Carnage Middle

Set in Raleigh, North Carolina, Carnage Middle is a big middle-grades school, run under Wake County Schools. It educates 924 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 53% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 605 students.

Wake County Schools runs 198 schools in total, collectively educating 163,176 students. Carnage Middle is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Carnage Middle logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Asian; the rest is composed of 25% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% White, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Carnage Middle has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Wake County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Carnage Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.4%; this one delivers 72.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Wake County) reports that median household earnings sit near $105,768, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Wake County runs 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), of which Carnage Middle is one.

Fuller Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Carnage Middle ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 65.4%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 946 students in 2018 compared to 924 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 32% to 56% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.