Davis Drive Middle

Located at 2101 Davis Drive, in Cary, North Carolina, Davis Drive Middle is a roomy middle-grades school that teaches 992 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Wake County Schools. That puts it 64% bigger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 605 students.

Across the 198 schools in Wake County Schools (163,176 students total), Davis Drive Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Davis Drive Middle lists that the most-represented group is Asian (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 38% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 9% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Wake County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Davis Drive Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.8%; this one delivers 87.5%.

In the surrounding community, Wake County reports that median household income runs about $105,768, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Wake County's 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), Davis Drive Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Davis Drive Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Davis Drive Middle at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 78.0%.

Davis Drive Middle operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 27%: 1,354 students in 2018 compared to 992 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 45% to 38% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.