East Wake High School is the only public high school in Wendell

Wendell, North Carolina

Wendell is a town in Wake County, North Carolina United States. It is a satellite town of Raleigh, the state capital. The population was 4,247 at the 2000 census-History:...

, North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

. East Wake is one of 19 high schools in the Wake County Public School System

Wake County Public School System

The Wake County Public School System is a public school district located in Wake County, North Carolina. With 143,289 students enrolled in 163 schools as of the 2010/11 academic year, it is the largest public school district in North Carolina and the 17th largest district in the United States.-...

. The school is unique in the Wake County

Wake County, North Carolina

Wake County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 900,993 making it North Carolina's second most populated county...

 School System because it is subdivided into four separate smaller schools. The individual schools all have the same core curriculum, but have a different selection of elective classes that allow the students to focus in a particular area of interest. The four subdivided schools function as one school for sports and other extracurricular activities, and also share a campus.

School of Arts, Education, & Global Studies

Phone Number - (919) 365-2642

• Principal - Ericka Lucas
• Assistant Principal - Robert James

School of Engineering Systems

Phone Number - (919) 365-2629

• Principal - Sebastian C. Shipp
• Assistant Principal - Jennifer A. Carnes

School of Health Science

Phone Number - (919) 365-2652

• Principal - A. Craig Baker
• Assistant Principal - Kristana Rogers

School of Integrated Technology

Phone Number - (919) 365-2657

• Principal - R. Malik Bazzell
• Assistant Principal - Andrea Greene

Notable alumni

• Greg Ellis - Defensive End
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   for Dallas Cowboys
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   (1998-2008), and Oakland Raiders
  Oakland Raiders
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   (2009-present). Played college football at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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