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Enrollment
878
Middle
DISTRICT 887 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001902
Wake Forest Middle School
1800 S Main St, Wake Forest, NC 27587 · (919) 554-8440 · Wake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL878 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of North Carolina public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.0:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
502 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 | 279 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 268 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 331 | 38% |
Student demographics
72%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
Wake Forest Middle School→Heritage High
Feeds from
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
46.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
42.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Wake Forest Middle School
Wake Forest Middle School's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Forest Middle School this school | 878 | 57.2% | 47.0% |
| Roberta Road Middle Concord | 906 | 53.8% | 54.6% |
| C C Griffin Middle Concord | 792 | 54.8% | 52.7% |
| Jacksonville Commons Middle Jacksonville | 918 | 62.6% | 45.4% |
| Hawfields Middle Mebane | 864 | 56.0% | 65.0% |
| Carroll Middle Raleigh | 898 | 61.1% | 45.5% |
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 Wake Forest Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #275 of 463 | #28 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #299 of 461 | #30 of 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #255 of 463 | #28 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 878 | #73 of 478 | #22 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #205 of 456 | #19 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.2% | #28 of 456 | #3 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.2% | #363 of 472 | #11 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.1% | #38 of 300 | #8 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
878
-295 (-25%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 994
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 878 | 55 | 16.0:1 | 57% (502) |
| 2023-24 | 919 | 55.8 | 16.5:1 | 53% (489) |
| 2022-23 | 968 | 61.3 | 15.8:1 | 50% (487) |
| 2020-21 | 1,173 | 70 | 16.8:1 | 40% (470) |
| 2017-18 | 1,188 | 67.4 | 17.6:1 | 38% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 1,119 | 62 | 18.1:1 | 43% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 1,151 | 66 | 17.4:1 | 40% (465) |
| 2000-01 | 1,049 | 68 | 15.4:1 | 26% (277) |
| 1990-91 | 994 | 60 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wake Forest Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (1,188 to 878); teachers down 18% (67.4 to 55).
About Wake Forest Middle School
Wake Forest Middle School is a medium-sized middle school serving families in Wake Forest, North Carolina. It educates 878 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 45% bigger than the 605 average for middle schools in North Carolina.
Wake Forest Middle School is one of the 198 schools that make up Wake County Schools (163,176 students in total).
Enrollment at Wake Forest Middle School is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 35%. The school is also 31% White, 23% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That is higher than the 19% Black share among all Wake County residents. By the diversity index, Wake Forest Middle School comes in at 72%.
Wake Forest Middle School counts 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.0 students for each one. Across middle schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is about 15.9:1. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Wake County is 42%.
allk12 grades Wake Forest Middle School a C. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with North Carolina schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Wake Forest Middle School's results are 14.4 points below predicted: 47.0% against 61.4%.
Across Wake County, median household income is about $105,768, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Wake Forest Middle School is among the 237 public schools in Wake County.
The closest public school, Heritage Middle, is about 1.0 miles from Wake Forest Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Wake Forest Middle School ranks 8th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 1,173 to 878.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Wake Forest
- Wake Preparatory AcademyCombined · 2,617 students
- Wake Forest High SchoolHigh · 2,043 students
- Heritage HighHigh · 1,778 students
- Franklin AcademyCombined · 1,660 students
- Heritage MiddleMiddle · 947 students
- Endeavor Charter SchoolElementary · 799 students
Nearby schools
- Heritage Middle1.0 mi · 947
- Forest Pines Drive Elementary1.0 mi · 493
- Heritage Elementary1.1 mi · 634
- North Forest Pines Elementary1.1 mi · 536
- Heritage High1.4 mi · 1,778
- Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School1.7 mi · 752
Frequently asked questions
About Wake Forest Middle SchoolHow large is Wake Forest Middle School?
Wake Forest Middle School enrolls approximately 878 students in grades 06-08.
Is Wake Forest Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wake Forest Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Wake Forest Middle School have?
Wake Forest Middle School employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Wake Forest Middle School?
Student demographics at Wake Forest Middle School are roughly 31% White, 23% Hispanic, 35% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Wake Forest Middle School in?
Wake Forest Middle School is part of Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.