Education
The Wake County Public School System is one of the largest in the country. Home to 12 traditional universities and colleges and numerous satellite campuses and for-profit institutions of higher education, the Raleigh area is unusually rich in educational opportunities.
Private Schools
- Private School Review
Private School Review is a partner site of Boarding School Review, the leading online resource for evaluating private secondary boarding schools, and Public School Review, a unique resource for researching public schools across the country. This network of sites aims to help families learn about and make the best pre-college educational choices for their children. - Niche
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Public School System
- Wake County Public School System
The average daily enrollment for the 2017-2018 school year was 160,429 students. The largest school system in North Carolina and the 15th largest in the nation, its student population has almost tripled since 1980 and more than 9,000 additional children are expected in its classrooms by 2020.
