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Neuse River Middle

Public Grades 6-8

663^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 773 North Carolina Middle Schools

Better than 14% of North Carolina middle schools

Summary

Neuse River Middle is a public middle school in Raleigh, North Carolina, serving 907 students in grades 6-8. It is part of the Wake County Schools district, which is ranked 60th out of 242 school districts in the state.

Neuse River Middle consistently ranks in the bottom third of North Carolina middle schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Its academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates on state assessments, is significantly lower than the Wake County and North Carolina averages across all grade levels and subject areas. The school has a high percentage of students from low-income families, with 78.06% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, which is much higher than nearby schools. Neuse River Middle's performance varies widely across different student subgroups, with relatively strong results for African American and Gifted/Talented students, but struggling significantly with Hispanic, English Language Learner, and Homeless student populations.

The data reveals a stark contrast between Neuse River Middle and the nearby magnet schools, such as Ligon Middle, Carroll Middle, Carnage Middle, and East Millbrook Middle. These magnet schools consistently outperform Neuse River Middle on state assessments, with proficiency rates that are 20-40 percentage points higher across all subject areas and grade levels. This suggests potential disparities in funding, resources, and educational opportunities available to students at Neuse River Middle.

877

Students ?

13.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,715

Per pupil spending ?

99.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2700 Old Milburnie Rd
Raleigh, NC 27604-9540

(919) 266-8500

District: Wake County Schools

Students who attend Neuse River Middle usually attend:

High:	Wake Early College of Health and Science
	Wake STEM Early College High School
	Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy
	Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy

Feeder schools for Neuse River Middle:

Elementary:	Hodge Road Elementary
	Lake Myra Elementary
	Lockhart Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

47.4%

African American:

32.6%

White:

12.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 28th percentile in 2015 → 14th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (35% vs 54% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (14th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 14 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school35%

District avg64%

North Carolina avg54%

663^rd of 773

North Carolina public middle schools ?

Bottom 14%▼ down 13 pts since 2015

From bottom 28% (2015) to bottom 14% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

34^th of 38Middle Schools in the Wake County Schools

60^th of 242Wake County Schools among North Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	17.6	663 of 773	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.3	614 of 793	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.4	629 of 784	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.7	640 of 786	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.7	596 of 741	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.6	644 of 737	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.6	617 of 691	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	15.0	601 of 694	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	24.5	536 of 692	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	30.6	511 of 705	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	23.0	494 of 627	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	28.6	485 of 673	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	41.6	451 of 662	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2011	47.2	410 of 648	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2010	43.9	421 of 640	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2009	40.5	438 of 630	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2008	50.0	346 of 620	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2007	53.1	325 of 606	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2006	48.8	361 of 598	39.6%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	37.6	330 of 546	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.1	249 of 560	55.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	41.2	308 of 559	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.6	310 of 550	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	43.7	262 of 533	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	38.9	333 of 519	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.3	356 of 494	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2024	31.5	82 of 110	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	27.9	342 of 449	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.5	424 of 478	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.2	320 of 504	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.7	285 of 475	40.0%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	26.0	312 of 371	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.7	284 of 356	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.9	287 of 318	9.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.7	291 of 312	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	31.8	179 of 236	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.3	159 of 211	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.2	97 of 151	35.8%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	16.3	650 of 733	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.2	567 of 738	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.4	614 of 731	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.4	630 of 733	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.6	599 of 706	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.6	593 of 684	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.0	613 of 656	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	59.2	221 of 458	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.3	240 of 461	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	47.7	304 of 452	32.7%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	15.8	517 of 562	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	22.7	480 of 564	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.7	465 of 553	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.4	430 of 541	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.8	434 of 522	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.0	468 of 493	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.8	448 of 472	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	21.9	42 of 44	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	36.2	35 of 50	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.5	34 of 50	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.9	31 of 37	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	23.1	608 of 729	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.3	529 of 743	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.1	533 of 735	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.1	503 of 689	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	40.6	364 of 633	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	20.9	557 of 639	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.4	539 of 604	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	18.4	624 of 733	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.5	603 of 751	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.7	585 of 747	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.6	591 of 748	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.9	546 of 711	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.7	640 of 697	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.5	591 of 665	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	33.0	235 of 328	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.5	216 of 306	29.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.8	236 of 302	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	30.6	360 of 478	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	42.5	229 of 473	51.6%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	35.2	446 of 649	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.7	428 of 652	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.5	420 of 656	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	28.9	504 of 658	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.8	473 of 632	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.8	548 of 624	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.0	557 of 596	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Gifted and Talented (2025)52nd percentile+38 vs school

African American (2025)40th percentile+25 vs school

White (2025)31st percentile+17 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)28th percentile+14 vs school

Asian (2024)25th percentile+3 vs school

Special Education (2025)25th percentile+10 vs school

Disabled (2022)24th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)17th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2025)16th percentile~ school

Male (2025)15th percentile~ school

Female (2025)11th percentile-3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)8th percentile-6 vs school

Homeless (2025)5th percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Science45%-15 vs state

Reading35%-18 vs state

Mathematics32%-21 vs state

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by a student
Monday, June 3, 2019

