Summary:
Zip code 27601 in Raleigh, NC is served by a single high school, Wake Young Men’s Leadership Academy, a specialized grades 6-12 leadership academy with 262 students. Because this is the only high school listed in the area, the most useful comparisons are to Wake County Schools and statewide averages rather than other local schools.
Wake Young Men’s Leadership Academy is a standout, ranking 22nd out of more than 640 North Carolina high schools in each of the past three years—placing it in the 97th percentile with a 5-star rating. Academic results are remarkably strong across all grade levels. In middle grades, average math and reading EOG proficiency both hit 88.1%, compared with district averages near 66% and state averages near 56%. Eighth-grade science proficiency reached 93.8%. At the high school level, results are even more striking: the average EOC proficiency across Biology, English II, and Math III is 98.6%, with 100% proficiency in Math III, 99.9% in English II, and 96% in Biology. The district’s EOC average is 73.7%, and the state average is 64.0%, so the school leads by roughly 25 to 35 percentage points.
This performance is especially notable given that over 35% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and chronic absenteeism is just 7.6% compared with district and state rates above 20%. Year-over-year, some middle-grade EOG scores dipped slightly from 2024-25 to 2025-26, including 7th grade math falling from 93.9% to 86.8%, while 6th grade reading improved from 81.3% to 87.0%. High school EOC results stayed essentially perfect. With a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1 and a small single-campus model, Wake Young Men’s Leadership Academy is clearly one of the highest-performing schools in North Carolina.
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