River Oaks Middle

As a tiny intermediate school in Raleigh, North Carolina, River Oaks Middle instructs 7 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Wake County Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 605 students each, so River Oaks Middle sits 99% smaller than that benchmark.

River Oaks Middle is one of 198 schools operated by Wake County Schools, a district that educates 163,176 students overall.

In terms of who attends, River Oaks Middle shows that 71% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest reads as 14% White, 14% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, River Oaks Middle lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 0.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average.

In the area at large, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. River Oaks Middle is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

The closest other public school is Rogers Lane Elementary, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 88%: 57 students in 2018 compared to 7 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 47% to 71% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 3.0:1 in 2018 to 0.4:1 in 2025.

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