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Enrollment
877
Middle
DISTRICT 887 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002255
Neuse River Middle
2700 Old Milburnie Rd, Raleigh, NC 27604 · (919) 266-8500 · Wake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL877 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of North Carolina public middle schools
- C-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
13.8:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
874 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 | 270 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 279 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 328 | 37% |
Student demographics
65%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
Neuse River Middle→Knightdale 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
34.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
31.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Neuse River Middle
Neuse River Middle's state test result (35.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neuse River Middle this school | 877 | 99.7% | 35.5% |
| Brogden Middle Durham | 753 | 99.5% | 33.7% |
| George L Carrington Middle Durham | 771 | 99.6% | 42.5% |
| McClintock Middle Charlotte | 1,056 | 99.7% | 52.8% |
| Quail Hollow Middle Charlotte | 1,090 | 99.2% | 41.4% |
| Sampson Middle Clinton | 703 | 99.6% | 43.4% |
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 Neuse River Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #390 of 463 | #35 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #392 of 461 | #35 of 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #394 of 463 | #38 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 877 | #74 of 478 | #23 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #64 of 456 | #6 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #172 of 456 | #21 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #19 of 472 | #3 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.8% | #14 of 143 | #2 of 8 |
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
877
+71 (+9%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 657
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 877 | 63.5 | 13.8:1 | 100% (874) |
| 2023-24 | 907 | 66.3 | 13.7:1 | 78% (708) |
| 2022-23 | 908 | 68.6 | 13.2:1 | 77% (697) |
| 2020-21 | 806 | 58 | 13.9:1 | 60% (484) |
| 2017-18 | 632 | 52 | 12.2:1 | 72% (456) |
| 2015-16 | 762 | 48 | 15.9:1 | 76% (578) |
| 2010-11 | 970 | 61 | 15.9:1 | 60% (586) |
| 2000-01 | 959 | 53 | 18.1:1 | 39% (376) |
| 1990-91 | 657 | 57 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Neuse River Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 39% (632 to 877); teachers up 22% (52 to 63.5).
About Neuse River Middle
At 2700 Old Milburnie Rd in Raleigh, North Carolina, Neuse River Middle operates as a medium-sized middle-grades school. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 877 students. The typical figure for middle schools in North Carolina is about 605 students.
Neuse River Middle is one of the 198 schools that make up Wake County Schools (163,176 students in total).
The most common group at Neuse River Middle is Hispanic students, at 47%. Enrollment also includes 33% Black, 12% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 36 points above the 12% share among Wake County residents. Neuse River Middle's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 63.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.8:1. That is 2.1 students per teacher below the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. Neuse River Middle reports 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Wake County report 42%.
Neuse River Middle is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 15% of North Carolina public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 48.4% for Neuse River Middle. The school posts 35.5%, 12.9 points below the prediction.
Wake County has about 1,178,653 residents, and the median household income is $105,768, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Neuse River Middle, Wake County has 236 other public schools.
Nearby, Beaverdam Elementary is about 1.5 miles away. Within five miles of Neuse River Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Neuse River Middle ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Neuse River Middle is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment has grown by 71 students since 2020-21, to 877.
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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
Nearby schools
- Beaverdam Elementary1.5 mi · 678
- Forestville Road Elementary1.6 mi · 570
- Doral Academy of North Carolina1.7 mi · 592
- Knightdale High1.8 mi · 1,695
- Lockhart Elementary1.8 mi · 463
- River Bend Middle3.0 mi · 995
Frequently asked questions
About Neuse River MiddleHow many students attend Neuse River Middle?
Neuse River Middle enrolls approximately 877 students in grades 06-08.
Is Neuse River Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Neuse River Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Neuse River Middle have?
Neuse River Middle employs 64 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
How diverse is Neuse River Middle?
Neuse River Middle reports a student body of 12% White, 47% Hispanic, 33% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Neuse River Middle public or private?
Neuse River Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.