Leesville Road High School - Raleigh, North Carolina/NC

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Leesville Road High School

8409 Leesville Rd, Raleigh, NC, 27613-1004 -

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Definition of Terms

Leesville Road High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Wake County, NC

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2345 students

% Male / % Female

48% / 52%

Total Classroom Teachers

143 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 703 students

Grade 10 - 571 students

Grade 11 - 550 students

Grade 12 - 521 students

This School

(NC) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:16

1:15

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NC) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	1%
% Asian	5%	2%
% Hispanic	6%	10%
% Black	23%	30%
% White	66%	55%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NC) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

13%

39%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NC) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Wake County s School District

This School's Agency

(NC) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	138	4
Number of Students Managed	123,168 students	1,655 students
District Total Revenue	$1,116,863,000	$15,072,000
District Expenditure	$1,019,010,000	$14,622,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,068	$10,415
District Expenditure / Student	$8,273	$9,924
District Graduation Rates	84%	79%

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Leesville Road High School (or Leesville High School, LRHS), which opened its doors in 1993, is a comprehensive public high school in Wake County located at 8409 Leesville Road, Raleigh, North Carolina.
LRHS offers a broad program of extracurricular and co-curricular activities, including band, computer club, foreign language, newspaper, yearbook, National Honor Society, Student Council, and many other clubs that are direct extensions of classroom experience.
Athletics: Leesville High offers various athletic activities to its students including, but not limited to, football, basketball, and others.
The 2006 Varsity Football Team: Won more games during the regular season than any other team in school history, with 9, in a row, on the field wins, although technically they finished 8-2 having to forfeit their first win over Cary due to the use of an ineligiable player.
Won their first conference championship since the schools founding, although it was a three-way tie with Broughton and Wake Forest-Rolesville.
Beat Millbrook High School for the first time in history winning 28-3 at home.
They were ranked in the NC Prep Football AP Poll inside the top 10 for the first time ever, and they reached their highest ranking in the local N&O ranking peaking at #4.
They earned the #2 seed in the East in the 4AA Championship Bracket, earning Homefield adavantage for the first three rounds of the playoffs.
They won their first playoff game in school history, defeating Wakefield 31-14, which was also the most points Wakefield had allowed all year.
They won their first second round playoff game in school history, defeating Wake Forest-Rolesville 7-3 by scoring with 33 seconds remaining in the game!
Lost third round playoff game (27-20) against Durham Riverside High School.
The mascot for Leesville Road High School is the Pride (a pack of Lions.)
This follows the trend of the elementary and middle school mascots, which are the Cubs and the Lions, respectively.
Leesville Road Elementary, Leesville Road Middle, and Leesville Road High are all physically connected to each other, commonly called the Leesville complex.
Notable alumni: Clay Aiken, Thomas Marino, Shawan Robinson, Anthony Richardson, Brian Rimpf.
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About This Zip Code (27613)

School Zip (27613)

(NC) State Average

Population (Approximate)

36,460 people

7,780,958 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

69%

24%

Population Average Age

34 years old

35 years old

Average Household size

2.5 persons

2.4 persons

Median Household Income

$71,066

$39,726

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

6.3 rooms

5.3 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

19 years old

32 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

69% / 31%

66% / 34%

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Nearby Schools:


1. Millbrook High School - 2087 students - view location
2. Wakefield High School - 2131 students - view location
3. Sanderson High School - 1894 students - view location
4. Needham Broughton High School - 2109 students - view location
5. Raleigh Charter High School - 504 students - view location
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