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Enrollment
805
Middle
DISTRICT 887 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001852
Reedy Creek Middle
930 Reedy Creek Road, Cary, NC 27513 · (919) 460-3504 · Wake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL805 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of North Carolina public middle schools
- A-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
14.9:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
299 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 | 266 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 257 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 282 | 35% |
Student demographics
73%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
Reedy Creek Middle→Cary High
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
60.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
60.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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
61.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Reedy Creek Middle
Reedy Creek Middle's state test result (61.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reedy Creek Middle this school | 805 | 37.1% | 61.9% |
| Northwest Cabarrus Middle Concord | 825 | 33.0% | 69.6% |
| Lufkin Road Middle Apex | 1,035 | 33.5% | 62.2% |
| Martin Middle Raleigh | 1,011 | 29.6% | 72.1% |
| Fuquay-Varina Middle Fuquay-Varina | 1,004 | 28.3% | 65.2% |
| John R Griffin Middle Fayetteville | 1,024 | 41.3% | 64.7% |
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 Reedy Creek Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #114 of 463 | #24 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #123 of 461 | #22 of 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #104 of 463 | #23 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 805 | #98 of 478 | #27 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #117 of 456 | #10 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.9% | #19 of 456 | #2 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.1% | #417 of 472 | #15 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #94 of 300 | #12 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
805
+48 (+6%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 980
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 805 | 54 | 14.9:1 | 37% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 805 | 52.5 | 15.3:1 | 37% (300) |
| 2022-23 | 768 | 54.5 | 14.1:1 | 40% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 757 | 52 | 14.6:1 | 32% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 968 | 63 | 15.4:1 | 47% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 781 | 51 | 15.3:1 | 54% (418) |
| 2010-11 | 888 | 54 | 16.4:1 | 41% (368) |
| 2000-01 | 893 | 64 | 13.9:1 | 27% (245) |
| 1990-91 | 980 | 70 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Reedy Creek Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (968 to 805); teachers down 14% (63 to 54).
About Reedy Creek Middle
Among the schools in Cary, North Carolina, is Reedy Creek Middle, a mid-sized middle school. Enrollment totals 805 students across grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in North Carolina enroll around 605, and this school is 33% bigger than that mark.
Wake County Schools has a total of 198 schools and 163,176 students, Reedy Creek Middle among them.
No group is above 50% at Reedy Creek Middle; the largest is White, at 41%. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Hispanic, 20% Black, 16% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 58%. The diversity index for Reedy Creek Middle is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.9:1. Middle schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 15.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Reedy Creek Middle, 37% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Reedy Creek Middle earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of North Carolina public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Reedy Creek Middle would score about 67.5%. It scores 61.9%, 5.6 points below that figure.
In Wake County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $105,768 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Wake County number 237, with about 184,790 students.
Reedy Creek Middle is about 0.2 miles from Reedy Creek Elementary, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 61.9% is below the 65.4% average for nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 6%.
Reedy Creek Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Cary
- Panther Creek HighHigh · 2,609 students
- 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
Nearby schools
- Reedy Creek Elementary0.2 mi · 605
- Cardinal Charter Academy1.1 mi · 584
- Kingswood Elementary1.5 mi · 427
- West Cary Middle1.6 mi · 824
- Northwoods Elementary1.7 mi · 579
- Cary Elementary2.3 mi · 477
Frequently asked questions
About Reedy Creek MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Reedy Creek Middle?
Reedy Creek Middle enrolls approximately 805 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Reedy Creek Middle serve?
Reedy Creek Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Reedy Creek Middle?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Reedy Creek Middle.
How diverse is Reedy Creek Middle?
Reedy Creek Middle reports a student body of 41% White, 21% Hispanic, 20% Black, 16% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Reedy Creek Middle?
Reedy Creek 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.