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Enrollment
1,011
Middle
DISTRICT 887 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001877
Martin Middle
1701 Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607 · (919) 881-4970 · Wake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,011 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% 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
16.6:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
299 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 | 334 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 328 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 349 | 35% |
Student demographics
70%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
71.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
71.1%
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 71 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
72.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Martin Middle
Martin Middle's state test result (72.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Middle this school | 1,011 | 29.6% | 72.1% |
| Northwest Cabarrus Middle Concord | 825 | 33.0% | 69.6% |
| Smith Middle Chapel Hill | 763 | 22.4% | 74.2% |
| Salem Middle Apex | 1,057 | 19.2% | 78.0% |
| Lufkin Road Middle Apex | 1,035 | 33.5% | 62.2% |
| Reedy Creek Middle Cary | 805 | 37.1% | 61.9% |
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 Martin Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #41 of 463 | #13 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #49 of 461 | #13 of 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #27 of 463 | #9 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,011 | #37 of 478 | #10 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #268 of 456 | #26 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #52 of 456 | #7 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.6% | #440 of 472 | #27 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #287 of 300 | #27 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
1,011
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 1,037
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 1,011 | 60.7 | 16.6:1 | 30% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 968 | 61 | 15.9:1 | 28% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 958 | 66.9 | 14.3:1 | 28% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 1,009 | 63 | 16.0:1 | 27% (273) |
| 2017-18 | 1,034 | 68.3 | 15.2:1 | 29% (300) |
| 2015-16 | 1,035 | 71 | 14.6:1 | 30% (309) |
| 2010-11 | 1,020 | 71 | 14.4:1 | 29% (300) |
| 2000-01 | 1,247 | 80 | 15.6:1 | 21% (256) |
| 1990-91 | 1,037 | 71 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (1,034 to 1,011); teachers down 11% (68.3 to 60.7).
About Martin Middle
Federal records list Martin Middle as a middle-grades school in Raleigh, North Carolina. It serves 1,011 students in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in North Carolina is roughly 605 students; this school is 67% larger than that.
In Wake County Schools, 198 schools enroll a combined 163,176 students.
At Martin Middle, the largest share of students is White, at 45%. The remaining shares are 20% Asian, 17% Black, 15% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. Wake County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school's share is lower. Martin Middle's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
Martin Middle employs 60.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. Martin Middle's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 30%. That rate is below the 42% average among public schools in Wake County.
Measured against North Carolina public middle schools, Martin Middle receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Martin Middle is 2.3 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 72.1% actual, 69.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Among Wake County residents, the median household income is $105,768, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides Martin Middle, Wake County has 236 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Lacy Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Martin Middle ranks 3rd of 8 on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,011, close to the 1,009 recorded in 2020-21.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Raleigh
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
- Athens Drive HighHigh · 2,156 students
- Needham Broughton HighHigh · 2,153 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,065 students
Other Martin Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Martin Middle. Martin Middle is the largest of the 4.
- Martin Middle SchoolMartin, TN · 408 students
- Martin Middle SchoolCORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 406 students
- Martin Middle SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 247 students
Nearby schools
- Lacy Elementary0.4 mi · 695
- Olds Elementary1.4 mi · 244
- Oberlin Middle1.6 mi · 1,049
- Stough Elementary1.7 mi · 550
- Root Elementary2.2 mi · 469
- Mount Vernon2.4 mi · 70
Frequently asked questions
About Martin MiddleHow large is Martin Middle?
Martin Middle enrolls approximately 1,011 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Martin Middle serve?
Martin Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Martin Middle?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Martin Middle.
How diverse is Martin Middle?
Martin Middle reports a student body of 45% White, 15% Hispanic, 17% Black, 20% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Martin Middle?
Martin 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.