📊 Data: NCES CCD 2024–2025·🔄 Updated: August 2026·Editorial standards
📍 Raleigh, NC · Wake County

Wake County Schools

Grades Pre-K – Ungraded · 159,778 students · 197 schools · 32 zip codes

10
out of 10 Rating Excellent
State reading & math proficiency · 96th percentile among North Carolina districts. Ranked within North Carolina only — not comparable across states.
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School District · North Carolina
Wake County Schools
📍 Raleigh, NC · Wake County · NCES LEAID 3704720
10/10
Rating
159,778
Students
197
Schools
Pre-K – Ungraded
Grade Span
32
Zip Codes

District Contact & Information

Source: NCES CCD 2024–25
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Grades Served
Pre-K – Ungraded
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District Phone
(919)431-7400
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District Website
www.wcpss.net
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District Mailing Address
5625 Dillard Drive, Cary, NC 27518
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Enrollment
159,778 students
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Schools
197
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County
Wake County, NC
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NCES District ID (LEAID)
3704720
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District Type
Public School District

Schools in Wake County Schools

198 schools listed
SchoolLevelGradesStudentsCity
Abbotts Creek ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th805Raleigh
Adams ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th655Cary
Alston Ridge ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th917Cary
Apex ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th550Apex
Apex Friendship ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th896Apex
Aversboro ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th381Garner
Baileywick Road ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th352Raleigh
Ballentine ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th742Fuquay Varina
Banks Road ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th651Raleigh
Barton Pond ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th515Raleigh
Barwell Road ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th648Raleigh
Baucom ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th675Apex
Beaverdam ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th678Raleigh
Brassfield ElementaryElementaryKindergarten – 5th613Raleigh
Brentwood ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th385Raleigh
Briarcliff ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th486Cary
Brier Creek ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th642Raleigh
Brooks ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th471Raleigh
Bryan Road ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th685Garner
Buckhorn Creek ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th905Holly Springs
Bugg ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th345Raleigh
Carpenter ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th604Cary
Carver ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th495Wendell
Cary ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th477Cary
Cedar Fork ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th778Morrisville
Combs ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th695Raleigh
Conn ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th595Raleigh
Creech Road ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th549Garner
Davis Drive ElementaryElementaryKindergarten – 5th794Cary
Dillard Drive ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th648Raleigh
Douglas ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th562Raleigh
Durant Road ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th577Raleigh
East Garner ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th535Garner
Farmington Woods ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th648Cary
Forest Pines Drive ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th493Raleigh
Forestville Road ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th570Knightdale
Fox Road ElementaryElementaryKindergarten – 5th430Raleigh
Fuller ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th545Raleigh
Fuquay-Varina ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th772Fuquay-Varina
Green ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th534Raleigh
Green Hope ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th548Cary
Harris Creek ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th827Raleigh
Herbert Akins Rd ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th988Fuquay-Varina
Heritage ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th634Wake Forest
Highcroft ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th698Cary
Hodge Road ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th522Knightdale
Holly Grove ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th889Holly Springs
Holly Ridge ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th735Holly Springs
Holly Springs ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th751Holly Springs
Hortons Creek ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th739Cary
Hunter ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th658Raleigh
Jeffreys Grove ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th543Raleigh
Jones Dairy ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th627Wake Forest
Joyner ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th569Raleigh
Kingswood ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th427Cary
Knightdale ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th549Knightdale
Lacy ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th695Raleigh
Lake Myra ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th722Wendell
Laurel Park ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th694Apex
Lead Mine ElementaryElementaryKindergarten – 5th359Raleigh
Leesville Road ElementaryElementaryKindergarten – 5th528Raleigh
Lincoln Heights ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th667Fuquay-Varina
Lockhart ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th463Knightdale
Lynn Road ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th486Raleigh
Middle Creek ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th636Apex
Millbrook ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th534Raleigh
Mills Park ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th594Cary
Morrisville ElementaryElementaryKindergarten – 5th643Morrisville
North Forest Pines ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th536Raleigh
North Ridge ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th730Raleigh
Northwoods ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th579Cary
Oak Grove ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th553Raleigh
Oakview ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th873Apex
Olds ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th244Raleigh
