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What advice would you give to incoming students at Holly Grove Middle?
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Enrollment
979
Middle
DISTRICT 887 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472003208
Holly Grove Middle
1401 Avent Ferry Road, Holly Springs, NC 27540 · (919) 567-4177 · Wake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL979 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of North Carolina public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
17.0:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
173 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 | 321 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 333 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 325 | 33% |
Student demographics
59%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
Holly Grove Middle→Holly Springs High
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
71.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
78.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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
75.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Holly Grove Middle
Holly Grove Middle's state test result (75.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Grove Middle this school | 979 | 17.7% | 75.5% |
| Heritage Middle Wake Forest | 947 | 16.9% | 78.3% |
| Northwest Guilford Middle Greensboro | 915 | 21.0% | 79.5% |
| Apex Middle Apex | 867 | 24.8% | 73.0% |
| South Charlotte Middle Charlotte | 770 | 23.1% | 75.2% |
| Cuthbertson Middle Waxhaw | 1,323 | 11.0% | 84.2% |
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 Holly Grove Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #25 of 463 | #7 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #22 of 461 | #6 of 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #29 of 463 | #10 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 979 | #46 of 478 | #14 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #293 of 456 | #28 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #268 of 456 | #34 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.7% | #461 of 472 | #34 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.6% | #2 of 300 | #2 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
979
-691 (-41%) vs 2020
+3% since 2010-11, when it was 947
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 979 | 57.7 | 17.0:1 | 18% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 966 | 55.1 | 17.6:1 | 19% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 935 | 54 | 17.3:1 | 16% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 1,670 | 92 | 18.1:1 | 20% (337) |
| 2017-18 | 1,676 | 87 | 19.3:1 | 20% (343) |
| 2015-16 | 1,470 | 80 | 18.4:1 | 22% (325) |
| 2010-11 | 947 | 56 | 16.9:1 | 28% (266) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holly Grove Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (1,676 to 979); teachers down 34% (87 to 57.7).
About Holly Grove Middle
Families in Holly Springs, North Carolina, are served by Holly Grove Middle, a high-enrollment middle-grades school. Total enrollment is 979 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. Middle schools in North Carolina have about 605 students on average; enrollment here is 62% higher.
Wake County Schools serves 163,176 students across 198 schools.
Of every 100 students at Holly Grove Middle, about 61 are White. After that, the student body is 12% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among Wake County residents, the White share is about 58%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
Based on 57.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, Holly Grove Middle has a ratio of 17.0:1. Compared with the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 18%. Among public schools in Wake County, the average eligibility rate is 42%.
Holly Grove Middle holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 86% of North Carolina public middle schools.
Holly Grove Middle's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (75.5%) and its predicted rate (73.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
Wake County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $105,768 a year, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Wake County number 237, with about 184,790 students.
Holly Grove Elementary sits about 0.1 miles from Holly Grove Middle. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Holly Grove Middle ranks 5th on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's enrollment figures are 1,670 for 2020-21 and 979 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. By 2024-25, the school had 17.0 students per teacher, compared with 18.1 in 2020-21.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Holly Springs
- Pine Springs Preparatory Remote AcademyCombined · 2,552 students
- Holly Springs HighHigh · 2,018 students
- Pine Springs Preparatory AcademyElementary · 1,258 students
- Holly Ridge MiddleMiddle · 955 students
- Buckhorn Creek ElementaryElementary · 905 students
- Holly Grove ElementaryElementary · 889 students
Nearby schools
- Holly Grove Elementary0.1 mi · 889
- Holly Springs High0.2 mi · 2,018
- Buckhorn Creek Elementary0.9 mi · 905
- Holly Springs Elementary2.1 mi · 751
- Southern Wake Academy2.1 mi · 534
- Oakview Elementary2.3 mi · 873
Frequently asked questions
About Holly Grove MiddleHow large is Holly Grove Middle?
Holly Grove Middle enrolls approximately 979 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Holly Grove Middle serve?
Holly Grove Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Holly Grove Middle?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at Holly Grove Middle.
How diverse is Holly Grove Middle?
Holly Grove Middle reports a student body of 61% White, 11% Hispanic, 10% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Holly Grove Middle?
Holly Grove 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.