Wake Forest High School

Wake Forest High School
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Location
420 West Stadium Drive Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States, North America
Information
Type	Public
Patron saint(s)	Burt Reynolds
Founded	1941
Founder	Burt Reynolds
School district	Wake County Public Schools
School code	370472001901
Principal	Ms. Patti Hamler
Staff	List of Staff
Number of students	Over 9,000
Color(s)	Royal Blue, Red and White
Slogan	All Hail Burt Reynolds
Athletics	wfrhsabc.com
Mascot	Cougar
Team name	Cougar Crazies
Website	wfhighschool.com

Wake Forest High School, formerly Wake Forest-Rolesville High School, is a four-year high school (9-12) located in Wake Forest, North Carolina.^[1].

Principals

Current Principal: Ms. Patti Hamler as of October 3, 2012
2012-2013 Dr. Clinton Robinson: Promoted to Southwestern Area Superintendent
2009-2011 Dr. Tina Hoots: Retired at end of the year.
1997-2009 Mr. Andre Smith: Promoted to Northeastern Area Superintendent

Demographics

There are around 1,940 students in grades 9-12 attending Wake Forest High School.^[2] Of those students, 59% of the student body is White, 22% is Black, 11% is Hispanic, 3% is Asian and 5% is Other [based on 2011 - 2012 school year or 2116 students].^[3] On the College Board SAT, the school had a participation rate of 66% with an average score of 1,024.^[4] On the North Carolina, Math I, End-of-Course Test 10.2% of the participants were at or above grade level.^[5] For Biology, the average was 65% compared to the state average of 46%.^[6] For English II, the average was 63% while the state's average was 51%.^[7]

College Placement

Wake Forest students have been offered admission to some of the nation's best colleges and universities including Davidson College, Duke University, Georgetown University, UNC Charlotte, UNC Chapel-Hill, North Carolina State University, Wake Forest University, University of Virginia, U.S Naval Academy, U.S Air Force Academy, Columbia University, Princeton University, Cornell University, and more.

References

↑ School Directory
↑ "NC Report Card School Profile". NC Report Card. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
↑ "Student Demographics". National Center for Education Statistics. 2011 - 2012 School Year. Retrieved 2014-08-31. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ "SAT Scores". NC Schools Report Card.
↑ "Math I Score Percentage". NC School Report Card.
↑ "Biology Test Scores". NC School Report Card.
↑ "English II Test Scores". NC School Report Card.

http://www.greatschools.org/north-carolina/Wake-forest/1952-Wake-Forest-Rolesville-High/?tab=test-scores

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

Wake County Public School System

High Schools	Apex Athens Drive Broughton Cary East Wake Enloe Fuquay-Varina Garner Green Hope Holly Springs High School Knightdale Leesville Road Middle Creek Millbrook Panther Creek Rolesville Sanderson Southeast Raleigh Wake Forest Wakefield

Middle Schools	Apex Carnage Carroll Centennial Campus Daniels Davis Drive Dillard Drive Durant Road East Cary East Garner East Millbrook East Wake Fuquay-Varina Heritage Holly Ridge Leesville Road Ligon Lufkin Martin Moore Square North Garner Reedy Creek Salem Wake Forest-Rolesville Wakefield Wendell West Cary West Lake West Millbrook Zebulon

Elementary Schools	Adams Apex A.V. Baucom Aversboro Baileywick Ballentine Barwell Road Brassfield Briarcliff Brentwood Brier Creek Brooks Bugg Carpenter Carver Cary Cedar Fork Creech Road Combs Conn Davis Drive Dillard Drive Douglas Durant Road E19 East Garner Farmington Forest Pines Forestville Road Fox Road Fuller Fuquay-Varina Green Green Hope Harris Creek Heritage Highcroft Drive Hilburn Drive Hodge Road Holly Grove Holly Ridge Holly Springs Hunter Jeffreys Grove Jones Dairy Joyner Kingswood Knightdale Lacy Lead Mine Leesville Road Lincoln Heights Lockhart Lynn Road Millbrook Morrisville North Ridge Northwoods Oak Grove Olds Partnership Penny Road Pleasant Union Poe Powell Rand Road Reedy Creek Rolesville Root Smith Stough Swift Creek Timber Drive Turner Creek Underwood Vance Vandora Springs Wake Forest Wakefield Wakelon Washington Weatherstone West Lake Wilburn Wildwood Forest Wiley Willow Springs Yates Mill York Zebulon

Other	Bridges Program Longview School Mary E. Phillips Mt. Vernon School Project Enlightenment Richard Milburn School River Oaks Middle School Wake Early College of Health and Sciences

Coordinates: 35°59′06″N 78°30′57″W / 35.9851°N 78.5158°W / 35.9851; -78.5158

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