Wake Early College of Health and Sciences

35°47′06″N 78°35′05″W / 35.784899°N 78.584733°W / 35.784899; -78.584733InformationSchool typePublic, magnet, secondaryFounded2006 (18 years ago) (2006)CategoryHealth and ScienceCEEB code343249NCES School ID370472002866^[1]PrincipalLisa CummingsFaculty12.5 FTEs^[1]Enrollment336 (as of 2022–23)^[1]Student to teacher ratio27.0:1^[1]Hours in school day7:25 a.m. – 2:10 p.m.DegreesHigh school diploma, Associate's degree, a variety of certificationsWebsitewww.wcpss.net/healthscienceec

Wake Early College of Health and Sciences High School (more commonly known as Wake Early College or WECHS) is a small high school program (grades 9–13, with up to one year of post-secondary education) located on two Wake Tech sites: the Health Sciences Campus and the North Campus, both in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school provides five years of education in which students can receive a high school diploma, and up to an Associate of Arts, Science, or Applied Sciences degree. Although it is a public magnet high school under the Wake County Public School System, it serves no base population and also functions as a part of Wake Tech.

This school is one of six early college high schools in Wake County. The others are Vernon Malone College and Career Academy, Wake STEM Early College High School, Wake Early College of Information and Biotechnologies, Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy, and Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy (the latter two schools also serve middle school students).

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 336 students and 12.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 27.0:1. There were 111 students (33.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 21 (6.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.^[1]

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