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Enrollment
1,494
Middle
DISTRICT 887 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472003491
Alston Ridge Middle
7833 Fussell Avenue, Cary, NC 27519 · (919) 694-8044 · Wake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,494 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of North Carolina public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
318 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 483 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 470 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 541 | 36% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Wake County Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
76.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
81.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
79.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alston Ridge Middle
Alston Ridge Middle's state test result (79.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alston Ridge Middle this school | 1,494 | 21.3% | 79.2% |
| Harris Road Middle Concord | 1,368 | 13.5% | 88.0% |
| Mills Park Middle Cary | 1,632 | 7.6% | 91.8% |
| Davis Drive Middle Cary | 992 | 13.3% | 87.5% |
| Carnage Middle Raleigh | 924 | 30.8% | 72.5% |
| Community House Middle Charlotte | 1,425 | 20.4% | 85.7% |
Matched among North Carolina middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alston Ridge Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #15 of 463 | #4 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #14 of 461 | #3 of 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #15 of 463 | #4 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,494 | #2 of 478 | #2 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #423 of 456 | #38 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #114 of 456 | #12 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.3% | #453 of 472 | #32 of 38 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,494
+261 (+21%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 18.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,494 | 78.6 | 19.0:1 | 21% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 1,532 | 81 | 18.9:1 | 20% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 1,459 | 78.4 | 18.6:1 | 20% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 1,233 | 67 | 18.4:1 | 14% (178) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alston Ridge Middle.
About Alston Ridge Middle
Alston Ridge Middle is a high-enrollment middle school with an address in Cary, North Carolina. It has an enrollment of 1,494 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in North Carolina average about 605 students, which makes this school 147% above average.
Wake County Schools operates 198 schools. Combined enrollment is 163,176 students.
The biggest share of students at Alston Ridge Middle, 49%, is Asian. The next largest groups are 22% White, 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 5% multiracial. In Wake County overall, about 9% of residents are Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Alston Ridge Middle scores 68%.
A staff of 78.6 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 19.0:1. The gap from the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina is 3.2 students per teacher. By family income, 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 21 points below the 42% average for public schools in Wake County.
Alston Ridge Middle earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 92% of North Carolina public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Alston Ridge Middle is 6.9 points above its prediction. Actual: 79.2%. Predicted: 72.3%.
In the wider Wake County area, the median household earns about $105,768 a year, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Wake County, 237 public schools serve about 184,790 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Alston Ridge Elementary, is the closest to Alston Ridge Middle. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Alston Ridge Middle comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 1,233 (2020-21) to 1,494 (2024-25).
This page is set up for the Alston Ridge Middle community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Wake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,178,653
Census ACS
Median income
$105,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
237
184,790 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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Other schools in Cary
- Panther Creek HighHigh · 2,609 students
- Green Hope HighHigh · 2,304 students
- Green Level HighHigh · 2,283 students
- Cary HighHigh · 2,044 students
- Triangle Math and Science AcademyCombined · 1,904 students
- Mills Park MiddleMiddle · 1,632 students
Nearby schools
- Alston Ridge Elementary0.4 mi · 917
- Hortons Creek Elementary0.9 mi · 739
- Lyons Farm Elementary1.7 mi · 608
- Panther Creek High1.9 mi · 2,609
- Parkwood Elementary2.5 mi · 491
- Parkside Elementary2.6 mi · 730
Frequently asked questions
About Alston Ridge MiddleHow many students attend Alston Ridge Middle?
Alston Ridge Middle enrolls approximately 1,494 students in grades 06-08.
Is Alston Ridge Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Alston Ridge Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Alston Ridge Middle have?
Alston Ridge Middle employs 79 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alston Ridge Middle?
At Alston Ridge Middle, the student body is approximately 22% White, 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 49% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Alston Ridge Middle public or private?
Alston Ridge Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.