My brother loved this school because he comes home with an amazing attitude. Thank You. Bye Close Quote

by a student
Friday, February 8, 2019

ok so I go here and the peopl are pretty chill but there are only a few good techers. Its old and like prison. there was a cockroach in lunch yesterday. And a pece of the celing fell out in my first period. this school is literaly falling apart. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOG Mathematics (2025)			EOG Reading (2025)			EOG Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Neuse River Middle	Public	6-8	2700 Old Milburnie Rd	Raleigh	27604	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 266-8500	877	64	13.8	99.7%	107 (12.2%)	286 (32.6%)	416 (47.4%)	29 (3.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	36 (4.1%)	17.6	663^rd of 773 public middle schools	14.2%		25.3	614^th of 793 public middle schools	22.6%	49	39.1	32.6	25.9	31.3	37.9	34.9	45.1	$10,715	$1,359	$9,355
River Bend Middle	Public	6-8	5601 Wallace Martin Way	Raleigh	27616	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 694-8690	995	62	16.0	99.7%	76 (7.6%)	440 (44.2%)	392 (39.4%)	48 (4.8%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	35 (3.5%)	13.5	698^th of 773 public middle schools	9.7%		19.5	661^st of 793 public middle schools	16.6%	37	37.7	25.8	19.7	36.5	36.1	34.2	31.7	$8,782	$962	$7,820
River Oaks Middle	Public	6-8	4700 New Bern Ave	Raleigh	27610	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 231-5600	7	19	.3		1 (14.3%)	5 (71.4%)	1 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2.2	761^st of 773 public middle schools	1.6%		6.4	761^st of 793 public middle schools	4.0%		5.0	9.5	17.4		9.1	12.0	20.8	$33,564	$1,102	$32,462
East Millbrook Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	3801 Spring Forest Rd	Raleigh	27616	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 850-8755	731	58	12.5	99.6%	87 (11.9%)	319 (43.6%)	271 (37.1%)	18 (2.5%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	31 (4.2%)	18.3	651^st of 773 public middle schools	15.8%		16.9	690^th of 793 public middle schools	13.0%	39	30.2	32.4	38.3	39.0	32.4	39.6	35.6	$11,135	$1,361	$9,773
Rolesville Middle	Public	6-8	4700 Burlington Mills Road	Rolesville	27571	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 570-2260	889	54	16.6	43.4%	326 (36.7%)	286 (32.2%)	178 (20.0%)	36 (4.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (6.9%)	67	233^rd of 773 public middle schools	69.9%		66.1	240^th of 793 public middle schools	69.7%	7	69.2	61.2	52.7	65.1	56.9	53.4	69.1	$9,428	$385	$9,043
Wendell Middle	Public	6-8	3409 NC Highway 97	Wendell	27591	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 365-1667	762	54	14.0	99.6%	135 (17.7%)	274 (36.0%)	293 (38.5%)	17 (2.2%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (5.2%)	26.3	578^th of 773 public middle schools	25.2%		35.4	527^th of 793 public middle schools	33.5%	51	44.6	41.0	22.5	42.6	40.2	43.0	49.2	$8,914	$440	$8,473
Durant Road Middle	Public	6-8	10401 Durant Rd	Raleigh	27614	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 870-4098	649	41	15.7	68.6%	148 (22.8%)	193 (29.7%)	250 (38.5%)	38 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.1%)	29.4	552^nd of 773 public middle schools	28.6%		33.2	547^th of 793 public middle schools	31.0%	5	48.2	49.5	35.8	37.9	43.3	37.3	46.1	$10,019	$499	$9,520
Ligon Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	706 E Lenoir St	Raleigh	27601	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 856-7929	959	63	15.1	34.5%	435 (45.4%)	303 (31.6%)	117 (12.2%)	58 (6.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (4.6%)	76.3	160^th of 773 public middle schools	79.3%		84.3	101^st of 793 public middle schools	87.3%	59	58.8	56.3	66.8	69.2	66.4	73.1	76.3	$8,934	$336	$8,597
Carroll Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	4520 Six Forks Rd	Raleigh	27609	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 881-1370	898	61	14.8	61.1%	286 (31.8%)	277 (30.8%)	274 (30.5%)	15 (1.7%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (4.7%)	36.1	505^th of 773 public middle schools	34.7%		39	494^th of 793 public middle schools	37.7%	11	56.3	36.0	39.3	47.6	39.1	48.4	54.7	$9,352	$593	$8,759
Moore Square Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	301 South Person Street	Raleigh	27601	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 664-5737	594	47	12.7	29.0%	297 (50.0%)	169 (28.5%)	72 (12.1%)	20 (3.4%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.4%)	86.5	81^st of 773 public middle schools	89.5%		87.4	84^th of 793 public middle schools	89.4%	3	75.4	69.2	71.6	72.7	76.4	74.1	73.6	$11,326	$607	$10,719

Frequently Asked Questions about Neuse River Middle

Is Neuse River Middle a good school?

Neuse River Middle ranks in the bottom 14.2% of North Carolina middle schools.

What district is Neuse River Middle in?

Wake County Schools

What high school do graduates of Neuse River Middle attend?

Students who attend Neuse River Middle usually go on to attend Wake Early College of Health and Science

How many students attend Neuse River Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 877 students attended Neuse River Middle.

What is the racial makeup of Neuse River Middle?

Students at Neuse River Middle are 47% Hispanic, 33% African American, 12% White, 4% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

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