Rolesville Middle

Rolesville Middle is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Rolesville, North Carolina, operated by Wake County Schools. The school enrolls 889 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 47% larger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 605 students.

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

Demographically, Rolesville Middle reports that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 32% Black, 20% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 58% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Rolesville Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 43% of students at Rolesville Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Rolesville Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Wake County indicate median household earnings sit near $105,768, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Wake County's 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), Rolesville Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Rolesville Charter Academy, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rolesville Middle. On composite proficiency, Rolesville Middle comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 63.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Rolesville Middle's enrollment has decreased 19% since 2018, when it stood at 1,093 (now 889). White enrollment moved from 49% to 37% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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