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Wake Early College of Health and Science

Public Grades 9-12

15^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 641 North Carolina High Schools

Better than 98% of North Carolina high schools

Summary

Wake Early College of Health and Science is a public high school in Raleigh, North Carolina that serves grades 9-12 with an enrollment of 328 students. As part of the Wake County Schools district, which is ranked 60th out of 242 districts in the state, the school consistently ranks among the top high schools in North Carolina, maintaining a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the past 5 years.

Wake Early College of Health and Science's students significantly outperform their peers in the district and state on End-of-Course (EOC) exams, with 91.5% proficiency in Biology EOC compared to 61% for Wake County and 48.3% for North Carolina. The school also demonstrates strong performance across various student subgroups, often placing in the top 15-60 high schools in the state. As an early college high school, Wake Early College of Health and Science provides students with the opportunity to earn college credits while in high school, reflected in its high performance on the English II and Math III EOC exams.

Compared to nearby high schools, such as Needham Broughton High, Vernon Malone College and Career Academy, and Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy, Wake Early College of Health and Science significantly outperforms them on academic measures. Additionally, the school has seen an increase in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, from 21.6% in 2021-2022 to 42.07% in 2023-2024, suggesting it is serving a more diverse student population in terms of socioeconomic status.

317

Students ?

22.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,117

Per pupil spending ?

34.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2901 Holston Lane
Raleigh, NC 27610

(919) 212-5800

District: Wake County Schools

Feeder schools for Wake Early College of Health and Science:

Elementary:	Adams Elementary
	Alston Ridge Elementary
	Apex Elementary
	Aversboro Elementary
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	Baileywick Road Elementary
	Ballentine Elementary
	Banks Road Elementary
	Barwell Road Elementary
	Baucom Elementary
	Brassfield Elementary
	Brentwood Elementary
	Briarcliff Elementary
	Brier Creek Elementary
	Brooks Elementary
	Bugg Elementary
	Carpenter Elementary
	Carver Elementary
	Cary Elementary
	Cedar Fork Elementary
	Combs Elementary
	Conn Elementary
	Creech Road Elementary
	Davis Drive Elementary
	Dillard Drive Elementary
	Douglas Elementary
	Durant Road Elementary
	East Garner Elementary
	Farmington Woods Elementary
	Forest Pines Drive Elementary
	Forestville Road Elementary
	Fox Road Elementary
	Fuller Elementary
	Fuquay-Varina Elementary
	Green Elementary
	Green Hope Elementary
	Harris Creek Elementary
	Herbert Akins Rd Elementary
	Heritage Elementary
	Highcroft Elementary
	Hilburn Drive Academy
	Hodge Road Elementary
	Holly Grove Elementary
	Holly Ridge Elementary
	Holly Springs Elementary
	Hunter Elementary
	Jeffreys Grove Elementary
	Jones Dairy Elementary
	Joyner Elementary
	Kingswood Elementary
	Knightdale Elementary
	Lacy Elementary
	Lake Myra Elementary
	Laurel Park Elementary
	Lead Mine Elementary
	Leesville Road Elementary
	Lincoln Heights Elementary
	Lockhart Elementary
	Lynn Road Elementary
	Middle Creek Elementary
	Millbrook Elementary
	Mills Park Elementary
	Morrisville Elementary
	North Forest Pines Elementary
	North Ridge Elementary
	Northwoods Elementary
	Oak Grove Elementary
	Olds Elementary
	Olive Chapel Elementary
	Partnership Elementary
	Penny Road Elementary
	Pleasant Union Elementary
	Poe Elementary
	Powell Elementary
	Rand Road Elementary
	Reedy Creek Elementary
	Richland Creek Elementary
	River Bend Elementary
	Rolesville Elementary
	Root Elementary
	Salem Elementary
	Sanford Creek Elementary
	Smith Elementary
	Stough Elementary
	Swift Creek Elementary
	Sycamore Creek Elementary
	Timber Drive Elementary
	Turner Creek Elementary
	Underwood Elementary
	Vance Elementary
	Vandora Springs Elementary
	Wake Forest Elementary
	Wakefield Elementary
	Wakelon Elementary
	Walnut Creek Elementary
	Washington Elementary
	Weatherstone Elementary
	Wendell Elementary
	West Lake Elementary
	Wilburn Elementary
	Wildwood Forest Elementary
	Wiley Elementary
	Willow Springs Elementary
	Yates Mill Elementary
	York Elementary
	Zebulon Elementary
Middle:	Apex Middle
	Carnage Middle
	Carroll Middle
	Centennial Campus Middle
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	Davis Drive Middle
	Dillard Drive Middle
	Durant Road Middle
	East Cary Middle
	East Garner Middle
	East Millbrook Middle
	Fuquay-Varina Middle
	Heritage Middle
	Holly Grove Middle
	Holly Ridge Middle
	Leesville Road Middle
	Ligon Middle
	Lufkin Road Middle
	Martin Middle
	Mills Park Middle
	Moore Square Middle
	Neuse River Middle
	North Garner Middle
	Oberlin Middle
	Reedy Creek Middle
	Rolesville Middle
	Salem Middle
	Wake Forest Middle School
	Wakefield Middle
	Wendell Middle
	West Cary Middle
	West Lake Middle
	West Millbrook Middle
	Zebulon Middle

