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Wake Early College of Health and Science

Public Grades 9-12

52^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 662 North Carolina High Schools

Better than 92% of North Carolina high schools

Summary

Wake Early College of Health and Science is a small, top-performing public high school in Raleigh, NC, serving 317 students in grades 9–12 within the Wake County Schools district. This specialized early-college academy ranks among the elite high schools in North Carolina, coming in at 52nd out of 662 schools statewide in 2025-2026, placing it in the top 10% of schools.

Wake Early posts exceptional scores on state End-of-Course exams, with near-perfect results in most subjects. In 2025-2026, the school achieved a 100% proficiency rate in Math III and 98.6% in English II, while Biology proficiency was 94.5%. Even its relative weak spot, Math I, was strong at 73.5% proficiency—roughly double the state average and higher than nearby schools like Raleigh Charter High School (65.4%) and dramatically higher than Enloe High (27.8%). The school also stands out for serving all students well. In statewide subgroup rankings, Hispanic students rank 7th, African American students rank 11th, and low-income students rank in the top 10% of all North Carolina high schools.

Adding to its appeal, Wake Early achieves these impressive results while serving a student body where roughly a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It is located in southeast Raleigh, within a few miles of neighborhood high schools such as Southeast Raleigh High and Phillips High, which produce far weaker outcomes. School leaders at Wake Early appear to have built an environment where strong results do not depend on low student-teacher ratios; its ratio of 22.8 is notably higher than many comparison schools. For parents seeking a rigorous, health-science-focused college preparatory experience in a smaller setting, Wake Early represents an exceptional option that yields outstanding academic results year after year.

317

Students ?

22.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

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 → 92nd in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the North Carolina average (94% vs 60% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 8% of North Carolina high schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2021

Worth a look

!Large classes — about 23 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school94%

District avg68%

North Carolina avg60%

52^nd of 662

North Carolina public high schools ?

Top 8%▲ up 7 pts since 2021

From top 14% (2021) to top 8% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

60^th of 246Wake 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
2026	92.0	52 of 662	92.1%	★★★★★
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
2026	97.6	11 of 450	97.6%	★★★★★
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
2026	87.0	3 of 103	97.1%	★★★★★
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
2026	90.4	62 of 629	90.1%	★★★★★
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
2026	97.1	7 of 474	98.5%	★★★★★
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
2026	94.3	54 of 620	91.3%	★★★★★
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
2026	94.3	20 of 624	96.8%	★★★★★
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
2026	87.1	71 of 551	87.1%	★★★★☆
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)

Hispanic (2026)99th percentile+6 vs school

African American (2026)98th percentile+5 vs school

Asian (2026)97th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2026)97th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)91st percentile~ school

Female (2026)90th percentile~ school

White (2026)87th percentile-5 vs school

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

By subject vs North Carolina (2025-2026) ?

Math III100%+31 vs state

English II99%+34 vs state

Biology94%+36 vs state

Math I74%+31 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 (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOC Biology (2026)	EOC English II (2026)	EOC Math I (2026)	EOC Math III (2026)	EOG Mathematics (2026)			EOG Reading (2026)			EOG Science (2026)	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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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	EOG Science 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%)	92	52^nd of 662 public high schools	92.1%		95.5	15^th of 641 public high schools	97.7%	37	94.5	98.6	73.5	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%)	72	175^th of 662 public high schools	73.6%		74	160^th of 641 public high schools	75.0%	15	78.0	84.7	27.8	81.5								$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%)	13.7	589^th of 662 public high schools	11.0%		6.3	614^th of 641 public high schools	4.2%	25	27.0	48.6	538.8	26.7								$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%)	5.6	626^th of 662 public high schools	5.4%		6.8	612^th of 641 public high schools	4.5%	14	5.1	37.5	13.3	22.7
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%)	93.4	22^nd of 662 public high schools	96.7%		95.2	22^nd of 641 public high schools	96.6%		96.0	99.9		100.0	87.0	86.8	90.6	87.0	86.8	90.6	93.8	$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%)	26.3	506^th of 662 public high schools	23.6%		12.7	581^st of 641 public high schools	9.4%	75	27.6	46.6	46.3	60.6								$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%)	90.5	70^th of 662 public high schools	89.4%		93.3	46^th of 641 public high schools	92.8%	24	92.6	95.6	65.4	97.2
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%)	69	193^rd of 662 public high schools	70.8%		68	185^th of 641 public high schools	71.1%	8	74.6	83.6	26.3	84.8								$9,028	$494	$8,535

Frequently Asked Questions about Wake Early College of Health and Science

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.

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.

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

Yes. Wake Early College of Health and Science ranks in the top 7.9% of North Carolina high schools.

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Wake County Schools

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