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Can someone please tell me about Knightdale High School? I looked at the Wake Cty Public School Directory and it said the school itself performs poorly.
Unfortunately, it's probably true. Garner and Knightdale have been the "dumping grounds" for WCPSS's FNR kids for a quite a while. However, I am confident that it will improve in the next few years as more and more people relocating to the area are priced out of Cary and Raleigh and are attracted to the lower housing prices in SE Wake County.
Knightdale High School is only a few years old. I've heard there are a lot of drugs and gang activity, but I'm not sure its any worse there than other public schools in Wake County (its everywhere). They should offer the same AP and Honors courses, but I heard from a KHS parent the course offerings aren't equitable, so I don't know. If your child is motivated and a good student, the educational opportunities should be there.. but the environment may not be the best....
They (KHS) draw a lot of their base population from eastern wake county, this was one of the first areas the Latinos settled in 20 years ago, therefore many of those children are now in high school..
Many of the newer neighborhoods in Wake Forest are now zoned KHS, not sure how many high school kids are involved - it won't make a big impact if the neighborhood has mostly elementary school aged children. I've heard Hwy 401 is the unoffical dividing line for WFRHS and KHS - but I can think of at least one subdivision that would be on the Wake Forest side of 401 yet is zoned to KHS, so I don't know.
It seems like kids are only a mile or two from WFRHS, yet are being bussed 10 miles away.. cross country to Knightdale High School - I think to reduce crowding at WFRHS until HHS is built, but also to help decrease the F&R (free and reduced lunch ) ratios.
Heritage High in WF is slated to open in 2009 or 2010 - but they start with grades 9 and 10 the first year and add a grade each year.. so it will be awhile before HHS is fully populated.
If I remember correctly we were looking at the Lennar homes, I think the subdivision was....Wood..something. I dont remember. But we loved the Lennar homes and ended up buying one in Clayton, Summerlynn
We are actually looking in Wake Forest and thats what I was worried about was were my kids would go to HS. My sister-in-law lives in Caldwell Woods, so we are looking near her. Some Heritage houses are also zones for Knightdale HS.
Where can I look in Wake Forest and not have my kids go to Knightdale HS?
Any developments you can suggest?
One more question I hear Jones Dairy Elementary is a good school, my son needs special ed. and they seem very knowledgable there about that. Anyone have info on this school too??
Where can I find out the schools zones for each neighborhood or subdivision. Or are they always changing the zones when they build new schools and you never know where u end up? My daughter will be entering kindergarten in Sept but i don't want her being bussed accross town for no reason. I haven't moved yet to NC but I plan to rent before buying for 6 months to a year and want to be prepared.
Here is a link for the Knightdale HS base.
I see a few nodes zoned KHS in WF - such a shame when they are soooo close to WFRHS. The base attendance area is HUGE..... and in some interesting parts of Raleigh and Wake County..
I played around with some WF addresses.. one street is WFRHS, one street over is KHS..
If I had young children I wouldn't be as concerned, there will be a lot of rezoning as East Wake population increases, Heritage Opens, etc.
Where can I find out the schools zones for each neighborhood or subdivision. Or are they always changing the zones when they build new schools and you never know where u end up? My daughter will be entering kindergarten in Sept but i don't want her being bussed accross town for no reason. I haven't moved yet to NC but I plan to rent before buying for 6 months to a year and want to be prepared.
You can use the growth management link on my above post. You can search by address, node, school, etc.
The chance of rezoning depends a lot on the area.. our friends have been sent to 3 elementary schools in 7 years !!!
good luck !
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