Road Elementary School• Salem Elementary School• Dillard Drive Elementary School• Leesville Road Elementary School• Green Hope Elementary School• Cedar Fork Elementary School• Green Level High School• Phillips High School• Penny Road Elementary School• Sterling Montessori Academy• Holly Springs Elementary School• Kingswood Elementary School• Lacy Elementary School• Pleasant Union Elementary School• Sycamore Creek Elementary School• Carnage Middle School• Magellan Charter• Wakefield High School• Adams Elementary School• North Garner Middle School• East Cary Middle School• Fox Road Elementary School• East Garner Elementary School• Carver Elementary School• Rolesville Elementary School• Vance Elementary School• Durant Road Middle School• Washington Elementary School• Morrisville Elementary School• Athens Drive High School• Martin Middle School• Brassfield Elementary School• Knightdale Elementary School• Lufkin Road Middle School• Powell Elementary School• Ballentine Elementary School• Farmington Woods Elementary School• Weatherstone Elementary School• Barwell Road Elementary School• Cary High School• Poe Elementary School• Zebulon Middle School• Quest Academy• Hunter Elementary School• Florida Department of Education• Partnership Elementary School• Durant Road Elementary School• Wildwood Forest Elementary School• Leesville Road Middle School• Middle Creek High School• Cary Elementary School• Harris Creek Elementary School• Turner Creek Elementary School• Reedy Creek Elementary School• Mills Park Middle School• Vandora Springs Elementary School• Reedy Creek Middle School• Lynn Road Elementary School• Centennial Campus Middle School• Holly Grove Elementary School• Stough Elementary School• Longleaf School of the Arts• East Garner Middle School• Southern Wake Academy• Apex Elementary School• North Forest Pines Elementary School• Herbert Akins Rd Elementary School• Zebulon Elementary School• Banks Road Elementary School• Millbrook High School• Olive Chapel Elementary School• Davis Drive Elementary School• Apex High School• Holly Ridge Middle School• Rolesville High School• Green Hope High School• West Cary Middle School• Green Elementary School• Leesville Road High School• Mills Park Elementary School• Franklin Academy• Baucom Elementary School• Preeminent Charter• Swift Creek Elementary School• Apex Middle School• Combs Elementary School• Highcroft Elementary School• Mount Vernon• West Millbrook Middle School• Heritage Elementary School• Wake Forest Elementary School• South Garner High School• Walnut Creek Elementary School• Wilburn Elementary School• Oak Grove Elementary School• Aversboro Elementary School• Carpenter Elementary School• Sanford Creek Elementary School• Northwoods Elementary School• Brier Creek Elementary School• Knightdale High School• Millbrook Elementary School• Willow Springs Elementary School• Joyner Elementary School• Garner High School• Underwood Elementary School• Brentwood Elementary School• Southeast Raleigh High School• Salem Middle School• Wendell Middle School• Apex Friendship High School• Holly Ridge Elementary School• Wendell Elementary School• East Wake Academy• Wakefield Middle School• Smith Elementary School
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