Olive Chapel ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th1,066Apex
Parkside ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th730Morrisville
Partnership ElementaryElementaryKindergarten – 5th276Raleigh
Penny Road ElementaryElementaryKindergarten – 5th509Cary
Pleasant Grove ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th376Morrisville
Pleasant Union ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th530Raleigh
Poe ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th324Raleigh
Powell ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th335Raleigh
Rand Road ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th394Garner
Reedy Creek ElementaryElementaryKindergarten – 5th605Cary
Richland Creek ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th558Wake Forest
River Bend ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th709Raleigh
Rogers Lane ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th763Raleigh
Rolesville ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th538Rolesville
Root ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th469Raleigh
Salem ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th776Apex
Sanford Creek ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th599Rolesville
Scotts Ridge ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th869Apex
Smith ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th596Raleigh
South Lakes ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th774Fuquay-Varina
Southeast Raleigh ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th378Raleigh
Stough ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th550Raleigh
Swift Creek ElementaryElementaryKindergarten – 5th310Raleigh
Sycamore Creek ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th778Raleigh
Timber Drive ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th391Garner
Turner Creek ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th638Cary
Underwood ElementaryElementaryKindergarten – 5th405Raleigh
Vance ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th445Raleigh
Vandora Springs ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th582Garner
Wake Forest ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th444Wake Forest
Wakefield ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th520Raleigh
Wakelon ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th679Zebulon
Walnut Creek ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th574Raleigh
Washington ElementaryElementaryKindergarten – 5th514Raleigh
Weatherstone ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th730Cary
Wendell ElementaryElementaryKindergarten – 5th458Wendell
West Lake ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th581Apex
White Oak ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th843Apex
Wilburn ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th593Raleigh
Wildwood Forest ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th551Raleigh
Wiley ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th429Raleigh
Willow Springs ElementaryElementaryKindergarten – 5th826Willow Spring
Woods Creek ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th406Holly Springs
Yates Mill ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th538Raleigh
York ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th563Raleigh
Zebulon ElementaryElementaryPre-K – 5th693Zebulon
Alston Ridge MiddleMiddle6th – 8th1,494Cary
Apex Friendship MiddleMiddle6th – 8th1,412Apex
Apex MiddleMiddle6th – 8th867Apex
Carnage MiddleMiddle6th – 8th924Raleigh
Carroll MiddleMiddle6th – 8th898Raleigh
Centennial Campus MiddleMiddle6th – 8th477Raleigh
Connections AcademyMiddle6th – 8th8Cary
Davis Drive MiddleMiddle6th – 8th992Cary
Dillard Drive MiddleMiddle6th – 8th977Raleigh
Durant Road MiddleMiddle6th – 8th649Raleigh
East Cary MiddleMiddle6th – 8th597Cary
East Garner MiddleMiddle6th – 8th1,109Garner
East Millbrook MiddleMiddle6th – 8th731Raleigh
Fuquay-Varina MiddleMiddle6th – 8th1,004Fuquay-Varina
Herbert Akins Road MiddleMiddle6th – 8th1,253Fuquay-Varina
Heritage MiddleMiddle6th – 8th947Wake Forest
Holly Grove MiddleMiddle6th – 8th979Holly Springs
Holly Ridge MiddleMiddle6th – 8th955Holly Springs
Leesville Road MiddleMiddle6th – 8th795Raleigh
Ligon MiddleMiddle6th – 8th959Raleigh
Lufkin Road MiddleMiddle6th – 8th1,035Apex
Martin MiddleMiddle6th – 8th1,011Raleigh
Mills Park MiddleMiddle6th – 8th1,632Cary
Moore Square MiddleMiddle6th – 8th594Raleigh
Neuse River MiddleMiddle6th – 8th877Raleigh
North Garner MiddleMiddle6th – 8th831Garner
Oberlin MiddleMiddle6th – 8th1,049Raleigh
Pine Hollow MiddleMiddle6th – 8th776Raleigh
Reedy Creek MiddleMiddle6th – 8th805Cary
River Bend MiddleMiddle6th – 8th995Raleigh
River Oaks MiddleMiddle6th – 8th7Raleigh
Rolesville MiddleMiddle6th – 8th889Rolesville
Salem MiddleMiddle6th – 8th1,057Apex
Wake Forest Middle SchoolMiddle6th – 8th878Wake Forest
Wakefield MiddleMiddle6th – 8th803Raleigh
Wendell MiddleMiddle6th – 8th762Wendell
West Cary MiddleMiddle6th – 8th824Cary
West Lake MiddleMiddle6th – 8th687Apex
West Millbrook MiddleMiddle6th – 8th1,164Raleigh
Zebulon MiddleMiddle6th – 8th772Zebulon
Apex Friendship HighHigh9th – 12th2,748Apex
Apex HighHigh9th – 12th2,449Apex
Athens Drive HighHigh9th – 12th2,156Raleigh
Cary HighHigh9th – 12th2,044Cary
Crossroads FLEXHigh9th – 12th139Cary
East Wake HighHigh9th – 12th1,777Wendell
Enloe HighHigh9th – 12th2,643Raleigh
Fuquay-Varina HighHigh9th – 12th1,858Fuquay-Varina
Garner HighHigh9th – 12th1,670Garner
Green Hope HighHigh9th – 12th2,304Cary
Green Level HighHigh9th – 12th2,283Cary
Heritage HighHigh9th – 12th1,778Wake Forest
Holly Springs HighHigh9th – 12th2,018Holly Springs
Knightdale HighHigh9th – 12th1,695Knightdale
Leesville Road HighHigh9th – 12th2,411Raleigh
Middle Creek HighHigh9th – 12th1,587Apex
Millbrook HighHigh9th – 12th2,498Raleigh
Needham Broughton HighHigh9th – 12th2,153Raleigh
North Wake College and Career AcademyHigh9th – Ungraded346Wake Forest
Panther Creek HighHigh9th – 12th2,609Cary
Phillips HighHigh9th – 12th123Raleigh
Rolesville HighHigh9th – 12th2,321Rolesville
Sanderson HighHigh9th – 12th1,648Raleigh
SCORE AcademyHigh9th – 12th584Cary
South Garner HighHigh9th – 12th1,835Garner
Southeast Raleigh HighHigh9th – 12th1,438Raleigh
Vernon Malone College and Career AcademyHigh9th – Ungraded348Raleigh
Wake Early College of Health and ScienceHigh9th – Ungraded317Raleigh
Wake EC of Information & BiotechnologiesHigh9th – 12th260Morrisville
Wake Forest High SchoolHigh9th – 12th2,043Wake Forest
Wake STEM Early College High SchoolHigh9th – Ungraded294Cary
Wakefield HighHigh9th – 12th2,065Raleigh
Willow Spring HighHigh9th – 12th2,223Fuquay Varina
Hilburn Drive AcademyOtherPre-K – 8th596Raleigh
LongviewOther6th – 12th18Raleigh
Mount VernonOtherKindergarten – 8th70Raleigh
Wake Young Men's Leadership AcademyOther6th – Ungraded262Raleigh
Wake Young Women's Leadership AcademyOther6th – Ungraded337Raleigh
NCES lists 198 schools individually for this district while its district-level directory record reports 197. The two files are compiled separately and can differ when a school opens, closes or changes agency mid-year.

