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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Wake County, North Carolina

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public middle schools in Wake County, North Carolina, drawn from 38 qualifying public middle schools. East Garner Middle leads the list at 99.7%, against a median of 33.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Wake County, North Carolina

Top % FRL

99.7%

Median % FRL

33.3%

HIGHEST POVERTY · WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	East Garner Middle	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,109	99.7%
2	River Bend Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	995	99.7%
3	Neuse River Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	877	99.7%
4	North Garner Middle	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	831	99.6%
5	Zebulon Middle	Zebulon, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	772	99.6%
6	Wendell Middle	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	762	99.6%
7	East Millbrook Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	731	99.6%
8	Centennial Campus Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	477	99.4%
9	Durant Road Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	649	68.6%
10	Carroll Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	898	61.1%
11	Wake Forest Middle School	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	878	57.2%
12	Dillard Drive Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	977	50.5%
13	Rolesville Middle	Rolesville, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	889	43.4%
14	West Lake Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	687	42.9%
15	Reedy Creek Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	805	37.1%
16	East Cary Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	597	36.2%
17	Ligon Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	959	34.5%
18	Lufkin Road Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,035	33.5%
19	Herbert Akins Road Middle	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,253	33.5%
20	Pine Hollow Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	776	33.1%
21	West Millbrook Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,164	32.3%
22	Leesville Road Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	795	31.7%
23	Wakefield Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	803	31.4%
24	Carnage Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	924	30.8%
25	Oberlin Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,049	30.1%
26	West Cary Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	824	30.0%
27	Martin Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,011	29.6%
28	Moore Square Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	594	29.0%
29	Fuquay-Varina Middle	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,004	28.3%
30	Holly Ridge Middle	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	955	26.0%
31	Apex Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	867	24.8%
32	Alston Ridge Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,494	21.3%
33	Salem Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,057	19.2%
34	Holly Grove Middle	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	979	17.7%
35	Heritage Middle	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	947	16.9%
36	Davis Drive Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	992	13.3%
37	Apex Friendship Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,412	7.9%
38	Mills Park Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,632	7.6%

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