Catherine Truitt North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction | North Carolina Department of Public Instruction website
Catherine Truitt North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction | North Carolina Department of Public Instruction website
Science scores among the district's schools dropped to 37.4% compared to the previous school year, when 37.7% of students were considered ready for post-secondary education.
Wake STEM Early College High School students stood out from schools in Wake County Schools in science, with almost 79.3% of the 11th-graders hitting the ACT benchmark in the 2022-23 school year (46). Meanwhile, students from East Wake High School struggled the most on the science portion, and only 7.3% were considered ready for college.
For comparison, North Carolina saw 26% of its students meeting or exceeding the ACT benchmarks for science during the 2022-23 school year.
Besides science, 55.5% of Wake County Schools 11th-graders met English college readiness benchmarks in the 2022-23 school year. In reading, 48.5% of students were ready for college, and math scores revealed 39.4% of juniors also met the standard. Overall, Wake County Schools had an average college readiness of 27.6% across all ACT areas.
North Carolina's education system is still grappling with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the 2022-23 ACT results, college readiness among North Carolina students falls short of pre-pandemic levels, with only 17.1% meeting benchmarks.
Additionally, the state's performance is lagging behind the national average, which currently stands at 21%.
| School | Met or Exceeded Benchmarks (2021-22) | Met or Exceeded Benchmarks (2022-23) |
|---|---|---|
| Wake STEM Early College High School | 85.4% | 79.3% |
| Green Hope High School | 62% | 64.1% |
| Green Level High School | 58.9% | 63.5% |
| Enloe High School | 61% | 62.4% |
| Wake Early College of Health and Science | 51.3% | 62.3% |
| Crossroads FLEX | 54.8% | 56.1% |
| Panther Creek High School | 55.4% | 52.6% |
| Apex Friendship High School | 48.1% | 48.2% |
| Holly Springs High School | 43.2% | 46.6% |
| Apex High School | 44.8% | 43.4% |
| Needham Broughton High School | 44.4% | 42.9% |
| Leesville Road High School | 44.6% | 42.9% |
| North Wake College and Career Academy | 33.7% | 37.3% |
| Heritage High School | 34% | 34.4% |
| Wakefield High School | 31.2% | 33.8% |
| Middle Creek High School | 36.8% | 33.6% |
| Cary High School | 36.5% | 33.3% |
| Millbrook High School | 37.8% | 33.3% |
| Athens Drive High School | 31.2% | 32.5% |
| Fuquay-Varina High School | 29.9% | 32% |
| Sanderson High School | 28.7% | 31.7% |
| Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy | 43.2% | 31.3% |
| Wake Forest High School | 33.6% | 29.4% |
| Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy | 53.3% | 29% |
| Willow Spring High School | 0% | 28.2% |
| Vernon Malone College and Career Academy | 29.1% | 26.3% |
| Rolesville High School | 19.3% | 18.1% |
| Garner High School | 22.8% | 16.6% |
| Southeast Raleigh High School | 12.8% | 13.7% |
| South Garner High School | 9.9% | 12% |
| Knightdale High School | 8% | 9.9% |
| Phillips High School | <5% | 9.1% |
| East Wake High School | 7.1% | 7.3% |
| SCORE Academy | <5% | <5% |
| Wake County Schools | 37.7% | 37.4% |
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