List of public schools in Raleigh, North Carolina

Public education in Raleigh, North Carolina is serviced by the Wake County Public School System and more than a dozen independent public charter schools.

Public high schools

• Athens Drive High School is a co-educational secondary Wake County publicly funded high school that serves grades 9–12. As of 2004–2005 the school has approximately 1,747 enrolled students and approximately 130 hired educators.
• Broughton High School, full name Needham B. Broughton High School was founded in 1929 and is a co-educational, International Baccalaureate secondary Wake County publicly funded high school that serves grades 9–12. As of 2005–2006, the school has approximately 2,157 enrolled students and approximately 150 hired educators.
• Enloe High School, full name William G. Enloe High School, opened in 1962 and was named in honor of the Mayor of Raleigh at the time. Enloe was proud to be the first integrated high school in Raleigh, and diversity is part of the reason Enloe has led the county as the top magnet high school in the Wake County Public School System. As a magnet school, Enloe has programs not offered at other high schools, such as the Medical and Bioscience Academy, the Advanced Placement Program (AP), and International Baccalaureate Programme (IB). Enloe was named the Top Magnet High School in the Nation in 2000 (Dr. Rondald Simpson Magnet School of Merit Award). In addition, Enloe was ranked 52nd among the Top 100 High Schools in the Nation in 2005, according to Newsweek. Governor Michael Easley named W.G. Enloe 2002 Hallmark School of Excellence. As of 2004–2005, the school has approximately 2263 enrolled students and as of 2003–2004 approximately 153 faculty members, 20 of which are nationally certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and 39% possessing an advanced degree. Enloe HS Website
• Leesville Road High School is a co-educational secondary Wake County public high school. It was built in 1993.
• Millbrook High School is a co-educational secondary Wake County public high school
• Sanderson High School, full name Jesse O. Sanderson High School, is a co-educational secondary Wake County public high school that serves grades 9–12. As of 2004–2005, the school has approximately 1,800 enrolled students and approximately 150 hired educators.
• Southeast Raleigh High School is a co-educational secondary Wake County public high school with a Leadership & Technology Magnet Program. The school opened in July 1997 Southeast Raleigh HS Website
• Wakefield High School is a co-educational secondary Wake County public high school that opened in August 2000, making it Raleigh's newest public high school.

Public middle schools

• Carnage Middle School
• Carroll Middle School
• Centennial Campus Middle School
• Daniels Middle School
• Dillard Drive Middle School
• Durant Road Middle School
• East Millbrook Middle School
• East Wake Middle School
• Exploris Middle School is a charter school founded in 1997 and located in downtown Raleigh, serving students in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. The Exploris curriculum is interdisciplinary and theme-based. Teachers design each theme based on a combination of North Carolina's Standard Course of Study, global issues, student questions, and community connections. Because of the school's location, Exploris students become familiar with the vast resources of Raleigh and its surrounding communities, including museums, State government, universities, the performing arts, and local businesses. Community partnerships and culminating theme projects are central to Exploris' adolescent centered globally focused curriculum. More information at http://www.explorismiddleschool.org/
• Holly Ridge Middle School
• Leesville Road Middle School
• Ligon Middle School is a magnet middle school. It boasts a large number of elective choices, about 100–200 choices, and has an AG program. Ligon is located in downtown Raleigh on Lenior Street. It has a soccer field, football field, but no track as there is limited space in downtown Raleigh. The 6th, 7th, and 8th grade halls hallways are relatively close with the electives divided into areas. There is an Arts Wing for visual and musical art, computer labs located in a group, a gym that is divided up into sections for different electives, and trailers outside for foreign languages. Some electives are chess, orchestra, surf the net, flag football, pottery, band, dance, Spanish, French, Chinese, etc. Ligon is able to boast one of the few exploring technology electives in Wake County where students are able to use a wide variety of tools to do anything from making wooden race cars to learn to develop photographs. Electives are used primarily in Ligon's emphasis that arts and academics will result in notable achievements. For more information go to http://ligon.wcpss.net/
• Magellan Charter School
• Martin Middle School
• Moore Square Museums Magnet Middle School
• West Millbrook Middle School

Public elementary schools

• Brooks Elementary
• Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School and Preschool is a public dual-language English / Spanish Montessori school for grades K-6 and a private dual-language preschool for children ages 3 and 4. For more information go to http://www.cemcs.org/
• Emma Conn Elementary
• Durant Road Elementary
• Fuller GT Magnet Elementary
• Green Year Round Elementary
• Jeffreys Grove Elementary
• Lacy Elementary
• Leesville Road Elementary
• Lynn Road Elementary
• Magellan Charter School
• Mary P. Douglas Elementary
• Olds Elementary
• Poe Elementary
• Reedy Creek Elementary
• Stough Elementary
• Underwood Elementary
• Vena Wilburn Elementary
• Washington Elementary
• Wiley International Magnet Elementary
• York Elementary