NC
Regular Public School District
198 Schools
Wake County Schools
Cary, NC 27518
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Wake County
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198 Operating Schools
(919) 431-7400
Official Website
District Structure
Regular Public School District
Grade Span Offered
PK-13
Locale Setting
City: Large
Supervisory Union
None (Independent)
NCES District ID
3704720
State Identifier
NC-920
County FIPS
37183
Charter Classification
Not a charter district
Operating Schools
198 schools
Central Office Phone
(919) 431-7400
Administrative Office Location
5625 Dillard Drive
Cary, NC 27518-9227
Cary, NC 27518-9227
Counties Served
Cities & Towns Served
District Public School Enrollment & Staffing Trends
NCES Multi-Year Cohorts| School Year | Operating Schools | Total Students | Teachers (FTE) | Student/Teacher Ratio | Total FRPL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | 198 | 163,176 | 10,576.9 | 15.4:1 | 67,630 |
| 2023-2024 | 197 | 161,481 | 10,712.7 | 15.1:1 | 60,737 |
| 2022-2023 | 197 | 159,778 | 10,586.0 | 15.1:1 | 58,913 |
| 2021-2022 | 193 | 160,099 | 10,868.9 | 14.7:1 | 36,627 |
| 2020-2021 | 192 | 159,802 | 10,433.4 | 15.3:1 | 45,338 |
Schools in this District (202)
Source: NCES 2024-2025
| School Name | Grades | Level | Type | City | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbotts Creek Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Adams Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Alston Ridge Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Apex Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| Apex Friendship Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| Aversboro Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Garner | View › |
| Baileywick Road Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Ballentine Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Fuquay Varina | View › |
| Banks Road Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Barton Pond Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Barwell Road Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Baucom Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| Beaverdam Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Brassfield Elementary | K-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Brentwood Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Briarcliff Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Brier Creek Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Brooks Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Bryan Road Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Garner | View › |
| Buckhorn Creek Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Holly Springs | View › |
| Bugg Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Carpenter Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Carver Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Wendell | View › |
| Cary Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Cedar Fork Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Morrisville | View › |
| Combs Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Conn Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Creech Road Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Garner | View › |
| Davis Drive Elementary | K-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Dillard Drive Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Douglas Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Durant Road Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| East Garner Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Garner | View › |
| Farmington Woods Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Forest Pines Drive Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Forestville Road Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Knightdale | View › |
| Fox Road Elementary | K-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Fuller Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Fuquay-Varina Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Fuquay-Varina | View › |
| Green Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Green Hope Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Harris Creek Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Herbert Akins Rd Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Fuquay-Varina | View › |
| Heritage Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Wake Forest | View › |
| Highcroft Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Hilburn Drive Academy | PK-8 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Hodge Road Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Knightdale | View › |
| Holly Grove Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Holly Springs | View › |
| Holly Ridge Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Holly Springs | View › |
| Holly Springs Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Holly Springs | View › |
| Hortons Creek Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Hunter Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Jeffreys Grove Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Jones Dairy Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Wake Forest | View › |
| Joyner Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Kingswood Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Knightdale Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Knightdale | View › |
| Lacy Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Lake Myra Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Wendell | View › |
| Laurel Park Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| Lead Mine Elementary | K-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Leesville Road Elementary | K-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Lincoln Heights Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Fuquay-Varina | View › |
| Lockhart Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Knightdale | View › |
| Lynn Road Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Middle Creek Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| Millbrook Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Mills Park Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Morrisville Elementary | K-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Morrisville | View › |
| Mount Vernon | K-8 | Elementary School | Alternative School | Raleigh | View › |
| North Forest Pines Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| North Ridge Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Northwoods Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Oak Grove Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Oakview Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| Olds Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Olive Chapel Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| Parkside Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Morrisville | View › |
| Partnership Elementary | K-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Penny Road Elementary | K-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Pleasant Grove Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Morrisville | View › |
| Pleasant Union Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Poe Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Powell Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Rand Road Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Garner | View › |
| Reedy Creek Elementary | K-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Richland Creek Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Wake Forest | View › |
| River Bend Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Rogers Lane Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Rolesville Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Rolesville | View › |
| Root Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Salem Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| Sanford Creek Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Rolesville | View › |
