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Enrollment
867
Middle
DISTRICT 887 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001828
Apex Middle
400 East Moore Street, Apex, NC 27502 · (919) 387-2181 · Wake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL867 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of North Carolina public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.0:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
215 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 | 266 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 275 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 326 | 38% |
Student demographics
56%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
Students here typically continue to
Apex Middle→Apex High
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
69.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
73.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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
73.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Apex Middle
Apex Middle's state test result (73.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apex Middle this school | 867 | 24.8% | 73.0% |
| South Charlotte Middle Charlotte | 770 | 23.1% | 75.2% |
| Northwest Guilford Middle Greensboro | 915 | 21.0% | 79.5% |
| Heritage Middle Wake Forest | 947 | 16.9% | 78.3% |
| Holly Ridge Middle Holly Springs | 955 | 26.0% | 71.9% |
| Fuquay-Varina Middle Fuquay-Varina | 1,004 | 28.3% | 65.2% |
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 Apex Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #33 of 463 | #10 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #33 of 461 | #10 of 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #38 of 463 | #11 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 867 | #75 of 478 | #24 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #207 of 456 | #20 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #303 of 456 | #37 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.8% | #448 of 472 | #31 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.2% | #22 of 300 | #5 of 28 |
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
867
-73 (-8%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 905
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 867 | 54.3 | 16.0:1 | 25% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 938 | 54.3 | 17.3:1 | 23% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 905 | 54.7 | 16.6:1 | 24% (215) |
| 2020-21 | 940 | 57 | 16.5:1 | 17% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 1,243 | 67 | 18.6:1 | 17% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 1,288 | 69 | 18.7:1 | 18% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 1,054 | 57 | 18.5:1 | 23% (244) |
| 2000-01 | 1,038 | 70 | 14.8:1 | 25% (264) |
| 1990-91 | 905 | 56 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Apex Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (1,243 to 867); teachers down 19% (67 to 54.3).
About Apex Middle
Apex Middle is a middle-grades school with a street address in Apex, North Carolina. The school counted 867 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. It has 43% more students than the average for middle schools in North Carolina (about 605).
Wake County Schools has 198 schools; together they serve 163,176 students.
At Apex Middle, 64% of students are White. The school is also 14% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 8% Black, and 5% multiracial. The diversity index for Apex Middle is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 16.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Apex Middle, which has 54.3. The 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina is close to this figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Apex Middle is about 25%. That rate is below the 42% average among public schools in Wake County.
On the allk12 Grade, Apex Middle lands at A-, ahead of 84% of North Carolina public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Apex Middle is 1.7 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 73.0% actual, 71.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
In the surrounding county, Wake County, median household income comes to about $105,768, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 237, with about 184,790 students.
Apex Elementary is the nearest public school to Apex Middle, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Apex Middle ranks 4th on proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
From 940 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 867 by 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Apex Middle. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Other schools in Wake County Schools
- Apex Friendship HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Panther Creek HighHigh · 2,609 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Apex HighHigh · 2,449 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
Other schools in Apex
- Apex Friendship HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Apex HighHigh · 2,449 students
- Middle Creek HighHigh · 1,587 students
- Apex Friendship MiddleMiddle · 1,412 students
- The Math and Science Academy of ApexElementary · 1,080 students
- Olive Chapel ElementaryElementary · 1,066 students
Nearby schools
- Apex Elementary0.6 mi · 550
- Baucom Elementary0.8 mi · 675
- Lufkin Road Middle1.1 mi · 1,035
- Apex High1.4 mi · 2,449
- Peak Charter Academy1.8 mi · 651
- Scotts Ridge Elementary2.0 mi · 869
Frequently asked questions
About Apex MiddleHow large is Apex Middle?
Apex Middle enrolls approximately 867 students in grades 06-08.
Is Apex Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Apex Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Apex Middle have?
Apex Middle employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Apex Middle?
At Apex Middle, the student body is approximately 64% White, 14% Hispanic, 8% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Apex Middle public or private?
Apex 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.