Reedy Creek Middle

Reedy Creek Middle is a middle-grades school of moderately sized scale in Cary, North Carolina, one of the schools within Wake County Schools, educateing 805 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 33% larger than the state mean of about 605.

Across the 198 schools in Wake County Schools (163,176 students total), Reedy Creek Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Reedy Creek Middle lists that 41% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 21% Hispanic, 20% Black, 16% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

In terms of school funding signals, Reedy Creek Middle lists 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Reedy Creek Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Reedy Creek Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.5%, the actual is 61.9%, a residual of -5.6 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Wake County) logs that median household income runs about $105,768, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Reedy Creek Middle is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

Reedy Creek Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Reedy Creek Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Reedy Creek Middle at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 65.4%.

Reedy Creek Middle operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 17%: 968 students in 2018 compared to 805 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment ticked up from 6% to 16% over that span.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Reedy Creek Middle typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.