Apex High High School
1501 Laura Duncan Rd Apex NC, 27502, Wake County Phone: 919-387-2208 Ranking:  (24 out of 287, top 8%)*Type: Regular High School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12 School District: Wake County Schools Title I Eligible School: No Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 131 | 132 | 126 | 124 | 122 | 128 | 128 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 2,527 | 2,585 | 2,366 | 2,341 | 2,269 | 2,201 | 2,202 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 581 | 23.0% | 758 | 29.3% | 670 | 28.3% | 599 | 25.6% | 662 | 29.2% | 629 | 28.6% | 609 | 27.7% |
| Grade 10: | 747 | 29.6% | 671 | 26.0% | 545 | 23.0% | 621 | 26.5% | 582 | 25.7% | 580 | 26.4% | 512 | 23.3% |
| Grade 11: | 651 | 25.8% | 575 | 22.2% | 598 | 25.3% | 568 | 24.3% | 547 | 24.1% | 506 | 23.0% | 514 | 23.3% |
| Grade 12: | 548 | 21.7% | 581 | 22.5% | 553 | 23.4% | 553 | 23.6% | 478 | 21.1% | 486 | 22.1% | 567 | 25.7% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 1,301 | 51.5% | 1,380 | 53.4% | 1,252 | 52.9% | 1,233 | 52.7% | 1,188 | 52.4% | 1,125 | 51.1% | 1,079 | 49.0% |
| Female: | 1,226 | 48.5% | 1,205 | 46.6% | 1,114 | 47.1% | 1,108 | 47.3% | 1,073 | 47.3% | 1,068 | 48.5% | 1,060 | 48.1% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 8 | 0.3% | 8 | 0.3% | 12 | 0.5% | 11 | 0.5% | 4 | 0.2% | 5 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 140 | 5.5% | 150 | 5.8% | 142 | 6.0% | 132 | 5.6% | 107 | 4.7% | 88 | 4.0% | 81 | 3.7% |
| Hispanic: | 203 | 8.0% | 194 | 7.5% | 192 | 8.1% | 199 | 8.5% | 115 | 5.1% | 124 | 5.6% | 116 | 5.3% |
| Black: | 189 | 7.5% | 189 | 7.3% | 189 | 8.0% | 163 | 7.0% | 259 | 11.4% | 256 | 11.6% | 179 | 8.1% |
| White: | 1,869 | 74.0% | 1,940 | 75.0% | 1,745 | 73.8% | 1,745 | 74.5% | 1,784 | 78.6% | 1,728 | 78.5% | 1,763 | 80.1% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 4 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 114 | 4.5% | 104 | 4.0% | 86 | 3.6% | 91 | 3.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 188 | 7.4% | 202 | 7.8% | 211 | 8.9% | 201 | 8.6% | 161 | 7.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 52 | 2.1% | 44 | 1.7% | 49 | 2.1% | 27 | 1.2% | 41 | 1.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 19.36 | 19.54 | 18.76 | 18.94 | 18.61 | 17.20 | 17.20 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOC | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 93.9% | 91.6% | 82.6% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 89.2% | 78.9% | 66.7% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 92.4% | 79.3% | 69% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 91.9% | 76.5% | 67.7% |
| 2010 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 92.8% | 84.6% | 77.8% |
| 2011 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 94.4% | 85% | 76.7% |
| 2012 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 89.4% | 86.1% | 78.7% |
| 2013 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 38.9% | 48.5% | 36.3% |
| 2006 | Algebra II | End of course | % met std | 92.2% | 87.8% | 80.3% |
| 2007 | Algebra II | End of course | % met std | 87.8% | 73.8% | 65.1% |
| 2008 | Algebra II | End of course | % met std | 88.8% | 76.9% | 67.2% |
| 2009 | Algebra II | End of course | % met std | 93.2% | 81.6% | 72.9% |
| 2010 | Algebra II | End of course | % met std | 94.3% | 88.7% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Algebra II | End of course | % met std | 94.7% | 88.7% | 82.3% |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 84.6% | 73.7% | 63.4% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 82.6% | 74.2% | 65.3% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 88% | 76.5% | 68% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 90.6% | 80.2% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 93.2% | 83.9% | 81.2% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 93.5% | 84.4% | 79.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 91.9% | 87.2% | 83% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 73.8% | 58.7% | 45.6% |
| 2006 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | > 95.0% | 88.1% | 77.1% |
| 2008 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 92.9% | 83.8% | 71.8% |
| 2009 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 90% | 87.3% | 77.7% |
| 2006 | Civics and Economics | End of course | % met std | 82.7% | 73% | 60.1% |
| 2007 | Civics and Economics | End of course | % met std | 83.9% | 75.4% | 65.8% |
| 2008 | Civics and Economics | End of course | % met std | 90.5% | 77.9% | 68.5% |
| 2009 | Civics and Economics | End of course | % met std | 91.4% | 80.4% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Civics and Economics | End of course | % met std | 93.9% | 84% | 78.7% |
| 2011 | Civics and Economics | End of course | % met std | > 95.0% | 85.7% | 80% |
| 2006 | English I | End of course | % met std | 94.2% | 87.2% | 82.8% |
| 2007 | English I | End of course | % met std | 90.4% | 79.8% | 72.1% |
| 2008 | English I | End of course | % met std | 91.4% | 78.8% | 73.1% |
| 2009 | English I | End of course | % met std | 88.3% | 80.7% | 73.8% |
| 2010 | English I | End of course | % met std | > 95.0% | 85.2% | 82.4% |
| 2011 | English I | End of course | % met std | 93.2% | 84.6% | 80.6% |
| 2012 | English I | End of course | % met std | > 95.0% | 87% | 82.9% |
| 2013 | English II | End of course | % met std | 77.0% | 63.2% | 51.2% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 90.4% | 79.9% | 68.8% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 83.5% | 72.8% | 63.3% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 88.1% | 75.2% | 67.9% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | > 95.0% | 81% | 73.3% |
| 2010 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | > 95.0% | 86.5% | 82.3% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 85.4% | 68.3% | 69.1% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 77.3% | 60.1% | 58.4% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 91% | 67.2% | 62.7% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | > 95.0% | 81.2% | 76.4% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 94.5% | 80.6% | 76.5% |
| 2006 | Physics | End of course | % met std | 92.8% | 91% | 85.1% |
| 2008 | Physics | End of course | % met std | > 95.0% | 87.7% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Physics | End of course | % met std | > 95.0% | 92.1% | 85.9% |
| 2006 | US History | End of course | % met std | 78.4% | 69.6% | 56.8% |
| 2007 | US History | End of course | % met std | 82.2% | 74.2% | 64.6% |
| 2008 | US History | End of course | % met std | 82.1% | 74.2% | 66.5% |
| 2009 | US History | End of course | % met std | 85.5% | 77.6% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | US History | End of course | % met std | > 95.0% | 85.4% | 81.6% |
| 2011 | US History | End of course | % met std | > 95.0% | 84.2% | 81.5% |
| EOG | ||||||
| 2006 | Mathematics | 10th Grade | % met std | 12.5% | 18.8% | 17.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 10th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 18.7% | 22.6% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 10th Grade | % met std | 22.7% | 17.4% | 25.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 12.5% | 22.5% | 18.5% |
| 2006 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 71.3% | 66.4% | 54.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 66% | 51.8% |
| 2008 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 79.1% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 83.2% | 79.3% | 70.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 76.3% | 69.4% |
| 2011 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 76.8% | 69.9% |
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* Apex High High School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.