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Enrollment
1,035
Middle
DISTRICT 887 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002490
Lufkin Road Middle
1002 Lufkin Road, Apex, NC 27539 · (919) 387-4465 · Wake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,035 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% 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
16.8:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
347 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 | 335 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 348 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 352 | 34% |
Student demographics
68%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
Lufkin Road Middle→Felton Grove High
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
62.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
60.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 62 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
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% 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 Lufkin Road Middle
Lufkin Road Middle's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lufkin Road Middle this school | 1,035 | 33.5% | 62.2% |
| Reedy Creek Middle Cary | 805 | 37.1% | 61.9% |
| Martin Middle Raleigh | 1,011 | 29.6% | 72.1% |
| Fuquay-Varina Middle Fuquay-Varina | 1,004 | 28.3% | 65.2% |
| Northwest Cabarrus Middle Concord | 825 | 33.0% | 69.6% |
| Porter Ridge Middle School Indian Trail | 1,447 | 39.7% | 68.6% |
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 Lufkin Road Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #107 of 463 | #23 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #128 of 461 | #23 of 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #88 of 463 | #21 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,035 | #33 of 478 | #9 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #282 of 456 | #27 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #100 of 456 | #11 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.5% | #425 of 472 | #18 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #226 of 300 | #22 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
1,035
-99 (-9%) vs 2020
+79% since 2000-01, when it was 579
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 1,035 | 61.5 | 16.8:1 | 34% (347) |
| 2023-24 | 957 | 65 | 14.7:1 | 30% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 995 | 63.9 | 15.6:1 | 32% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 1,134 | 64 | 17.7:1 | 24% (273) |
| 2017-18 | 1,113 | 66 | 16.9:1 | 16% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 1,022 | 62 | 16.5:1 | 17% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 1,044 | 64 | 16.3:1 | 15% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 39 | 14.8:1 | 9% (55) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lufkin Road Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,113 to 1,035); teachers down 7% (66 to 61.5).
About Lufkin Road Middle
As a large middle school, Lufkin Road Middle serves students in Apex, North Carolina. The school's enrollment of 1,035 students covers grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 71% higher than the average for middle schools in North Carolina, which is about 605.
Wake County Schools is responsible for 198 schools, Lufkin Road Middle included, with 163,176 students in all.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Lufkin Road Middle is White (48%). Other groups make up 22% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 11% Black, and 3% multiracial. Wake County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school's share is lower. Lufkin Road Middle has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 61.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.8:1. The 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
Lufkin Road Middle is graded B by allk12, scoring above 57% of North Carolina public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Lufkin Road Middle sits between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 62.2% and a predicted 68.6%.
Wake County has about 1,178,653 residents, and median household income is about $105,768, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Wake County number 237 and enroll about 184,790.
Of nearby public schools, Apex Middle is the closest, at about 1.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 69.2%, higher than Lufkin Road Middle's 62.2%.
Lufkin Road Middle is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 1,134 in 2020-21 and 1,035 in 2024-25, a decrease of 99 students.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Apex
- Apex Friendship HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Apex HighHigh · 2,449 students
- Middle Creek HighHigh · 1,587 students
- Apex Friendship MiddleMiddle · 1,412 students
- The Math and Science Academy of ApexElementary · 1,080 students
- Olive Chapel ElementaryElementary · 1,066 students
Nearby schools
- Apex Middle1.1 mi · 867
- Apex Elementary1.5 mi · 550
- Triangle Math and Science Academy1.6 mi · 1,904
- Apex High1.8 mi · 2,449
- Baucom Elementary1.8 mi · 675
- Penny Road Elementary1.8 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About Lufkin Road MiddleHow large is Lufkin Road Middle?
Lufkin Road Middle enrolls approximately 1,035 students in grades 06-08.
Is Lufkin Road Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lufkin Road Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lufkin Road Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lufkin Road Middle is approximately 16.8:1 (62 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lufkin Road Middle?
At Lufkin Road Middle, the student body is approximately 48% White, 22% Hispanic, 11% Black, 15% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Lufkin Road Middle?
Lufkin Road 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.