Who We Are

RISE prepares students to thrive in competitive high school and four-year colleges. RISE provides its students with a rigorous academic program and a community built on the school’s core values.

Mission

RISE empowers its scholars to thrive academically, strengthen their community, and discover their voice.

Beliefs

All scholars can learn and want to learn (RISE UP).
As citizens of a learning community, we will love, listen, and lead (RISE TOGETHER).
Excellence is developed with commitment, practice, and perseverance (RISE ABOVE).

Core Values

Resilience

We are solutions-minded and we persevere through challenges.

Integrity

We do the right thing when no one is looking.

Scholarship

We love learning, and we cheer on each other's growth and success.

Excellence

We set ambitious goals and work relentlessly to attain them.

Our Scholars

Scholars are Eligible for Free Breakfast and Lunch (CEP)

Exceptional Children

English Language Learners

Ethnicity Makeup

Black

Hispanic

White, Asian, Multi-racial

Milestones

August 2015

PAVE opens with 120 Kindergarten and 1st grade scholars

August 2015

2016 - 2017 School Year

PAVE moves to current 18 acre Idlewood Village campus

2016 - 2017 School Year

May 2019

On the 2019 EOGs, PAVE outperforms seven Southeast Raleigh public schools that did not meet growth

May 2019

February 2020

PAVE receives a 5-year charter renewal from the State Board of Education