Panther Creek High

Located at 6770 McCrimmon Parkway, in Cary, North Carolina, Panther Creek High is a well-populated four-year high school that enrolls 2,609 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Wake County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 761 students per school, that is 243% bigger than typical.

Wake County Schools runs 198 schools in total, collectively educating 163,176 students. Panther Creek High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Panther Creek High shows that 48% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 24% White, 15% Black, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 9% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 128 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.4:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 15% of students are eligible 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%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Panther Creek High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 74.3%, the actual is 71.9%, a residual of -2.5 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Wake County shows median household earnings sit near $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. Across Wake County's 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), Panther Creek High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hortons Creek Elementary, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Panther Creek High. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Panther Creek High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 82.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 2,712 students in 2018 compared to 2,609 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 49% to 24% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.