Southeast Raleigh High School
2600 Rock Quarry Road, Raleigh, NC, 27610 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Southeast Raleigh High School
School Level High school
School Type Magnet School
Grades Offered Grades 9 - 12
County Wake County, NC
Students & Faculty
Total Students 2119 students
% Male / % Female 51%  /  49%
Total Classroom Teachers 145 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 9 - 573 students
Grade 10 - 549 students
Grade 11 - 508 students
Grade 12 - 489 students
This School
(NC) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:15 1:16
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(NC) School Average
% American Indian n/a 1%
% Asian 2% 2%
% Hispanic 2% 5%
% Black 63% 31%
% White 33% 59%
Additional Student Information
This School
(NC) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 20% 27%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 6% 6%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(NC) Statewide Testing Performance
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School District:
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%
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School Notes:
  • Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School (SRHS) is a magnet high school in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. It opened in 1997 as a magnet school with a focus on math, science, and technology. Its mascot is the bulldog. The school was featured on MTV's High School Stories for a student off-campus lunch pass forgery ring.
  • History
  • During February 1994, Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School was proposed by Wake County to provide a school for the southeastern area of Raleigh, focusing on math, science, and technology. On July 28 1997, the school opened for grades 9–11, with an initial student population of 1100.
  • Beginning the 2004–2005 school year, the school changed its name to Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School: Center for Leadership and Technology. The name change came with a new initiative on the part of former principal John Modest to encourage students through school activities to develop strong leadership skills.
  • Since opening, many concepts pioneered at Southeast Raleigh have been implemented throughout Wake County, including block scheduling and senior graduation projects. All students graduating in 2010 in the state of North Carolina will have to complete a graduation project.
  • Location
  • Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School is located on Rock Quarry Road in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school is near I-40 and Raleigh Beltline.
  • Students
  • As of 2006-2007, the school had a total population of 1,866 students. SRMHS was built to serve 1,699 students and has added 16 mobile units (trailers) to boost that number to 2,083. With the trailers, the school is at 89.6% capacity. Students attend school from 7:45AM to 2:50PM, with four classes each semester. Some classes, such as Advanced Placement courses, marching band and upper-level chorus, also operate on "A" or "B" days, allowing semester-long classes to be stretched out over a year
  • Notable alumni
  • Leroy Harris - Offensive lineman for the Tennessee Titans.
  • Administration
  • The current principal, Beulah Wright, graduated from Shaw University in 1975 with a bachelor's in Mathematics, Shaw University as well as a M. Ed. in Educational Administration and Supervision from UNC-Wilmington, assumed the position with the responsibility of salvaging the school's budget by cutting costs and cancelling courses in many academic arenas, particularly advanced courses such as Calculus III. [1]The average high school principal salary is $90,000. Beulah Wright's salary totals $131,651.04. Wake County Public Schools Salaries :: WRAL.com
  • Recent events
  • In the 2006-2007 school year, a lawsuit was filed after an autistic teenager complained about being molested by a teacher's aide. The 16-year-old's mother took her child out of school in October after she found the Wake County School board unresponsive. On April 7, forty two year-old teacher's aide, Brian Grealey died from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. The mother is now seeking damages worth over $20,000.
  • In July 2007, Scott Hovey, a teacher at the school since 2005, was arrested in Greensboro, NC and charged with soliciting a child . In March 2007, Larry Jewell, then assistant principal of the school, faced more than 50 sex-related charges including one that allegedly occurred on school grounds. His bail was several million dollars.
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School Zip (27610)
(NC) State Average
Population (Approximate) 43,360 people 7,780,958 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 25% 24%
Population Average Age 31 years old 35 years old
Average Household size 2.7 persons 2.4 persons
Median Household Income $37,505 $39,726
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.1 rooms 5.3 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 34 years old 32 years old
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% Owning / % Renting 59% / 41% 66% / 34%
School Map:
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