Racial breakdown:

White:

28.7%

African American:

26.8%

Asian:

22.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 86th percentile in 2021 → 98th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the North Carolina average (97% vs 53% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 2% of North Carolina high schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 12 percentile points since 2021

Worth a look

!Large classes — about 23 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school97%

District avg63%

North Carolina avg53%

15^th of 641

North Carolina public high schools ?

Top 2%▲ up 12 pts since 2021

From top 14% (2021) to top 2% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 32High Schools in the Wake County Schools

60^th of 242Wake County Schools among North Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	95.5	15 of 641	97.7%	★★★★★
2024	92.5	53 of 640	91.7%	★★★★★
2023	92.6	47 of 626	92.5%	★★★★★
2022	95.4	25 of 621	96.0%	★★★★★
2021	87.4	86 of 594	85.5%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	98.3	15 of 440	96.6%	★★★★★
2024	97.9	22 of 437	95.0%	★★★★★
2023	98.2	17 of 434	96.1%	★★★★★
2022	99.5	3 of 430	99.3%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	86.0	11 of 106	89.6%	★★★★★
2024	86.9	8 of 101	92.1%	★★★★★
2023	83.6	12 of 98	87.8%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	94.9	13 of 610	97.9%	★★★★★
2024	90.3	60 of 602	90.0%	★★★★★
2023	91.0	55 of 588	90.6%	★★★★★
2022	94.2	22 of 594	96.3%	★★★★★

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	77.9	69 of 412	83.3%	★★★★☆
2023	81.2	38 of 403	90.6%	★★★★★
2022	82.7	13 of 398	96.7%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	97.6	10 of 462	97.8%	★★★★★
2024	95.5	33 of 454	92.7%	★★★★★
2023	87.7	59 of 449	86.9%	★★★★☆
2022	95.8	29 of 436	93.3%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	97.3	15 of 606	97.5%	★★★★★
2024	92.7	69 of 613	88.7%	★★★★☆
2023	95.0	48 of 597	92.0%	★★★★★
2022	99.0	12 of 544	97.8%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	95.7	18 of 601	97.0%	★★★★★
2024	93.4	55 of 607	90.9%	★★★★★
2023	95.5	35 of 602	94.2%	★★★★★
2022	96.4	21 of 585	96.4%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2024	91.8	39 of 553	92.9%	★★★★★
2023	93.9	21 of 537	96.1%	★★★★★
2022	94.6	18 of 534	96.6%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Female (2025)98th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)98th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)98th percentile~ school

Male (2025)97th percentile~ school

African American (2025)97th percentile~ school

White (2024)93rd percentile~ school

Asian (2025)90th percentile-8 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)83rd percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Math III100%+34 vs state

English II100%+40 vs state

Math I92%+58 vs state

Biology92%+43 vs state

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by a student
Wednesday, April 6, 2016

