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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at West Lake Middle this year?
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Enrollment
687
Middle
DISTRICT 887 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472000267
West Lake Middle
4600 West Lake Rd, Apex, NC 27539 · (919) 662-2900 · Wake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL687 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of North Carolina public middle schools
- B+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
16.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
295 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 | 217 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 233 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 237 | 34% |
Student demographics
66%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
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
54.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
62.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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
61.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 West Lake Middle
West Lake Middle's state test result (61.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Lake Middle this school | 687 | 42.9% | 61.1% |
| East Cary Middle Cary | 597 | 36.2% | 70.5% |
| Culbreth Middle Chapel Hill | 632 | 33.9% | 63.2% |
| Western Harnett Middle Lillington | 700 | 55.6% | 47.2% |
| Orange Middle Hillsborough | 514 | 43.4% | 62.2% |
| Selma Burke Middle Mooresville | 649 | 49.9% | 60.5% |
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 West Lake Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #118 of 463 | #25 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #111 of 461 | #20 of 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #156 of 463 | #26 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 687 | #165 of 478 | #34 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #225 of 456 | #23 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #157 of 456 | #17 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.9% | #403 of 472 | #14 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.6% | #1 of 300 | #1 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
687
-401 (-37%) vs 2020
-50% since 2000-01, when it was 1,377
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 687 | 42.3 | 16.2:1 | 43% (295) |
| 2023-24 | 766 | 48.6 | 15.8:1 | 39% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 877 | 48.3 | 18.1:1 | 40% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 1,088 | 65 | 16.7:1 | 28% (303) |
| 2017-18 | 1,219 | 73 | 16.7:1 | 23% (283) |
| 2015-16 | 1,309 | 77 | 17.0:1 | 20% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 1,251 | 74 | 16.9:1 | 22% (271) |
| 2000-01 | 1,377 | 87 | 15.8:1 | 5% (65) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Lake Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (1,219 to 687); teachers down 42% (73 to 42.3).
About West Lake Middle
West Lake Middle is a middle school in Apex, North Carolina, reachable at (919) 662-2900. It enrolls 687 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8.
Wake County Schools includes 198 schools. Together they enroll 163,176 students.
Of every 100 students at West Lake Middle, about 48 are White, the largest group. The school is also 27% Hispanic, 20% Black, and 4% multiracial. That is lower than the 58% White share among all Wake County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
West Lake Middle has 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. The average ratio among middle schools in North Carolina is similar, at 15.9:1. At West Lake Middle, 43% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Wake County is close, at 42%.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, West Lake Middle outscored 58%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 65.7% for a school in North Carolina with West Lake Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. West Lake Middle posts 61.1%.
For Wake County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $105,768, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 237 public schools in the county, enrolling about 184,790, West Lake Middle among them.
West Lake Middle's nearest public school is West Lake Elementary (about 0.1 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, West Lake Middle places 7th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
A 37% decline took enrollment from 1,088 in 2020-21 to 687 in 2024-25.
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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 Apex
- Apex Friendship HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Apex HighHigh · 2,449 students
- Middle Creek HighHigh · 1,587 students
- Apex Friendship MiddleMiddle · 1,412 students
- The Math and Science Academy of ApexElementary · 1,080 students
- Olive Chapel ElementaryElementary · 1,066 students
Other West Lake Middle schools
One other US public school is named West Lake Middle. West Lake Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- West Lake Middle SchoolHUMBLE, TX · 1,486 students
Nearby schools
- West Lake Elementary0.1 mi · 581
- Middle Creek High0.5 mi · 1,587
- Middle Creek Elementary0.7 mi · 636
- Holly Ridge Middle3.1 mi · 955
- Holly Ridge Elementary3.2 mi · 735
- Ballentine Elementary3.3 mi · 742
Frequently asked questions
About West Lake MiddleHow large is West Lake Middle?
West Lake Middle enrolls approximately 687 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does West Lake Middle serve?
West Lake Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at West Lake Middle?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at West Lake Middle.
How diverse is West Lake Middle?
West Lake Middle reports a student body of 48% White, 27% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees West Lake Middle?
West Lake Middle is overseen by Wake County Schools in Wake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.