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How has Fuquay-Varina Middle changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,004
Middle
DISTRICT 887 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001860
Fuquay-Varina Middle
1201 Bowling Road, Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526 · (919) 557-2727 · Wake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,004 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of North Carolina public middle schools
- A-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
17.7:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
284 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 | 327 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 330 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 347 | 35% |
Student demographics
66%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
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
61.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
66.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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
65.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.2%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Fuquay-Varina Middle
Fuquay-Varina Middle's state test result (65.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuquay-Varina Middle this school | 1,004 | 28.3% | 65.2% |
| South Charlotte Middle Charlotte | 770 | 23.1% | 75.2% |
| Apex Middle Apex | 867 | 24.8% | 73.0% |
| Holly Ridge Middle Holly Springs | 955 | 26.0% | 71.9% |
| Bailey Middle Cornelius | 1,315 | 23.5% | 78.7% |
| Pine Hollow Middle Raleigh | 776 | 33.1% | 69.3% |
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 Fuquay-Varina Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #83 of 463 | #20 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #77 of 461 | #17 of 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #100 of 463 | #22 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,004 | #39 of 478 | #11 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #342 of 456 | #33 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #154 of 456 | #15 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.3% | #443 of 472 | #29 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.6% | #70 of 143 | #5 of 8 |
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
1,004
-70 (-7%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 795
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 1,004 | 56.9 | 17.7:1 | 28% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 1,019 | 57.3 | 17.8:1 | 28% (289) |
| 2022-23 | 1,164 | 66.8 | 17.4:1 | 29% (340) |
| 2020-21 | 1,074 | 63 | 17.1:1 | 26% (279) |
| 2017-18 | 916 | 56.2 | 16.3:1 | 41% (375) |
| 2015-16 | 817 | 51 | 16.0:1 | 44% (363) |
| 2010-11 | 894 | 55 | 16.3:1 | 41% (363) |
| 2000-01 | 1,125 | 67 | 16.8:1 | 26% (292) |
| 1990-91 | 795 | 52 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fuquay-Varina Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (916 to 1,004); teachers up 1% (56.2 to 56.9).
About Fuquay-Varina Middle
This page covers Fuquay-Varina Middle, a large middle-grades school in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 1,004 students enrolled. The average among middle schools in North Carolina is roughly 605 students; this school is 66% bigger than that.
Within Wake County Schools, Fuquay-Varina Middle is one of 198 schools. The district enrolls 163,176 students.
Roughly 52% of students at Fuquay-Varina Middle are White. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 16% Black, 9% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 56.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.7:1. That is higher than the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 28%. Among public schools in Wake County, the average eligibility rate is 42%.
allk12 grades Fuquay-Varina Middle a B. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in North Carolina with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 70.2%. Fuquay-Varina Middle scores 65.2%.
In Wake County (population about 1,178,653), the median household income is $105,768, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. There are 237 public schools in Wake County, enrolling about 184,790 students in all.
The closest other public school is Lincoln Heights Elementary, about 1.9 miles away. Fuquay-Varina Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 61.9% on proficiency, and Fuquay-Varina Middle is above that at 65.2%.
NCES describes the area around Fuquay-Varina Middle as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Fuquay-Varina Middle declined 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,074 to 1,004 students.
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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 Fuquay-Varina
- Fuquay-Varina HighHigh · 1,858 students
- Herbert Akins Road MiddleMiddle · 1,253 students
- Herbert Akins Rd ElementaryElementary · 988 students
- South Lakes ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Fuquay-Varina ElementaryElementary · 772 students
- Lincoln Heights ElementaryElementary · 667 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Heights Elementary1.9 mi · 667
- Fuquay-Varina High2.3 mi · 1,858
- Northwest Harnett Elementary2.7 mi · 645
- Achievement Charter Academy2.8 mi · 211
- South Lakes Elementary3.1 mi · 774
- Willow Spring High3.4 mi · 2,223
Frequently asked questions
About Fuquay-Varina MiddleHow large is Fuquay-Varina Middle?
Fuquay-Varina Middle enrolls approximately 1,004 students in grades 06-08.
Is Fuquay-Varina Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fuquay-Varina Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fuquay-Varina Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fuquay-Varina Middle is approximately 17.7:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Fuquay-Varina Middle?
Student demographics at Fuquay-Varina Middle are roughly 52% White, 16% Hispanic, 16% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Fuquay-Varina Middle in?
Fuquay-Varina Middle is part of Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.