Middle Creek High

Middle Creek High operates as a big high school in Apex, North Carolina, run under Wake County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,587 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 109% above the state mean of about 761.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Middle Creek High lists that 58% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 23% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Wake County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Middle Creek High has 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Wake County's rate of about 42%.

After controlling for student poverty, Middle Creek High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.8%, the actual is 55.0%, a residual of -14.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Wake County put median household income runs about $105,768, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wake County runs 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), of which Middle Creek High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Middle Creek Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Middle Creek High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Middle Creek High at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 68.8%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 31%: 2,285 students in 2018 compared to 1,587 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 20% to 12% over that span.

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