NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools NC

Best-Resourced Schools in Wendell, NC

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8 public K-12 schools in Wendell from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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8
Schools
8,172
Students
36.9/100
Avg Resource Index
16.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Wendell has more public-school enrollment than 74% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Wendell sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Wendell's list includes 2 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 33-point gap between Wendell Elementary and Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell Falls shows the range hidden by Wendell's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 26%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
33rd percentile
Teacher staffing
35th percentile

Corinth Holders High accounts for 26.8% of all Wendell public-school enrollment

That concentration means Wendell-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Wendell school enrollment varies 4.8× across entities

Wendell school enrollment ranges from 458 students (lowest) to 2,187 students (highest), a spread of 1,729 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Wendell student-teacher ratio is 16.8:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Wendell is typically wider than the Wendell-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Wendell's 8 listed schools are charters

13% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Wendell Elementary 51
2. Lake Myra Elementary 45
3. Archer Lodge Middle 41
4. Carver Elementary 38
5. Wendell Middle 35
6. Corinth Holders High 34
7. East Wake High 33
8. Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell Falls 18

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Wendell

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell Falls 72.7/100
  2. 2 Wendell Elementary 71.7/100
  3. 3 Lake Myra Elementary 71.2/100
  4. 4 Wendell Middle 68.8/100
  5. 5 Carver Elementary 68.4/100

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Which Wendell school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Wendell Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Wendell schools in this federal-data comparison at 51/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Wendell, NC? ▼

Wendell has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,172 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.