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

This ranking covers the highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Wake County, North Carolina, drawn from 38 qualifying public middle schools. Mills Park Middle leads the list at 91.0%, against a median of 66.1% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Wake County, North Carolina

Top % Proficient (Reading)

91.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

66.1%

BEST IN READING · WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Mills Park Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,632	91.0%
2	Davis Drive Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	992	83.9%
3	Apex Friendship Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,412	83.0%
4	Alston Ridge Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,494	76.2%
5	Heritage Middle	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	947	75.7%
6	Moore Square Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	594	74.0%
7	Salem Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,057	73.5%
8	Carnage Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	924	72.8%
9	Martin Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,011	71.7%
10	Holly Grove Middle	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	979	71.6%
11	Apex Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	867	69.9%
12	East Cary Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	597	69.6%
13	Leesville Road Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	795	69.5%
14	Ligon Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	959	69.1%
15	West Cary Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	824	69.1%
16	Oberlin Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,049	67.5%
17	West Millbrook Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,164	67.2%
18	Holly Ridge Middle	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	955	66.7%
19	Pine Hollow Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	776	66.4%
20	Wakefield Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	803	65.7%
21	Lufkin Road Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,035	62.2%
22	Fuquay-Varina Middle	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,004	61.0%
23	Reedy Creek Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	805	60.5%
24	Herbert Akins Road Middle	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,253	58.8%
25	Rolesville Middle	Rolesville, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	889	57.4%
26	West Lake Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	687	54.7%
27	Dillard Drive Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	977	49.2%
28	Wake Forest Middle School	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	878	46.6%
29	Zebulon Middle	Zebulon, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	772	44.2%
30	Carroll Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	898	44.1%
31	East Garner Middle	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	1,109	43.1%
32	North Garner Middle	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	831	42.0%
33	Wendell Middle	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	762	41.6%
34	Durant Road Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	649	39.4%
35	East Millbrook Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	731	36.9%
36	River Bend Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	995	35.4%
37	Centennial Campus Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	477	34.8%
38	Neuse River Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	Middle	877	34.4%

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