| Scotts Ridge Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| Smith Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| South Lakes Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Fuquay-Varina | View › |
| Southeast Raleigh Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Stough Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Swift Creek Elementary | K-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Sycamore Creek Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Timber Drive Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Garner | View › |
| Turner Creek Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Underwood Elementary | K-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Vance Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Vandora Springs Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Garner | View › |
| Wake Forest Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Wake Forest | View › |
| Wakefield Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Wakelon Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Zebulon | View › |
| Walnut Creek Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Washington Elementary | K-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Weatherstone Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Wendell Elementary | K-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Wendell | View › |
| West Lake Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| White Oak Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| Wilburn Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Wildwood Forest Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Wiley Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Willow Springs Elementary | K-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Willow Spring | View › |
| Woods Creek Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Holly Springs | View › |
| Yates Mill Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| York Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Zebulon Elementary | PK-5 | Elementary School | Regular School | Zebulon | View › |
| Apex Friendship High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| Apex High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| Athens Drive High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Cary High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Crossroads FLEX | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| East Wake High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Wendell | View › |
| Enloe High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Fuquay-Varina High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Fuquay-Varina | View › |
| Garner High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Garner | View › |
| Green Hope High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Green Level High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Heritage High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Wake Forest | View › |
| Holly Springs High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Holly Springs | View › |
| Knightdale High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Knightdale | View › |
| Leesville Road High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Longview | 6-12 | High School | Special Education School | Raleigh | View › |
| Middle Creek High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| Millbrook High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Needham Broughton High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| North Wake College and Career Academy | 9-13 | High School | Regular School | Wake Forest | View › |
| Panther Creek High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Phillips High | 9-12 | High School | Alternative School | Raleigh | View › |
| Rolesville High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Rolesville | View › |
| SCORE Academy | 9-12 | High School | Alternative School | Cary | View › |
| Sanderson High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| South Garner High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Garner | View › |
| Southeast Raleigh High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Vernon Malone College and Career Academy | 9-13 | High School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Morrisville | View › |
| Wake Early College of Health and Science | 9-13 | High School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Wake Forest High School | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Wake Forest | View › |
| Wake STEM Early College High School | 9-13 | High School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy | 6-13 | High School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy | 6-13 | High School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Wakefield High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Willow Spring High | 9-12 | High School | Regular School | Fuquay Varina | View › |
| Alston Ridge Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Apex Friendship Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| Apex Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| Carnage Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Carroll Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Centennial Campus Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Connections Academy | 6-8 | Middle School | Alternative School | Cary | View › |
| Davis Drive Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Dillard Drive Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Durant Road Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| East Cary Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| East Garner Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Garner | View › |
| East Millbrook Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Fuquay-Varina Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Fuquay-Varina | View › |
| Herbert Akins Road Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Fuquay-Varina | View › |
| Heritage Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Wake Forest | View › |
| Holly Grove Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Holly Springs | View › |
| Holly Ridge Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Holly Springs | View › |
| Leesville Road Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Ligon Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Lufkin Road Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| Martin Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Mills Park Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| Moore Square Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Neuse River Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| North Garner Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Garner | View › |
| Oberlin Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Pine Hollow Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Reedy Creek Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| River Bend Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| River Oaks Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Alternative School | Raleigh | View › |
| Rolesville Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Rolesville | View › |
| Salem Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| Wake Forest Middle School | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Wake Forest | View › |
| Wakefield Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Wendell Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Wendell | View › |
| West Cary Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Cary | View › |
| West Lake Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| West Millbrook Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Raleigh | View › |
| Zebulon Middle | 6-8 | Middle School | Regular School | Zebulon | View › |
| Bowling Road Elementary | — | General K-12 | Regular School | Fuquay-Varina | View › |
| Felton Grove High | — | General K-12 | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| Pleasant Plains Elementary | — | General K-12 | Regular School | Apex | View › |
| Rex Road Elementary | — | General K-12 | Regular School | Holly Springs | View › |