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The Wake County Public School system has 143,289 students in 163 schools. There are 20 high schools in the district in total (Franks). Superintendent Anthony J. Tata says "Nobody is happy with a 6 percent cut in funding [in Wake County public schools], but there were a lot of rumors of 10 percent, and I would just say, 'Steady in the foxhole; let's wait”