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Alumni: what's one memory from Centennial Campus Middle that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
477
Middle
DISTRICT 887 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002555
Centennial Campus Middle
1900 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606 · (919) 233-4217 · Wake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% 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.
- C-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
12.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
474 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 | 181 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 148 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 148 | 31% |
Student demographics
64%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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
34.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
31.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Centennial Campus Middle
Centennial Campus Middle's state test result (35.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial Campus Middle this school | 477 | 99.4% | 35.5% |
| Paisley Magnet School Winston Salem | 553 | 99.5% | 36.7% |
| Dunn Middle Dunn | 388 | 99.0% | 43.0% |
| Lowe's Grove Middle Durham | 564 | 99.5% | 24.2% |
| York Chester Middle Gastonia | 398 | 99.2% | 40.3% |
| Lucas Middle Durham | 400 | 99.3% | 41.4% |
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 Centennial Campus Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #391 of 463 | #36 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #398 of 461 | #36 of 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #390 of 463 | #37 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 477 | #324 of 478 | #38 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #33 of 456 | #3 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #188 of 456 | #24 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #145 of 472 | #8 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #300 of 300 | #28 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
477
-91 (-16%) vs 2020
+3% since 2000-01, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 477 | 36.9 | 12.9:1 | 99% (474) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 38.5 | 12.1:1 | 69% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 40.9 | 12.4:1 | 66% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | 41 | 13.8:1 | 52% (293) |
| 2017-18 | 478 | 36.5 | 13.1:1 | 50% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 561 | 40 | 14.0:1 | 40% (222) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 41 | 14.7:1 | 37% (223) |
| 2000-01 | 462 | 31 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Centennial Campus Middle.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (478 to 477); teachers up 1% (36.5 to 36.9).
About Centennial Campus Middle
Centennial Campus Middle is a middle-grades school in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it is part of Wake County Schools. Total enrollment is 477 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in North Carolina enroll about 605 students on average.
Wake County Schools has 198 schools; together they serve 163,176 students.
About 48% of students at Centennial Campus Middle are Black, the largest single group. It is also 31% Hispanic, 14% White, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Wake County's residents are about 19% Black, 30 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Centennial Campus Middle are from different groups.
Centennial Campus Middle reports a ratio of 12.9 students per teacher, from 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for middle schools in North Carolina is 15.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Centennial Campus Middle, 99% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Wake County averages 42%, lower than here.
Centennial Campus 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 16% of North Carolina public middle schools.
Schools in North Carolina with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 48.5%. Centennial Campus Middle scores 35.5%.
The county, Wake County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $105,768, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 237, with about 184,790 students.
Combs Elementary sits about 1.4 miles from Centennial Campus Middle. Centennial Campus Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Centennial Campus Middle ranks 8th on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Centennial Campus Middle is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 477, from 568 in 2020-21.
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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
Nearby schools
- Combs Elementary1.4 mi · 695
- Athens Drive High1.5 mi · 2,156
- Dillard Drive Elementary2.0 mi · 648
- Dillard Drive Middle2.0 mi · 977
- Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy2.2 mi · 337
- Governor Morehead School for the Blind2.2 mi · 35
Frequently asked questions
About Centennial Campus MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Centennial Campus Middle?
Centennial Campus Middle enrolls approximately 477 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Centennial Campus Middle serve?
Centennial Campus Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Centennial Campus Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Centennial Campus Middle is approximately 12.9:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Centennial Campus Middle?
At Centennial Campus Middle, the student body is approximately 14% White, 31% Hispanic, 48% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Centennial Campus Middle?
Centennial Campus Middle is overseen by Wake County Schools in Wake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.