List of public schools in Raleigh, North Carolina explained

Public education in Raleigh, North Carolina, is served 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. In 2004–2005 the school had approximately 1,747 enrolled students and approximately 130 hired educators.
• 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. In 2005–2006, the school had approximately 2,157 enrolled students and approximately 150 hired educators.
• William G. Enloe High School opened in 1962. When it opened, it was the first integrated school in Raleigh.
• 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
• 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 Magnet 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.
• Mary E. Phillips High School
• Raleigh Charter 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
• The Exploris School is a charter school founded in 1997 and located in downtown Raleigh, currently serving grades K-8 between the middle and elementary schools.
• Holly Ridge Middle School
• Leesville Road Middle School
• John W. Ligon Middle School is a magnet middle school. Ligon is located in downtown Raleigh on Lenior Street.
• Magellan Charter School
• Martin Middle School
• Moore Square Museums Magnet Middle School
• West Millbrook Middle School

Public elementary schools

• Bugg Elementary
• Brooks Elementary
• Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School and Preschool is a public dual-language English / Spanish Montessori school for grades K-8 and a private dual-language preschool for children ages 3 and 4.
• Combs Elementary
• Emma Conn Elementary
• Durant Road Elementary
• Fuller GT Magnet Elementary
• Green Year Round Elementary
• Jeffreys Grove Elementary
• Lacy Elementary
• The Exploris School is a charter school which expanded to elementary starting the school year of 2014-2015. It currently serves K-8 between the elementary and middle schools.
• Leesville Road Elementary
• Lucille Hunter Elementary School
• Lynn Road Elementary
• Magellan Charter School
• Mary P. Douglas Elementary
• North Ridge Elementary
• Olds Elementary
• Partnership Elementary
• Pleasant Union Elementary
• Poe Elementary
• Reedy Creek Elementary
• Root Elementary
• Stough Elementary
• Swift Creek Elementary
• Underwood Elementary
• Vena Wilburn Elementary
• Washington Elementary
• Wiley International Magnet Elementary
• York Elementary