📍 301 Ashe Avenue, Governor Morehead, Raleigh, Wake County, 27606
Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Raleigh, Wake County. The school has 350 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wake County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–13 in an urban setting. The school employs 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. 86% of students are proficient in reading. 82% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 95%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy enrolls 350 students across grades 6–13. The student body is 0% male and 100% female. A teaching staff of 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 37% Black or African American, 32% White and 18% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 131 | 37% |
| White | 113 | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 64 | 18% |
| Asian | 22 | 6.3% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 5.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
106 of the school's 350 students (30%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 92 qualify for free lunch and 14 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-20, state senate district 15, state house district 33.
Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy is one of 197 schools in Wake County Schools, based in Cary, North Carolina. The district serves 163,325 students district-wide and employs 10,663 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 350 students, Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy is smaller than the district average of about 829 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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