Raleigh Charter High School

Coordinates: 35°47′42″N 78°38′15″W / 35.795026°N 78.63759°W / 35.795026; -78.63759

Raleigh Charter High School

Location
1307 Glenwood Avenue Raleigh, North Carolina, 27615 United States
Information
Type	Secondary Charter
Established	1999
Locale	Urban
Principal	Lisa Huddleston Previously: Dr. Thomas Humble (Principal from 1998-2014)
Grades	9–12
Number of students	550+
Mascot	Phoenix
School colors	Lapis and Silver
Website	www.raleighcharterhs.org

The "100" and "200" Building inside the historic Pilot Mill.

Raleigh Charter High School is a free, independent public school chartered by the North Carolina State Board of Education. It was founded in 1998 by parents of eighth graders at Magellan Charter School.^[1]

From its inception through the 2010-2011 school year, Raleigh Charter occupied the historic Pilot Mill behind Peace College in downtown Raleigh. Over the summer of 2011, the school moved to the former Methodist Building on Glenwood Avenue. This location offers proximity to downtown Raleigh; the move, however, was motivated not by dissatisfaction with Pilot Mill, but by financial issues: the school rented its first space, but owns the current one.

Honors and Awards

On December 5, 2008, U.S. News & World Report ranked Raleigh Charter the 20th best high school in the country. In 2005 Raleigh Charter High School was named the ninth best public high school in the nation by Newsweek magazine based on the number of students taking Advanced Placement tests.^[2] It was rated number 53 and 18 in 2006 and 2007, respectively.^[3]^[4] In 2003, 99 percent of tenth grade students at Raleigh Charter High School met or exceeded the requirements of the North Carolina End-of-Course Tests. For five years Raleigh Charter's students have been well ahead the state's high schools in EOC scores. In addition, almost everyone in the senior class of 2004 was accepted into college.^[5]

In the College Board's AP Report for 2005, Raleigh Charter High School had the highest percentage of students scoring a 3 or higher on the Environmental Science AP Test for medium-sized schools in the world.^[6] ^[7]

The school also posted the highest average SAT score in the Raleigh Durham area: of 1861 with 100% of students taking the test.^[8]

Notable alumni

James Kotecki, 2004 - A political video blogger.

References

↑ RCHS History
↑ Newsweek Top Highschool
↑ Newsweek Top High Schools 2006
↑ Newsweek Top High Schools 2007
↑ The Education Innovator
↑ 2005 AP-Report-Nation
↑
↑ deBruyn, Jason. "High schools with highest SAT scores in Raleigh-Durham area". Triangle Business Journal.

External links

Wake County, North Carolina high schools

Public Schools	Apex High School Athens Drive High School Needham B. Broughton High School Cary High School East Wake High School William G. Enloe High School Fuquay-Varina High School Garner Magnet High School Green Hope High School Heritage High School Holly Springs High School Knightdale High School Leesville Road High School Middle Creek High School Millbrook High School Panther Creek High School Phillips High School Rolesville High School Jesse O. Sanderson High School Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School Wake Early College Wake Forest High School Wakefield High School

Private Schools	Cardinal Gibbons High School Cary Academy Cary Christian School Friendship Christian School Grace Christian School Heritage Christian Academy Hilltop Christian School Hopewell Academy Neuse Christian Academy North Raleigh Christian Academy Raleigh Christian Academy Ravenscroft School St. David's School Saint Mary's School St. Thomas More Academy Trinity Academy of Raleigh Wake Christian Academy Word of God Christian Academy

Charter Schools	East Wake Academy Franklin Academy Longleaf School of the Arts Raleigh Charter High School Southern Wake Academy

North Central 1A Athletic Conference

East Wake Academy Franklin Academy Kestrel Heights Raleigh Charter Research Triangle River Mill Roxboro Community Voyager Woods Charter

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, January 28, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.