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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

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NC) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	1%
% Asian	5%	2%
% Hispanic	6%	5%
% Black	23%	31%
% White	66%	59%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NC) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

13%

27%

% 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	12
Number of Students Managed	122,735 students	6,210 students
District Total Revenue	$1,116,863,000	$47,973,000
District Expenditure	$1,019,010,000	$45,994,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,100	$7,725
District Expenditure / Student	$8,303	$7,406
District Graduation Rates	84%	74%

The voters have spoken, and so has Clay Aiken (The News & Observer)
posted on November 14, 2009 at 02:09:39 pm
The singer uses his blog to call the recently elected Wake school board members "selfish idiots."
Clay Aiken calls new Wake school board members 'idiots' (The News & Observer)
posted on November 13, 2009 at 03:47:26 pm
Entertainer Clay Aiken is calling the newly elected Wake County school board members "selfish idiots."
Sick, at school (The News & Observer)
posted on November 4, 2009 at 07:03:33 am
My daughter's high school, Leesville Road High School in Raleigh, has a senior exemption policy. This policy encourages the kids to come to school sick. If they have perfect or near-perfect attendance then they are exempt from their senior exams.
Schools offer free seasonal flu shots for Wake students (The News & Observer)
posted on October 9, 2009 at 06:03:37 am
All school-age children in Wake County can receive free seasonal flu shots at any one of 21 clinics being held at public and private schools in coming weeks.
High School Football Fans Take Tailgate Off Campus (NBC 17 Raleigh)
posted on September 12, 2009 at 03:24:08 am
If there's football to be played, football fans will want to tailgate. But what if you're not allowed to have grills on school property? Well, at Leesville Road High School they just take the tailgate elsewhere. It started last year, and the so-called "Grill Team" takes over the Springdale Recreation Club every home game. "This is gonna be our Grill Team edition of Cribs," said Leesville Road ...

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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. It has 2,176 enrolled students (checked 7-2-2006). LRHS offers a variety of extracurricular activities, including band, computer club, foreign language, newspaper, yearbook, National Honor Society, Student Council, and many other clubs.
Academics
Leesville Road High School has consistently ranked as a North Carolina School of Distinction. Its most recent ranking was in the 2005-2006 school year. Leesville offers its students a wide variety of advanced and 14 Advanced Placement courses in various subjects. Leesville also offers the following foreign language courses: Spanish, French, and Latin. In math and English EOC scores, Leesville ranks above the North Carolina average. In 2005, Leesville scored 90% and 92% in English and Math respectively. The state average was 82% and 80%. [2] The school's yearbook, The Menagerie, won the Columbia University Scholastic Press Gold Medal in 2004 and 2006.
Athletics
Leesville High offers various athletic activities to its students including, but not limited to, football, basketball, soccer, gymnastics, wrestling, and lacrosse.
At various Leesville Road sporting events (especially football games), LRHS students adorned in green sweatshirts line the sidelines as the Leesville Loonies, the adoring fans of the Pride.
The Leesville complex
Leesville Road High School is physically connected to Leesville Road Elementary School and Leesville Road Middle School, forming what is commonly called the Leesville Complex.[3] The three schools are also linked by their mascots. The mascot for the high school is the Pride, a pack of lions.[4] The elementary and middle school mascots are Cubs and Lions, respectively.
Notable alumni
Clay Aiken
Andrew Britton
See also
Leesville Road Elementary School
Leesville Road Middle School
External links
Leesville High School Website
Leesville Elementary School Website
Leesville Middle School Website
Google Maps image of the Leesville Complex (The high school comprises the top two buildings)
Wake County Public School System
Leesville Football Images
Leesville High School Bands
Official Leesville Wrestling Webpage

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