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Enrollment
803
Middle
DISTRICT 887 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002559
Wakefield Middle
2300 Wakefield Pines Drive, Raleigh, NC 27614 · (919) 562-3500 · Wake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL803 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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
17.7:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
252 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 | 254 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 262 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 287 | 36% |
Student demographics
62%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
Wakefield Middle→Wakefield 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
65.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
61.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 66 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
65.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Wakefield Middle
Wakefield Middle's state test result (65.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield Middle this school | 803 | 31.4% | 65.1% |
| Leesville Road Middle Raleigh | 795 | 31.7% | 73.1% |
| Northern Guilford Middle Greensboro | 780 | 33.8% | 69.7% |
| Pine Hollow Middle Raleigh | 776 | 33.1% | 69.3% |
| Oberlin Middle Raleigh | 1,049 | 30.1% | 68.8% |
| Holly Ridge Middle Holly Springs | 955 | 26.0% | 71.9% |
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 Wakefield Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #84 of 463 | #21 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #120 of 461 | #21 of 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #66 of 463 | #20 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 803 | #99 of 478 | #28 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #345 of 456 | #34 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #228 of 456 | #28 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.4% | #434 of 472 | #23 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #116 of 300 | #14 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
803
-128 (-14%) vs 2020
+96% since 2000-01, when it was 409
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 803 | 45.3 | 17.7:1 | 31% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 832 | 50 | 16.6:1 | 28% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 898 | 55.8 | 16.1:1 | 28% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 931 | 53 | 17.6:1 | 19% (173) |
| 2017-18 | 944 | 54.1 | 17.4:1 | 19% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 1,057 | 60 | 17.6:1 | 23% (247) |
| 2010-11 | 1,201 | 70 | 17.2:1 | 22% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 409 | 16 | 25.6:1 | 26% (108) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wakefield Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (944 to 803); teachers down 16% (54.1 to 45.3).
About Wakefield Middle
This page covers Wakefield Middle, a mid-sized middle school in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school enrolls 803 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in North Carolina enroll around 605, and this school is 33% above that mark.
Wake County Schools includes 198 schools. Together they enroll 163,176 students.
More than half of enrollment at Wakefield Middle is White: 56%. Other groups make up 20% Black, 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Wake County overall, the White share is about 58%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.
The school has 45.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.7 students per teacher. Middle schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 15.9:1. The school reported 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Wake County average 42%.
On the allk12 Grade, Wakefield Middle lands at B, ahead of 64% of North Carolina public middle schools.
Wakefield Middle is 4.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (65.1% versus 69.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Looking at the county, Wake County, 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. Counting Wakefield Middle, Wake County has 237 public schools.
Wakefield Middle's closest public school neighbor is Wakefield High, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Wakefield Middle is 2nd of 7 on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Wakefield Middle enrolled 931 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 803.
On allk12, people connected to Wakefield Middle can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Raleigh
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
- Athens Drive HighHigh · 2,156 students
- Needham Broughton HighHigh · 2,153 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,065 students
Other Wakefield Middle schools
One other US public school is named Wakefield Middle. Wakefield Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Wakefield Middle SchoolTUCSON, AZ · 295 students
Nearby schools
- Wakefield High0.1 mi · 2,065
- Wakefield Elementary0.1 mi · 520
- North Forest Pines Elementary1.3 mi · 536
- Forest Pines Drive Elementary1.4 mi · 493
- Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School1.8 mi · 752
- Wake Forest Middle School2.4 mi · 878
Frequently asked questions
About Wakefield MiddleHow many students attend Wakefield Middle?
Wakefield Middle enrolls approximately 803 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Wakefield Middle serve?
Wakefield Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Wakefield Middle?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at Wakefield Middle.
How diverse is Wakefield Middle?
Wakefield Middle reports a student body of 56% White, 16% Hispanic, 20% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Wakefield Middle in?
Wakefield Middle is part of Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.