Fuquay-Varina High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 1,858 students
Southern Wake Academy
5108 Old Powell Rd, Holly Springs, NC 27540
Grades
6–12
High
Students
534
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
14.7 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Southern Wake Academy
Wake County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 532 North Carolina high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other North Carolina high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Southern Wake Academy
Southern Wake Academy is a charter high school in Holly Springs, North Carolina, serving grades 6–12. The school is located in a large suburb in Wake County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 534 students were enrolled, with about 14.7 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical North Carolina high school (18.0 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from NC State Board of Education. Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 532 North Carolina high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 6–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 6–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 534 students
- Students per teacher
- 14.7 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 6
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- NC State Board of Education
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Suburb — Large
- School district
- Southern Wake Academy
- County
- Wake County
- NCES school ID
- 370011402554
Schools near Southern Wake Academy
All 12 schools in Holly Springs →
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Apex High
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.