Sunnyside · Photo: Nicholas Oren Rawlings · CC BY-SA 3.0Wendell’s public schools outscore 75% of North Carolina districts
62% of students in Wendell’s public schools are proficient in reading, above the North Carolina average (50%). The grade covers the public school district serving Wendell, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within North Carolina, not nationally.
From North Carolina state tests taken in spring 2022, when 97% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Wendell’s schools, in brief
Better than its incomes would predict
Among the 207 North Carolina towns with household incomes within a quarter of Wendell’s, its schools beat 91%, higher than their 75% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 62% and math 60% in spring 2022, against 50% and 51% statewide; 90% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 86%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
The district spends $12,279 per student, against $13,045 across North Carolina (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓
Two elementary schools, then 41 middle and 32 high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Choice beyond the district
Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell Falls is in town. Every school ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Wendell’s grade
A−: better than 75% of North Carolina school districts, #21 of 290 North Carolina towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the North Carolina average; test scores are the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Wendell, with each school’s own grade.
Kindergarten in Wendell · depends on your address
Lake Myra Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 722 students · 13:1 students per teacher
Wendell Elementary
Grades K–5 · 458 students · 13:1 students per teacher
1st grade in Wendell · depends on your address
Lake Myra Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 722 students · 13:1 students per teacher
Wendell Elementary
Grades K–5 · 458 students · 13:1 students per teacher
2nd grade in Wendell · depends on your address
Lake Myra Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 722 students · 13:1 students per teacher
Wendell Elementary
Grades K–5 · 458 students · 13:1 students per teacher
3rd grade in Wendell · depends on your address
Lake Myra Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 722 students · 13:1 students per teacher
Wendell Elementary
Grades K–5 · 458 students · 13:1 students per teacher
4th grade in Wendell · depends on your address
Lake Myra Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 722 students · 13:1 students per teacher
Wendell Elementary
Grades K–5 · 458 students · 13:1 students per teacher
5th grade in Wendell · depends on your address
Lake Myra Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 722 students · 13:1 students per teacher
Wendell Elementary
Grades K–5 · 458 students · 13:1 students per teacher
Wendell’s public schools are run by Wake County Schools, which also serves Angier, Apex, Cary and Fuquay-Varina and others. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Wendell vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the North Carolina towns that share Wendell’s borders.
Every school in Wendell
74 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with North Carolina’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Wendell’s schools
Are Wendell’s schools good?
By North Carolina’s own tests, yes: the public schools Wendell children attend outscore 75% of North Carolina’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A− Schools grade, #21 of 290 North Carolina towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 91%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Wendell in?
Wake County Schools, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 163,176 students in 198 schools (2024–25).
Where do Wendell kids go to high school?
One of 32 high schools, depending on your address: Apex Friendship High, Enloe High, Panther Creek High, Millbrook High, Apex High, Leesville Road High, Rolesville High, Green Hope High, Green Level High, Willow Spring High, Athens Drive High, Needham Broughton High, Wakefield High, Cary High, Wake Forest High School, Holly Springs High, Fuquay-Varina High, South Garner High, Heritage High, East Wake High, Knightdale High, Garner High, Sanderson High, Middle Creek High, Southeast Raleigh High, Vernon Malone College and Career Academy, North Wake College and Career Academy, Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy, Wake Early College of Health and Science, Wake STEM Early College High School, Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy and Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies.
What is Wendell’s graduation rate?
90% of the class of 2023 in Wake County Schools graduated in four years, against 86% across North Carolina.
How much does Wendell spend per student?
$12,279 in Wake County Schools (FY2024), against $13,045 across North Carolina. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Wendell families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Wendell → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within North Carolina. Stars are from neighbors.