East Cary Middle

East Cary Middle, a reasonably sized junior high in Cary, North Carolina, one of the schools within Wake County Schools, serves 597 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, East Cary Middle logs that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 24% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, East Cary Middle lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Roughly 36% of students at East Cary Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, East Cary Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Wake County) logs that median household earnings sit near $105,768, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. East Cary Middle is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

Adams Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts East Cary Middle at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 64.2%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. East Cary Middle's enrollment has contracted 34% since 2018, when it stood at 901 (now 597). The White share of enrollment rose from 46% to 53% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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