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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 27613

At a glance

Schools

5,623

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedLeesville Road Elementary34^th of 1,492 North Carolina elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Hilburn Drive Academy up 194 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Hilburn Drive Academy 13.2 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

5★

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Summary:

Zip code 27613 in Raleigh, NC is served by 6 schools in the Wake County Schools district, including 4 elementary schools (one of which, Hilburn Drive Academy, serves PK–8), 1 middle school, and 1 high school, enrolling roughly 5,623 students total. All six schools rank at or above the 76th percentile in their respective state school-type rankings, and four of the six earn 5 stars, making this one of the strongest and most consistently high-performing school clusters in the Raleigh area.

The two standout elementary schools are Leesville Road Elementary, ranked #34 in North Carolina (98th percentile) after climbing from #193 over three years, and Barton Pond Elementary, ranked #48 (97th percentile) with consistent top-50 finishes. Barton Pond posts the zip's highest proficiency rates in several subjects, including 94.5% in 5th-grade reading and 95.6% in 5th-grade science, while also having the lowest free/reduced-lunch rate (12.2%) and chronic absenteeism (5.6%). Leesville Road Elementary reaches its top-2% state standing despite a higher poverty rate of 27.7%, showing demographics don't tell the whole story. The Leesville Road vertical pathway is notably strong: students move from Leesville Road Elementary (98th percentile) to Leesville Road Middle (91st percentile and improving three straight years) and then to Leesville Road High (77th percentile, 4 stars), with all three exceeding district and state averages on most tests.

Sycamore Creek Elementary rounds out the top tier, holding steady at the 90th percentile with every tested subject above both district and state averages. Hilburn Drive Academy is the most improved school in the zip, jumping from the 62nd to the 76th percentile, but it remains the most volatile, with dramatic grade-level swings such as 8th-grade math dropping from 72.2% to 55.6% while 5th-grade science surged from 51.5% to 77.0%. Hilburn also has the highest free/reduced-lunch rate (36.2%) yet the lowest student-teacher ratio (13.2:1), a reminder that resources alone don't guarantee uniform results. Chronic absenteeism rises with grade level, from a 5.6–14.0% range at the elementary schools to 18.7% at Leesville Road Middle and 20.9% at Leesville Road High—still better than the state average but clearly the area's main non-academic growth opportunity.

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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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Leesville Road Elementary	Public	K-5	8402 Pride Way	Raleigh	27613	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 870-4200	528	36	14.5	27.7%	344 (65.2%)	76 (14.4%)	54 (10.2%)	27 (5.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.9%)	95.4	34^th of 1492 public elementary schools	97.7%		92.7	76^th of 1490 public elementary schools	94.9%	42					89.7	86.4	90.0				83.9	85.2	84.4				93.3		$9,581	$553	$9,028
Leesville Road High	Public	9-12	8410 Pride Way	Raleigh	27613	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 870-4250	2,411	123	19.6	24.5%	1,364 (56.6%)	486 (20.2%)	343 (14.2%)	132 (5.5%)	3 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	81 (3.4%)	76.6	155^th of 662 public high schools	76.6%		71.1	174^th of 641 public high schools	72.9%	19	80.4	78.2	62.3	86.4															$8,133	$353	$7,780
Hilburn Drive Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	7100 Hilburn Drive	Raleigh	27613	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 571-6800	596	45	13.2	36.2%	267 (44.8%)	131 (22.0%)	102 (17.1%)	43 (7.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (8.7%)	72.7	365^th of 1492 public elementary schools	75.5%		60.4	559^th of 1490 public elementary schools	62.5%	194					79.4	79.7	67.1	67.5	68.6	55.6	60.3	73.4	56.2	60.0	76.5	75.6	77.0	86.7	$9,833	$684	$9,148
Leesville Road Middle	Public	6-8	8406 Pride Way	Raleigh	27613	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 870-4141	795	44	18.1	31.7%	407 (51.2%)	176 (22.1%)	134 (16.9%)	34 (4.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (5.4%)	87.9	72^nd of 778 public middle schools	90.7%		86.2	84^th of 773 public middle schools	89.1%	12								75.6	75.0	87.9				73.7	73.8	73.2		86.6	$8,947	$527	$8,419
Sycamore Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10921 Leesville Rd	Raleigh	27613	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 841-4333	778	53	14.7	25.6%	473 (60.8%)	99 (12.7%)	104 (13.4%)	54 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	45 (5.8%)	88.1	145^th of 1492 public elementary schools	90.3%		86.8	147^th of 1490 public elementary schools	90.1%	2					79.5	81.0	81.9				74.8	74.4	79.0				83.3		$8,976	$347	$8,630
Barton Pond Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	12004 Strickland Road	Raleigh	27613	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(919) 694-8211	515	36	14.4	12.2%	373 (72.4%)	46 (8.9%)	49 (9.5%)	15 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (6.0%)	94.6	48^th of 1492 public elementary schools	96.8%		96.4	35^th of 1490 public elementary schools	97.7%	13					84.0	87.0	90.1				75.3	89.1	94.5				95.6

Cities Near Zip Code 27613

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Raleigh	0.68 mi	108	176^th
Morrisville	6.45 mi	6	31^st
Durham	6.7 mi	74	322^nd
Cary	7 mi	34	50^th
Wake Forest	9.51 mi	15	77^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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