Apex High
Apex, NC · High School · Grades 9-12
Apex High is a high school in Apex, NC with 2,500 students enrolled and a 69% proficiency rate. Part of Wake County Schools. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Apex High is a high school located in Apex, North Carolina. The school serves 2,500 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 19.7:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 69% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 78% graduation rate.
20% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Apex High is part of the Wake County Schools in North Carolina.
How This School Compares
Apex High has 2,500 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Wake County Schools (811 students). Its 69% proficiency rate is 15 percentage points above the district average of 54%. Compared to the North Carolina state average of 43%, the school performs 26 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Apex High has 2,500 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 19.7:1.
According to EDFacts data, 69% of students at Apex High meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Apex High has a 78% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Apex High is part of the Wake County Schools in Apex, North Carolina. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.