Best High Schools in Zip Code 27610

ZIP code 27610 in Raleigh, North Carolina, contains six public high schools serving roughly 4,832 students, primarily in grades 9 through 12, though Longview spans grades 6 through 12. The schools are Enloe High, Southeast Raleigh High, Wake Early College of Health and Science, Phillips High, Central Wake High School, and Longview. Most sit inside Wake County Schools, a 4-star district ranked 60th out of 246 statewide, but Central Wake High School reports separately to the Central Wake Charter High School district.

Academic differences across the ZIP are enormous. Wake Early College of Health and Science ranks 52nd in North Carolina with a 5-star rating and posts extraordinary proficiency rates of 94.5% in Biology, 98.6% in English II, and 100% in Math III. Enloe High is the best traditional high school in the area, ranked 175th statewide, with a 90.8% graduation rate and the lowest chronic absenteeism figure in the ZIP. Southeast Raleigh High trails at 506th overall, but its Math I proficiency jumped from 14.5% to 46.3%, signaling real momentum. Central Wake High School sits near the bottom at 626th, with a 23.0% graduation rate, an 85.1% chronic absenteeism rate, and the highest student-to-teacher ratio in the group.

Small schools in 27610 struggle despite having the most generous resources. Phillips High, ranked 589th, spends $35,266 per student with a 4.4-to-1 student-teacher ratio, while Longview, serving just 18 students, spends $56,642 per student at a 1-to-1 ratio; yet both report low or suppressed test outcomes and high chronic absenteeism, suggesting they serve students with significant non-academic needs. Meanwhile, Wake Early College of Health and Science proves that high achievement is possible in this ZIP code, although it is a selective early-college program rather than a neighborhood high school. Taken together, the area shows deep stratification, with chronic absenteeism, economic segregation, and uneven academic readiness the central challenges.