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Alumni: what's one memory from Ligon Middle that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
959
Middle
DISTRICT 887 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001872
Ligon Middle
706 E Lenoir St, Raleigh, NC 27601 · (919) 856-7929 · Wake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL959 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% 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.
- 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
15.2:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
331 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 | 354 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 318 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 287 | 30% |
Student demographics
67%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
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
69.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
60.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Ligon Middle
Ligon Middle's state test result (67.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ligon Middle this school | 959 | 34.5% | 67.0% |
| Crestdale Middle Matthews | 989 | 40.6% | 66.9% |
| Pine Hollow Middle Raleigh | 776 | 33.1% | 69.3% |
| Leesville Road Middle Raleigh | 795 | 31.7% | 73.1% |
| Northern Guilford Middle Greensboro | 780 | 33.8% | 69.7% |
| Wakefield Middle Raleigh | 803 | 31.4% | 65.1% |
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 Ligon Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #73 of 463 | #18 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #130 of 461 | #24 of 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #44 of 463 | #14 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 959 | #50 of 478 | #16 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #142 of 456 | #14 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #130 of 456 | #13 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.5% | #420 of 472 | #17 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #283 of 300 | #25 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
959
-12 (-1%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 1,161
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 959 | 63.2 | 15.2:1 | 35% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 904 | 63 | 14.3:1 | 32% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 893 | 60.5 | 14.8:1 | 31% (275) |
| 2020-21 | 971 | 61 | 15.9:1 | 26% (249) |
| 2017-18 | 983 | 62.7 | 15.7:1 | 30% (292) |
| 2015-16 | 1,075 | 71 | 15.1:1 | 31% (336) |
| 2010-11 | 1,099 | 66 | 16.6:1 | 32% (350) |
| 2000-01 | 869 | 66 | 13.2:1 | 65% (569) |
| 1990-91 | 1,161 | 80 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ligon Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (983 to 959); teachers up 1% (62.7 to 63.2).
About Ligon Middle
A high-enrollment middle-grades school in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ligon Middle is part of Wake County Schools. It reports enrollment of 959 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in North Carolina, the average enrollment is about 605.
Ligon Middle is part of Wake County Schools, where 198 schools serve 163,176 students.
The largest group at Ligon Middle is White students, at 45%. Other students are 32% Black, 12% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. That is lower than the 58% White share among all Wake County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
Ligon Middle reported 63.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.2:1. The average for middle schools in North Carolina is about 15.9:1. Roughly 35% of students at Ligon Middle can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, Ligon Middle outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Ligon Middle falls in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools: 67.0% actual against 68.3% predicted.
For Wake County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $105,768 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Ligon Middle, Wake County has 237 public schools.
Hunter Elementary sits about 0.3 miles from Ligon Middle. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Ligon Middle ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 971 to 959, a small change.
Ligon Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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Nearby schools
- Hunter Elementary0.3 mi · 658
- Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy0.5 mi · 262
- Moore Square Middle0.5 mi · 594
- Carnage Middle0.7 mi · 924
- Washington Elementary1.0 mi · 514
- Southeast Raleigh Elementary1.0 mi · 378
Frequently asked questions
About Ligon MiddleHow large is Ligon Middle?
Ligon Middle enrolls approximately 959 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Ligon Middle serve?
Ligon Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ligon Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ligon Middle is approximately 15.2:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ligon Middle?
At Ligon Middle, the student body is approximately 45% White, 12% Hispanic, 32% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Ligon Middle in?
Ligon Middle is part of Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.