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The public middle schools with the highest share of Black students in Wake County, North Carolina

39 public middle schools in Wake County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the public middle schools with the highest share of Black students, ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. Zebulon Middle leads the list at 49.0%, against a median of 19.8% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Wake County, North Carolina

Top % Black

49.0%

Median % Black

19.8%

MOST BLACK · WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black
1	Zebulon Middle	Zebulon, NC	Wake County Schools	772	49.0%(378)
2	Centennial Campus Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	477	48.4%(231)
3	East Garner Middle	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	1,109	46.4%(514)
4	River Bend Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	995	44.2%(440)
5	East Millbrook Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	731	43.6%(319)
6	Wendell Middle	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	762	36.0%(274)
7	Wake Forest Middle School	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	878	35.3%(310)
8	Neuse River Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	877	32.6%(286)
9	Rolesville Middle	Rolesville, NC	Wake County Schools	889	32.2%(286)
10	North Garner Middle	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	831	31.9%(265)
11	Ligon Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	959	31.6%(303)
12	Carroll Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	898	30.9%(277)
13	Durant Road Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	649	29.7%(193)
14	Moore Square Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	594	28.4%(169)
15	Dillard Drive Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	977	24.7%(241)
16	Carnage Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	924	24.6%(227)
17	Leesville Road Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	795	22.1%(176)
18	Pine Hollow Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	776	21.3%(165)
19	Wakefield Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	803	20.3%(163)
20	Reedy Creek Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	805	19.8%(159)
21	West Lake Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	687	19.5%(134)
22	Oberlin Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	1,049	18.3%(192)
23	Martin Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	1,011	17.2%(174)
24	Fuquay-Varina Middle	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	1,004	16.3%(164)
25	West Cary Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	824	15.8%(130)
26	Holly Ridge Middle	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	955	15.0%(143)
27	West Millbrook Middle	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	1,164	13.2%(154)
28	East Cary Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	597	12.7%(76)
29	Heritage Middle	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	947	12.3%(116)
30	Alston Ridge Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	1,494	11.4%(171)
31	Lufkin Road Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	1,035	11.3%(117)
32	Herbert Akins Road Middle	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	1,253	10.8%(136)
33	Holly Grove Middle	Holly Springs, NC	Wake County Schools	979	10.3%(101)
34	Apex Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	867	8.3%(72)
35	Salem Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	1,057	7.4%(78)
36	Apex Friendship Middle	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	1,412	5.5%(77)
37	Mills Park Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	1,632	5.3%(87)
38	Davis Drive Middle	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	992	4.4%(44)
39	Magellan Charter	Raleigh, NC	Magellan Charter	411	2.4%(10)

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Racial and ethnic enrollment shares are factual figures reported by each school to the federal government (NCES). This list describes the composition of student bodies and is not an evaluation or endorsement of any school.

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