Newsweek recently realeased a report with the Top 100 Public High Schools in the US - 2 of the top 100 are located right here in the Triangle. Raleigh Charter School and Enloe High School are listed as two of the best high schools in the Country.

Here are some additional details about the two honored high schools in the area:

#20 Raleigh Charter School - Raleigh Charter High School is located in Historic Pilot Mill right behind Peace College in downtown Raleigh. Founded in 1998, it is a public high schools sponsored by the North Carolina State Board of Education.

Raleigh Charter's mission is to teach highly motivated students in a college preparatory atmosphere. Raleigh Charter is attended by about 500 students and the average class size is 20. The student to teacher ratio is 10:1. Raleigh Charter is located at 1111 Haynes Street, Raleigh, North Carolina. The Raleigh Charter mascot is the Phoenix. The school newspaper is titled The Flame.

#56 Enloe High School The William G. Enloe GT/IB Center for Humanities, Sciences, and Arts (Enloe High School) is a magnet school located in East Raleigh. The school is named for William Gillmore Enloe in 1962, the mayor of Raeligh at the time the school was opened. As far as public shools go it has over 2,500 students enrolled which is quite large for magnet school in this area.