Education: Making the Grade. Whether you're looking for world-class educational opportunities for your children or yourself, we've got it all.The high quality of education found throughout Wake County is a primary reason that the Triangle area continues to be heralded as one of the best places to live in the country. And, the relocation of people to Raleigh from other parts of the nation and around the world results in high expectations and even higher standards for school performance.Our public schools earn high marks across the board, outperforming school districts across the state and nation in end-of-course and proficiency tests, SAT scores and other performance-measuring criteria. In fact, the Wake County Public School System is a national role model with its goal of having 95 percent of its students performing at or above grade level. With a reputation like that, it’s no surprise Money magazine ranked the Wake County Public School System among the best 100 school systems in the nation. All of this focus on education has paid off. Almost 90 percent of Wake County public school graduates plan to pursue higher education. And what better place to do so than in their own backyard? Raleigh and Wake County are Meccas of higher education. We are the home of North Carolina State University, Shaw University, St. Augustine's College, Meredith College, Peace College, and Wake Technical Community College. North Carolina State University, located in West Raleigh, is one of the nation’s premier research institutions and a national leader in engineering, architecture, biotechnology, and veterinary medicine. The university also has a close relationship with many area tech companies and its work in signal processing, communication, and microchip technology is at the forefront in national research. The entire Triangle region boasts 18 colleges, universities, and community colleges, including internationally renowned Duke University in Durham and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, so it should come as no surprise to anyone that the Triangle has one of the largest concentrations of PhDs in the country.

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Community Partners Charter High School -- Apex
East Wake Academy -- Wendell
Exploris Middle School
Franklin Academy -- Wake Forest
John H. Baker Jr. High
Magellan Charter School
Northeast Raleigh Charter Academy
PreEminent Institute of Learning
Quest Academy
Raleigh Charter High School
Sankore School
SPARC Academy
Sterling Montessori Academy -- Morrisville

Wake County Public Schools Web Site

A. B. Combs Elementary
Athens Drive High
Brentwood Elementary
Broughton High
Bugg Elementary
Carnage Middle
Carroll Middle
Centennial Campus Middle
Conn Elementary
Daniels Middle
Douglas Elementary
E. C. Brooks Elementary
Enloe High
Fred A. Olds Elementary
Fuller GT Magnet Elementary
Hilburn Drive Elementary
Hunter Elementary
Joyner Elementary
Lacy Elementary
Ligon Middle
Longview School
Martin Middle
Partnership Elementary
Phillips High School
Poe Montessori Magnet School
Powell Elementary
Root Elementary
Underwood Elementary
Washington Elementary
Wilburn Elementary
Wildwood Forest Elementary
Wiley Elementary

Meredith College
N.C. State University
Peace College
Shaw University
St. Augustine's College
Wake Tech Community College  

Wake Education Partnership As a community-based public school advocacy organization, Wake Education Partnership links human and material resources to strengthen our public schools. In addition to fostering action-oriented community involvement in the Wake County Public Schools, the Partnership seeks to leverage the investment of private contributions to ensure the greatest possible impact in every school. Specifically, Wake Education Partnership targets efforts to strengthen the achievement of our children by actively participating as an advocate, convener, coordinator and facilitator of community involvement in the public schools. From many voices and interests, the Partnership seeks to bring forth a shared vision for the future of our schools and concrete steps to get there. To this end, the recommendations of parents, school and civic leaders, and business people have been gathered to develop our priorities during the next year.

School Health Includes detailed information about the School Nurse Program, The School-Based Mental Health Team, and the School-Based Substance Abuse Team.

Ready to Learn A community-based initiative supporting children and their families. The Ready to Learn center supports the healthy development of children ages 0-5

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