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How has Carroll Middle changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
898
Middle
DISTRICT 887 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001842
Carroll Middle
4520 Six Forks Rd, Raleigh, NC 27609 · (919) 881-1370 · Wake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL898 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of North Carolina public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.8:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
549 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 | 308 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 314 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 276 | 31% |
Student demographics
71%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
Carroll Middle→Sanderson High
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
44.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
43.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.2%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Carroll Middle
Carroll Middle's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Middle this school | 898 | 61.1% | 45.5% |
| C C Griffin Middle Concord | 792 | 54.8% | 52.7% |
| Harold E. Winkler Middle Concord | 1,094 | 62.2% | 51.7% |
| Jacksonville Commons Middle Jacksonville | 918 | 62.6% | 45.4% |
| Hawfields Middle Mebane | 864 | 56.0% | 65.0% |
| Wake Forest Middle School Wake Forest | 878 | 57.2% | 47.0% |
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 Carroll Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #295 of 463 | #29 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #296 of 461 | #29 of 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #292 of 463 | #30 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 898 | #66 of 478 | #20 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #111 of 456 | #9 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #46 of 456 | #5 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #357 of 472 | #10 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #166 of 300 | #19 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
898
-81 (-8%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 1,074
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 898 | 60.6 | 14.8:1 | 61% (549) |
| 2023-24 | 863 | 58.6 | 14.7:1 | 62% (531) |
| 2022-23 | 871 | 60 | 14.5:1 | 60% (523) |
| 2020-21 | 979 | 62 | 15.8:1 | 47% (456) |
| 2017-18 | 1,006 | 66.5 | 15.1:1 | 48% (481) |
| 2015-16 | 979 | 59 | 16.6:1 | 49% (476) |
| 2010-11 | 692 | 40 | 17.3:1 | 53% (370) |
| 2000-01 | 890 | 51 | 17.4:1 | 37% (329) |
| 1990-91 | 1,074 | 70 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carroll Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,006 to 898); teachers down 9% (66.5 to 60.6).
About Carroll Middle
Carroll Middle is a middle-grades school in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it is part of Wake County Schools. The school has 898 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in North Carolina enroll about 605 students on average.
Carroll Middle is one school in a 198-school district, Wake County Schools, which enrolls 163,176 students.
The student body at Carroll Middle has no majority group. White students lead at 32%. The remaining shares are 31% Black, 31% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Wake County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school's share is lower. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at Carroll Middle are from different groups.
For every teacher at Carroll Middle, there are about 14.8 students; the school has 60.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 61%. The average for public schools in Wake County is 42%.
Carroll Middle earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of North Carolina public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Carroll Middle is -14.7 points: 45.5% actual, 60.2% predicted.
In the wider Wake County area, median household income comes to about $105,768, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wake County's 237 public schools enroll about 184,790 students and include Carroll Middle.
Carroll Middle is about 0.7 miles from Brooks Elementary, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Carroll Middle's average proficiency of 45.5% compares with 56.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
The school shrank from 979 students in 2020-21 to 898 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Carroll 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 Raleigh
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
- Athens Drive HighHigh · 2,156 students
- Needham Broughton HighHigh · 2,153 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,065 students
Other Carroll Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Carroll Middle. Carroll Middle is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Carroll Middle SchoolFort Wayne, IN · 1,004 students
- Carroll Middle SchoolSOUTHLAKE, TX · 713 students
- Carroll Middle SchoolCarroll, IA · 459 students
Nearby schools
- Brooks Elementary0.7 mi · 471
- Green Elementary0.8 mi · 534
- Douglas Elementary0.8 mi · 562
- Sanderson High1.3 mi · 1,648
- Root Elementary1.3 mi · 469
- Millbrook Elementary1.9 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About Carroll MiddleHow large is Carroll Middle?
Carroll Middle enrolls approximately 898 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Carroll Middle serve?
Carroll Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Carroll Middle?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Carroll Middle.
How diverse is Carroll Middle?
Carroll Middle reports a student body of 32% White, 31% Hispanic, 31% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Carroll Middle in?
Carroll Middle is part of Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.