Holly Grove Middle

Holly Grove Middle, a roomy 6-8 campus in Holly Springs, North Carolina, run under Wake County Schools, serves 979 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 62% larger than typical.

Within Wake County Schools, which oversees 198 schools and 163,176 students, Holly Grove Middle is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Holly Grove Middle reports that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Wake County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Holly Grove Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Wake County put median household earnings sit near $105,768, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Holly Grove Middle is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

Holly Grove Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Holly Grove Middle. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Holly Grove Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 77.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Holly Grove Middle has decreased 42%, going from 1,676 students in 2018 to 979 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share expanded from 2% to 12%. Class-load math has fell: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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