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Enrollment
1,049
Middle
DISTRICT 887 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001849
Oberlin Middle
2816 Oberlin Rd, Raleigh, NC 27608 · (919) 881-4860 · Wake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,049 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% 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.
- B-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
15.2:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
316 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 | 326 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 372 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 351 | 33% |
Student demographics
61%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
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
67.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
66.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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
68.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% 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 Oberlin Middle
Oberlin Middle's state test result (68.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oberlin Middle this school | 1,049 | 30.1% | 68.8% |
| West Millbrook Middle Raleigh | 1,164 | 32.3% | 66.1% |
| Wakefield Middle Raleigh | 803 | 31.4% | 65.1% |
| Holly Ridge Middle Holly Springs | 955 | 26.0% | 71.9% |
| Leesville Road Middle Raleigh | 795 | 31.7% | 73.1% |
| Herbert Akins Road Middle Fuquay-Varina | 1,253 | 33.5% | 64.8% |
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 Oberlin Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #62 of 463 | #17 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #73 of 461 | #15 of 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #53 of 463 | #16 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,049 | #32 of 478 | #8 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #141 of 456 | #13 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #242 of 456 | #30 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.1% | #436 of 472 | #25 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #172 of 300 | #20 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
1,049
-232 (-18%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 1,202
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
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 | 1,049 | 69.3 | 15.2:1 | 30% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 1,121 | 69.7 | 16.1:1 | 31% (352) |
| 2022-23 | 1,076 | 73.8 | 14.6:1 | 33% (350) |
| 2020-21 | 1,281 | 80 | 16.0:1 | 28% (365) |
| 2017-18 | 1,168 | 68.3 | 17.1:1 | 34% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 1,136 | 67 | 17.0:1 | 36% (405) |
| 2010-11 | 1,087 | 65 | 16.7:1 | 34% (372) |
| 2000-01 | 966 | 72 | 13.4:1 | 33% (321) |
| 1990-91 | 1,202 | 82 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oberlin Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,168 to 1,049); teachers up 1% (68.3 to 69.3).
About Oberlin Middle
This page covers Oberlin Middle, a large middle school in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school counted 1,049 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. That is 73% bigger than the average of about 605 students for middle schools in North Carolina.
The district, Wake County Schools, operates 198 schools serving 163,176 students.
At Oberlin Middle, 57% of students are White. Smaller groups are 18% Black, 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put Wake County at about 58% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Oberlin Middle scores 61%.
Oberlin Middle has 69.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. The school's 15.2:1 compares with an average of 15.9:1 for middle schools in North Carolina. The school has 30% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 42% average among public schools in Wake County.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, Oberlin Middle outscored 74%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 68.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 69.7%.
In the surrounding county, Wake County, the median household earns about $105,768 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Wake County has 237 public schools with about 184,790 students, including Oberlin Middle.
A public school about 0.9 miles away, Root Elementary, is the closest to Oberlin Middle. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Oberlin Middle. On proficiency, Oberlin Middle is ahead of the 67.7% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
From 1,281 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 1,049 by 2024-25.
Oberlin Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Root Elementary0.9 mi · 469
- Underwood Elementary1.1 mi · 405
- Lacy Elementary1.3 mi · 695
- Raleigh Charter High School1.4 mi · 552
- Joyner Elementary1.4 mi · 569
- Martin Middle1.6 mi · 1,011
Frequently asked questions
About Oberlin MiddleHow many students attend Oberlin Middle?
Oberlin Middle enrolls approximately 1,049 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Oberlin Middle serve?
Oberlin Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oberlin Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oberlin Middle is approximately 15.2:1 (69 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Oberlin Middle?
Student demographics at Oberlin Middle are roughly 57% White, 18% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Oberlin Middle?
Oberlin 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.