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How has Panther Creek High changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
2,609
High
DISTRICT 1,536 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002810
Panther Creek High
6770 McCrimmon Parkway, Cary, NC 27519 · (919) 463-8656 · Wake County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,609 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of North Carolina public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
128 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
386 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 681 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 684 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 643 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 601 | 23% |
Student demographics
68%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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
86.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
51.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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
71.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Panther Creek High
Panther Creek High's state test result (71.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panther Creek High this school | 2,609 | 14.8% | 71.9% |
| Green Level High Cary | 2,283 | 6.4% | 85.1% |
| Green Hope High Cary | 2,304 | 12.5% | 75.7% |
| Ardrey Kell High School Charlotte | 3,036 | 14.7% | 74.3% |
| Cox Mill High School Concord | 1,772 | 14.1% | 75.7% |
| Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies Morrisville | 260 | 16.5% | N/A |
Matched among North Carolina high 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 Panther Creek High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.9% | #83 of 468 | #9 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #137 of 464 | #10 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #56 of 448 | #6 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,609 | #5 of 598 | #3 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #316 of 473 | #32 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #103 of 474 | #15 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.8% | #516 of 527 | #30 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #224 of 277 | #12 of 17 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,609
+139 (+6%) vs 2020
+11% since 2010-11, when it was 2,348
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 2,609 | 128.1 | 20.4:1 | 15% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 2,561 | 118.2 | 21.7:1 | 17% (425) |
| 2022-23 | 2,435 | 118.6 | 20.5:1 | 15% (373) |
| 2020-21 | 2,470 | 120 | 20.6:1 | 10% (235) |
| 2017-18 | 2,712 | 136.3 | 19.9:1 | 6% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 2,791 | 144 | 19.4:1 | 9% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 2,348 | 120 | 19.6:1 | 11% (248) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Panther Creek High.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (2,712 to 2,609); teachers down 6% (136.3 to 128.1).
About Panther Creek High
In Cary, North Carolina, Panther Creek High is a large high school. The school teaches grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 2,609 students. That puts enrollment 243% larger than the 761-student average for high schools in North Carolina.
Panther Creek High is among 198 schools run by Wake County Schools, which serves 163,176 students.
At Panther Creek High, Asian students make up the biggest share, 48%. Other students are 24% White, 15% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Wake County residents are about 9% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 68, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 128.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 20.4:1. Across high schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 19.6:1. Of all students at Panther Creek High, 15% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 42% average for public schools in Wake County is 27 points higher.
Among North Carolina public high schools, Panther Creek High outscored 75%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Panther Creek High falls in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools: 71.9% actual against 74.3% predicted.
For Wake County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $105,768 a year, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Panther Creek High, Wake County has 237 public schools.
Hortons Creek Elementary is about 1.2 miles from Panther Creek High, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 82.6% proficiency; Panther Creek High posts 71.9%.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Panther Creek High enrolled 2,470 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 2,609.
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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
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Apex HighHigh · 2,449 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
- Rolesville HighHigh · 2,321 students
Other schools in Cary
- Green Hope HighHigh · 2,304 students
- Green Level HighHigh · 2,283 students
- Cary HighHigh · 2,044 students
- Triangle Math and Science AcademyCombined · 1,904 students
- Mills Park MiddleMiddle · 1,632 students
- Alston Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,494 students
Other Panther Creek High schools
One other US public school is named Panther Creek High. Panther Creek High is the largest of the 2.
- Panther Creek High SchoolFRISCO, TX · 1,253 students
Nearby schools
- Hortons Creek Elementary1.2 mi · 739
- Mills Park Middle1.3 mi · 1,632
- Mills Park Elementary1.4 mi · 594
- Carpenter Elementary1.7 mi · 604
- Parkside Elementary1.8 mi · 730
- Alston Ridge Middle1.9 mi · 1,494
Frequently asked questions
About Panther Creek HighWhat is the total enrollment at Panther Creek High?
Panther Creek High enrolls approximately 2,609 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Panther Creek High serve?
Panther Creek High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Panther Creek High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Panther Creek High is approximately 20.4:1 (128 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Panther Creek High?
At Panther Creek High, the student body is approximately 24% White, 8% Hispanic, 15% Black, 48% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Panther Creek High public or private?
Panther Creek High 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.