Middle Creek Elementary

Located at 110 Middle Creek Park Avenue, in Apex, North Carolina, Middle Creek Elementary is an average-sized elementary school that enrolls 636 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Wake County Schools. That puts it 36% bigger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

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

On demographics, Middle Creek Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 20% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Roughly 34% of students at Middle Creek Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Middle Creek Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.4%; this one delivers 70.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Wake County indicate median household income runs about $105,768, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Middle Creek Elementary is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

Nearest neighbor: Middle Creek High, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Middle Creek Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 65.2%.

Middle Creek Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 23%: 830 students in 2018 compared to 636 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 69% to 61% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.