Schools · Raleigh

Raleigh, NC schools

Raleigh’s public schools score well above North Carolina’s averages: 60% of students are proficient in reading against 47.2% statewide, and 91% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.7%. Kids attend one of 48 schools through grade 8, then one of 18 high schools and one of 12 high schools.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

B+School Grade #86Best schools in NC (of 252)#57Highest graduation rate in NC (of 284)

TownTapestry School GradeNew

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Raleigh’s School Grade: B+

The public schools Raleigh’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 74% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

A-Test scoresBGraduation

North Carolina school districts we grade (318)Better than 74%

Lower resultsHigher results

North Carolina towns with similar household incomes (248)Better than 94%

High confidence. Built on 67,704 tested students and a graduating class of 12,730; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on North Carolina’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of North Carolina only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in North Carolina with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Raleigh kids go to school

Grades PK–8

48 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Wake County Schools

Grades 9–12

18 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Wake County Schools

Grades 12

12 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Wake County Schools

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Wake County)60%

State average 47.2%

Math (grades PK–12, Wake County)52%

State average 41.9%

Graduation · class of 2020

91% graduate on time

Graduation rate

91%

NC: 87.7%

Graduating class

12,730

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #57 of 284 NC towns →

Districts

The district serving Raleigh

Wake County SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 202 schools · 163,176 students

$12,279 per studentNC $13,045B+

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Every school

All 131 schools in Raleigh

Level

All 131 Elementary 54 Middle 17 High 18 Other 42

Type

All 131 Public 81 Charter 11 Private 39

Showing 1–30 of 131 schools

Harris Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 827 students

Abbotts Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 805 students

Sycamore Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 778 students

Rogers Lane ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 763 students

North Ridge ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 730 students

River Bend ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 709 students

Combs ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 695 students

Lacy ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 695 students

Beaverdam ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 678 students

PreEminent CharterElementary · Grades K–8 · 667 students

Hunter ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 658 students

Barwell Road ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 648 students

Dillard Drive ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 648 students

Brier Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 642 students

Hilburn Drive AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 596 students

Conn ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 595 students

Wilburn ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 593 students

Durant Road ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 577 students

Walnut Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 574 students

Joyner ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 569 students

York ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 563 students

Douglas ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 562 students

Wildwood Forest ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 551 students

Stough ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 550 students

Fuller ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 545 students

Jeffreys Grove ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 543 students

North Forest Pines ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 536 students

Green ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 534 students

Millbrook ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 534 students

Leesville Road ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 528 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.