Students are drawn to Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy for different reasons. Some seek out the academic rigor and opportunity for college credits the Early College track provides. The school is for grades 6-12, with juniors and seniors pursuing as many as 16 college credits per semester at Shaw University, an HBCU located less than a mile from our main campus in downtown Raleigh. 

 

Other students thrive within the smaller class sizes, which affords ample opportunity for one-on-one interaction with teachers. The school has an enrollment of 270 across six grades.

 

And, yes, there are those who find renewed drive and focus in the single-gender environment.