North Garner Middle

North Garner Middle operates as a medium-sized junior high in Garner, North Carolina, overseen by Wake County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 831 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 37% larger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 605 students.

Wake County Schools comprises 198 schools with combined enrollment of 163,176 students; North Garner Middle is among them.

Looking at the student body, North Garner Middle reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 32% Black, 30% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Wake County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, North Garner Middle reports 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Wake County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North Garner Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.4%; this one delivers 42.5%.

Around the school, Wake County reports that the typical household earns roughly $105,768 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Wake County runs 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), of which North Garner Middle is one.

Creech Road Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Garner Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.1%.

North Garner Middle operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. North Garner Middle's enrollment has ticked up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 795 (now 831). White enrollment moved from 40% to 30% across the same window.

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