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Enrollment
795
Middle
DISTRICT 887 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002317
Leesville Road Middle
8406 Pride Way, Raleigh, NC 27613 · (919) 870-4141 · Wake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL795 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% 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.
- B+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
18.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
252 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 | 246 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 294 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 255 | 32% |
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
Students here typically continue to
Leesville Road Middle→Leesville Road 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
69.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
75.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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
73.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Leesville Road Middle
Leesville Road Middle's state test result (73.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leesville Road Middle this school | 795 | 31.7% | 73.1% |
| Pine Hollow Middle Raleigh | 776 | 33.1% | 69.3% |
| Wakefield Middle Raleigh | 803 | 31.4% | 65.1% |
| Northern Guilford Middle Greensboro | 780 | 33.8% | 69.7% |
| Oberlin Middle Raleigh | 1,049 | 30.1% | 68.8% |
| Moore Square Middle Raleigh | 594 | 29.0% | 72.8% |
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 Leesville Road Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #32 of 463 | #9 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #28 of 461 | #8 of 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #42 of 463 | #13 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 795 | #104 of 478 | #29 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #380 of 456 | #36 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #167 of 456 | #19 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.7% | #433 of 472 | #22 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #101 of 300 | #13 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
795
-22 (-3%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 1,127
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 795 | 43.7 | 18.2:1 | 32% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 809 | 45 | 18.0:1 | 33% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 791 | 47.2 | 16.8:1 | 37% (291) |
| 2020-21 | 817 | 49 | 16.7:1 | 27% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 947 | 54.2 | 17.5:1 | 31% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 1,224 | 69 | 17.7:1 | 29% (349) |
| 2010-11 | 1,344 | 73 | 18.4:1 | 33% (442) |
| 2000-01 | 1,127 | 71 | 15.9:1 | 11% (126) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leesville Road Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (947 to 795); teachers down 19% (54.2 to 43.7).
About Leesville Road Middle
The public middle school Leesville Road Middle is located in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 795 students. It has 31% more students than the average for middle schools in North Carolina (about 605).
Leesville Road Middle is run by Wake County Schools, whose 198 schools enroll 163,176 students.
The share of White students at Leesville Road Middle is 51%, a majority. Other students are 22% Black, 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
Leesville Road Middle has 43.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 18.2:1. The school's 18.2:1 compares with an average of 15.9:1 for middle schools in North Carolina. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 32%. That is 10 points below the 42% average for public schools in Wake County.
Leesville Road Middle earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 89% of North Carolina public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Leesville Road Middle is 3.9 points above its prediction. Actual: 73.1%. Predicted: 69.2%.
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 the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Leesville Road Middle shares Wake County with 236 other public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Leesville Road Elementary, is the closest to Leesville Road Middle. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Leesville Road Middle is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
Federal data place Leesville Road Middle in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 3%, from 817 to 795. By 2024-25, the school had 18.2 students per teacher, compared with 16.7 in 2020-21.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Leesville Road Middle. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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Nearby schools
- Leesville Road Elementary0.1 mi · 528
- Leesville Road High0.1 mi · 2,411
- Hilburn Drive Academy1.0 mi · 596
- Pine Hollow Middle1.6 mi · 776
- Barton Pond Elementary1.8 mi · 515
- Sycamore Creek Elementary2.2 mi · 778
Frequently asked questions
About Leesville Road MiddleHow many students attend Leesville Road Middle?
Leesville Road Middle enrolls approximately 795 students in grades 06-08.
Is Leesville Road Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Leesville Road Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Leesville Road Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Leesville Road Middle is approximately 18.2:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Leesville Road Middle?
At Leesville Road Middle, the student body is approximately 51% White, 17% Hispanic, 22% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Leesville Road Middle public or private?
Leesville Road Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.