This school teaches so much more than curriculum. Life skills like metacognition, self-regulation, and critical thinking are enforced equally as much as effective studying and valuing schoolwork. The teachers and students create a sense of community unequaled by other schools. This website fails to recognize, however, that the early college setup there means that only two years of students- the freshmen and sophomores- on the early college campus. Juniors and seniors attend Wake Tech campuses the same way college students do. In total, the ratio of students to teachers at the Perry Health Sciences campus, the building the freshmen and sophomores attend, has a student:teacher ratio of about 16. Counting the college students in the ratio makes the school seem much more crowded than it is. Approx. 140 students attend Perry Health Science campus each year, and there are nine teachers. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOC Biology (2025)	EOC English II (2025)	EOC Math I (2025)	EOC Math III (2025)	EOG Mathematics (2025)			EOG Reading (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOC Biology End of Course	EOC English II End of Course	EOC Math I End of Course	EOC Math III End of Course	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Wake Early College of Health and Science	Public	9-12	2901 Holston Lane	Raleigh	27610	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 212-5800	317	14	22.8	34.1%	91 (28.7%)	85 (26.8%)	58 (18.3%)	70 (22.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.1%)	95.5	15^th of 641 public high schools	97.7%		92.5	53^rd of 640 public high schools	91.7%	38	91.5	99.9	92.3	100.0							$9,117	$232	$8,885
Enloe High	Public, Magnet	9-12	128 Clarendon Crescent	Raleigh	27610	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 856-7918	2,643	149	17.7	28.0%	930 (35.2%)	690 (26.1%)	352 (13.3%)	553 (20.9%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.0%)	113 (4.3%)	74	160^th of 641 public high schools	75.0%		70.1	180^th of 640 public high schools	71.9%	20	69.4	77.3	24.6	87.7							$8,913	$404	$8,510
Longview	Public	6-12	318 N King Charles Rd	Raleigh	27610	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 856-7691	18	18	1.0	83.3%	2 (11.1%)	12 (66.7%)	2 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (11.1%)								(n/a)											$56,642	$2,923	$53,719
Phillips High	Public	9-12	1923 Milburnie Rd	Raleigh	27610	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 856-7710	123	27	4.4	95.9%	25 (20.3%)	47 (38.2%)	42 (34.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (7.3%)	6.3	614^th of 641 public high schools	4.2%		8.7	602^nd of 640 public high schools	5.9%	12	11.5	21.2	13.8	22.7							$35,266	$881	$34,385
Central Wake High School	Public, Charter	9-12	1425 Rock Quarry Road	Raleigh	27610	Wake County	Central Wake Charter High School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(919) 521-5067	293	8	37.4		24 (8.2%)	130 (44.4%)	129 (44.0%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	4 (1.4%)	6.8	612^th of 641 public high schools	4.5%		14.2	557^th of 640 public high schools	13.0%	55		26.0		31.3
Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy	Public	6-12	567 East Hargett St	Raleigh	27601	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 664-5644	262	21	12.7	35.1%	75 (28.6%)	116 (44.3%)	42 (16.0%)	20 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.4%)	95.2	22^nd of 641 public high schools	96.6%		95.6	18^th of 640 public high schools	97.2%	4	90.9	100.0		100.0	89.6	93.9	95.1	81.3	87.9	92.7	$12,691	$443	$12,248
Southeast Raleigh High	Public, Magnet	9-12	2600 Rock Quarry Road	Raleigh	27610	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 856-2800	1,438	103	13.9	99.8%	72 (5.0%)	767 (53.3%)	516 (35.9%)	24 (1.7%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (3.8%)	12.7	581^st of 641 public high schools	9.4%		14.7	553^rd of 640 public high schools	13.6%	28	20.8	37.4	14.5	37.6							$10,076	$731	$9,346
Ncvps	Public, Virtual	7-12	343 E. Six Forks Road Suite 1	Raleigh	27609	Wake County	North Carolina Virtual Public School	No	No	Yes	No	(919) 513-8550	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Raleigh Charter High School	Public, Charter	9-12	1307 Glenwood Avenue	Raleigh	27605	Wake County	Raleigh Charter High School	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 715-1155	552	43	12.8		214 (38.8%)	42 (7.6%)	36 (6.5%)	224 (40.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	34 (6.2%)	93.3	46^th of 641 public high schools	92.8%		93	51^st of 640 public high schools	92.0%	5	89.1	98.6	68.8	95.0
Needham Broughton High	Public, Magnet	9-12	723 Saint Marys St	Raleigh	27605	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 856-7810	2,153	118	18.2	28.1%	1,259 (58.5%)	423 (19.6%)	342 (15.9%)	52 (2.4%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.0%)	74 (3.4%)	68	185^th of 641 public high schools	71.1%		56.2	253^rd of 640 public high schools	60.5%	68	69.6	74.6	16.0	79.4							$9,028	$494	$8,535

Frequently Asked Questions about Wake Early College of Health and Science

Is Wake Early College of Health and Science a good school?

Yes! Wake Early College of Health and Science is one of the best high schools in the state. It ranks 15^th of 641 North Carolina high schools.

How many students attend Wake Early College of Health and Science?

In the 2024-25 school year, 317 students attended Wake Early College of Health and Science.

What district is Wake Early College of Health and Science in?

Wake County Schools

What is the racial makeup of Wake Early College of Health and Science?

Students at Wake Early College of Health and Science are 29% White, 27% African American, 22% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.

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