WCPSS Enrollment Grows to 143,289 Students for 2010-11
WCPSS 20th-Day Enrollment |
143,289 – 2010-11 |
139,599 - 2009-10 |
120,504 - 2005-06 |
October 8, 2010 - Wake County Public School System student enrollment increased to 143,289 on the 20th day of the 2009-10 school year, 3,690 students more than last year.
The 20th day enrollment is a snapshot of one day’s school enrollment that is annually reported to the state. The count was taken on September 22 for traditional calendar schools. It was taken earlier for multi-track, year round schools and modified calendar schools.
The increase in enrollment of 3,690 students is more than last year’s enrollment of 1,893 students. In 2008-09, enrollment increased by 3,700 students; in 2007-08, the increase was 6,930 and in 2006-07, the increase was 7,568.
For this year, kindergarten enrollment returned to students enrolling for 12 months. With legislative changes to kindergarten ages going into place for 2009-10, last year's kindergarten had a one-time, six-weeks reduction.
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Largest schools
The school system has 69,140 elementary school students, 32,742 middle school students and 41,407 high school students. Last year, the school system had a total of 139,599 students with 67,748 elementary school students, 31,691 middle school students and 40,160 high school students.
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The largest high schools are Enloe Magnet High with 2,669 students; Wakefield High with 2,573; Millbrook Magnet High with 2,443; and Leesville Road High with 2,408.
The largest middle schools are Heritage Middle with 1,392; Durant Road Middle with 1,371; Leesville Road Middle with 1,344; West Lake Middle with 1,251; and Wakefield Middle with 1,201. Heritage, Durant Road and West Lake operate on the multi-track, year-round calendar. Leesville Road and Wakefield operate on the traditional calendar.
The largest elementary schools are Holly Springs Elementary with 1,071; Sycamore Creek Elementary with 995; Olive Chapel Elementary with 984; Durant Road Elementary with 974; Davis Drive Elementary with 951; Middle Creek Elementary with 951; and Turner Creek Elementary with 951. All of these schools operate on the multi-track, year-round calendar, except for Davis Drive which operates on the traditional calendar.
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