High · North Carolina
Southern Wake Academy
CharterSouthern Wake Academy, a public high school in Holly Springs, North Carolina: grades 6–12, 534 students, 14.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Southern Wake Academy.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 534
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.3
- Students per teacher
- 14.7
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 79% of high schools in North Carolina
Median 18.4 · 604 schools compared
More students per teacher than 52% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 55% of high schools in North Carolina
Median 634 · 611 schools compared
Larger than 58% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on North Carolina's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
North Carolina: 53%58%proficient
+12.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 69% of high schools in North Carolina
Median 35% · 72 high schools compared
220 students tested, grades 3–8 · End-of-Grade Tests - Edition 5; proficient means Levels 2-4
Math
North Carolina: 57%47%proficient
+2.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 64% of high schools in North Carolina
Median 25% · 72 high schools compared
219 students tested, grades 3–8 · End-of-Grade Tests - Edition 5; proficient means Levels 2-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Southern Wake Academy
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Southern Wake Academy.
Location
- Address
- 5108 Old Powell Rd, Holly Springs, NC 27540
- Phone
- (919)567-9955
- City or town
- Fuquay-Varina
- County
- Wake County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9–12 | 1,858 | 19.0 | |
| 9–12 | 2,018 | 19.7 | |
| 9–12 | 1,587 | 18.2 | |
| 9–12 | 2,223 | 20.3 | |
| 9–12 | 2,748 | 21.1 | |
| 9–12 | 2,449 | 19.9 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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