Zip Codes Served by Wake County Schools

32 zip codes
Zip CodeCityCountyState
27502ApexWake CountyNC
27511CaryWake CountyNC
27513CaryWake CountyNC
27518CaryWake CountyNC
27519CaryWake CountyNC
27529GarnerWake CountyNC
27539ApexWake CountyNC
27540Holly SpringsWake CountyNC
27545KnightdaleWake CountyNC
27560MorrisvilleWake CountyNC
27571RolesvilleWake CountyNC
27587Wake ForestWake CountyNC
27591WendellWake CountyNC
27592Willow SpringWake CountyNC
27597ZebulonWake CountyNC
27601RaleighWake CountyNC
27603RaleighWake CountyNC
27604RaleighWake CountyNC
27605RaleighWake CountyNC
27606RaleighWake CountyNC
27607RaleighWake CountyNC
27608RaleighWake CountyNC
27609RaleighWake CountyNC
27610RaleighWake CountyNC
27612RaleighWake CountyNC
27613RaleighWake CountyNC
27614RaleighWake CountyNC
27615RaleighWake CountyNC
27616RaleighWake CountyNC
27617RaleighWake CountyNC
27695RaleighWake CountyNC
27697RaleighWake CountyNC

Frequently Asked Questions

What zip codes are in Wake County Schools?▼
Wake County Schools serves 32 zip codes: 27502, 27511, 27513, 27518, 27519, 27529, 27539, 27540, 27545, 27560, 27571, 27587, 27591, 27592, 27597, 27601, 27603, 27604, 27605, 27606, 27607, 27608, 27609, 27610, 27612, and 7 more. Zip codes and district boundaries do not line up exactly, so confirm your exact address with the district office before you rely on an assignment.
How is Wake County Schools rated?▼
Wake County Schools has an overall rating of 10 out of 10 (Excellent), based on the share of students proficient in reading and math on state assessments (NC EOG 2024–25). That places it in the 96th percentile among North Carolina school districts. Ratings are percentile-ranked within North Carolina only and are not comparable across states.
How many students attend Wake County Schools?▼
The NCES Common Core of Data directory reports enrollment of 159,778 students across 197 schools for Wake County Schools.
What grades does Wake County Schools serve?▼
Wake County Schools is listed in the NCES directory as serving grades Pre-K – Ungraded.
What schools are in Wake County Schools?▼
NCES lists 198 schools operating under Wake County Schools: 120 elementary, 40 middle, 33 high, 5 other or combined. Each school's grade span, enrollment and city are listed on this page. Attendance zones are set by the district and a school on this list is not necessarily the one your address is assigned to.
How do I contact Wake County Schools?▼
You can reach Wake County Schools by phone at (919)431-7400 or online at www.wcpss.net or by mail at 5625 Dillard Drive, Cary, NC 27518. Contact details come from the NCES district directory and are the best way to confirm which school your address is assigned to.

About Wake County Schools

Wake County Schools is a public school district serving 32 zip codes in North Carolina, primarily in Wake County. It carries an overall rating of 10/10 (Excellent), the 96th percentile among North Carolina districts. That rating reflects the share of students proficient in reading and math on state assessments (NC EOG 2024–25) and is ranked only against other North Carolina districts — scores are not comparable between states. Directory details on this page come from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.

Schools in this district

NCES lists 198 schools operating under Wake County Schools — 120 elementary, 40 middle, 33 high and 5 other or combined. The largest by enrollment is Apex Friendship High with 2,748 students. School-level enrollment comes from the NCES Common Core of Data school directory; a school with no reported enrollment is shown with a dash rather than a zero.

Checking your own address

District boundaries are address-specific and do not follow zip code lines exactly — a single zip code can be split between two or more districts. Use the zip codes listed above as a starting point, then confirm your assignment with the district office at (919)431-7400 before making a housing decision.

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