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Apex Middle

Q: Is Apex Middle a good school?

Apex Middle ranks 85 th of 773 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

85^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 773 North Carolina Middle Schools

Better than 89% of North Carolina middle schools

Summary

Apex Middle is a high-performing public middle school in Apex, North Carolina, serving 938 students in grades 6-8. It is part of the Wake County Schools district, which is ranked 60th out of 242 districts in the state and has a 4-out-of-5-star rating.

Apex Middle consistently ranks among the top middle schools in North Carolina, with a 4 or 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in End-of-Grade (EOG) tests for Mathematics, Reading, and Science are significantly higher than the state and district averages, indicating strong academic achievement. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, Apex Middle's 8th-grade proficiency rates were 75.2% in Mathematics, 69.5% in Reading, and 79% in Science, compared to the state averages of 48.7%, 54.2%, and 60.1%, respectively.

While Apex Middle performs well overall, there are some disparities in the performance of certain student subgroups, such as African American and Hispanic students, as well as students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. The school and district should continue to focus on addressing these achievement gaps and providing additional support and resources for these student populations. Nonetheless, Apex Middle remains a highly desirable choice for families in the area, with its consistent high performance and strong academic outcomes compared to nearby schools like Holly Grove Middle, Mills Park Middle, and Davis Drive Middle.

867

Students ?

15.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$8,531

Per pupil spending ?

24.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

400 East Moore Street
Apex, NC 27502

(919) 387-2181

District: Wake County Schools

Students who attend Apex Middle usually attend:

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

Feeder schools for Apex Middle:

Elementary:	Apex Elementary
	Olive Chapel Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

63.6%

Hispanic:

14.4%

Asian:

8.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 94th percentile in 2015 → 89th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the North Carolina average (73% vs 54% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 11% of North Carolina middle schools

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school73%

District avg64%

North Carolina avg54%

85^th of 773

North Carolina public middle schools ?

Top 11%▼ down 5 pts since 2015

From top 6% (2015) to top 11% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

11^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	85.7	85 of 773	89.0%	★★★★☆
2024	85.7	94 of 793	88.1%	★★★★☆
2023	82.5	117 of 784	85.1%	★★★★☆
2022	85.6	91 of 786	88.4%	★★★★☆
2021	86.3	73 of 741	90.1%	★★★★★
2019	85.1	80 of 737	89.1%	★★★★☆
2018	89.4	41 of 691	94.1%	★★★★★
2017	92.0	34 of 694	95.1%	★★★★★
2016	91.7	39 of 692	94.4%	★★★★★
2015	91.1	41 of 705	94.2%	★★★★★
2014	94.2	26 of 627	95.9%	★★★★★
2013	93.5	34 of 673	94.9%	★★★★★
2012	83.9	52 of 662	92.1%	★★★★★
2011	82.3	62 of 648	90.4%	★★★★★
2010	84.1	43 of 640	93.3%	★★★★★
2009	85.6	38 of 630	94.0%	★★★★★
2008	89.7	31 of 620	95.0%	★★★★★
2007	88.0	18 of 606	97.0%	★★★★★
2006	88.9	19 of 598	96.8%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	32.6	377 of 546	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.4	283 of 560	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	55.0	185 of 559	66.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	62.2	139 of 550	74.7%	★★★★☆
2021	60.2	132 of 533	75.2%	★★★★☆
2019	54.4	188 of 519	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	66.4	107 of 494	78.3%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	70.1	42 of 111	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	58.8	60 of 110	45.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	63.2	53 of 110	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	67.4	44 of 109	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	80.7	24 of 99	75.8%	★★★★☆
2019	62.0	44 of 102	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	80.1	19 of 95	80.0%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	71.9	57 of 449	87.3%	★★★★☆
2021	65.0	80 of 478	83.3%	★★★★☆
2019	66.2	94 of 504	81.3%	★★★★☆
2018	73.1	53 of 475	88.8%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	66.1	65 of 371	82.5%	★★★★☆
2024	60.5	76 of 356	78.7%	★★★★☆
2023	53.0	93 of 318	70.8%	★★★★☆
2022	51.7	109 of 312	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	32.1	177 of 236	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	63.7	36 of 211	82.9%	★★★★☆
2018	36.9	94 of 151	37.7%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	85.3	83 of 733	88.7%	★★★★☆
2024	85.8	88 of 738	88.1%	★★★★☆
2023	84.0	97 of 731	86.7%	★★★★☆
2022	85.8	82 of 733	88.8%	★★★★☆
2021	87.2	62 of 706	91.2%	★★★★★
2019	86.4	59 of 684	91.4%	★★★★★
2018	89.5	39 of 656	94.1%	★★★★★

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	64.5	161 of 458	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	68.2	109 of 461	76.4%	★★★★☆
2023	65.0	154 of 452	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	65.6	133 of 450	70.4%	★★★★☆
2021	71.1	102 of 448	77.2%	★★★★☆
2019	66.9	111 of 416	73.3%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	45.9	293 of 562	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	52.8	246 of 564	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	44.2	302 of 553	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.7	290 of 541	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	33.4	366 of 522	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	43.8	286 of 493	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	59.6	160 of 472	66.1%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	23.2	41 of 44	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	58.5	12 of 50	76.0%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	47.2	375 of 729	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	51.1	339 of 743	54.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	47.2	363 of 735	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	42.8	382 of 689	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	46.5	306 of 633	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	36.3	449 of 639	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	51.9	280 of 604	53.6%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	84.3	93 of 733	87.3%	★★★★☆
2024	83.8	91 of 751	87.9%	★★★★☆
2023	79.2	136 of 747	81.8%	★★★★☆
2022	83.4	105 of 748	86.0%	★★★★☆
2021	83.9	89 of 711	87.5%	★★★★☆
2019	82.8	96 of 697	86.2%	★★★★☆
2018	89.4	47 of 665	92.9%	★★★★★

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2024	82.0	5 of 58	91.4%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	78.9	50 of 328	84.8%	★★★★☆
2024	84.1	31 of 306	89.9%	★★★★★
2023	72.3	64 of 302	78.8%	★★★★☆
2022	90.8	13 of 283	95.4%	★★★★★
2019	91.2	9 of 237	96.2%	★★★★★
2018	82.0	30 of 221	86.4%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	78.2	32 of 478	93.3%	★★★★★
2024	81.4	29 of 473	93.9%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	84.4	85 of 649	86.9%	★★★★☆
2024	83.2	101 of 652	84.5%	★★★★☆
2023	79.8	120 of 656	81.7%	★★★★☆
2022	83.0	94 of 658	85.7%	★★★★☆
2021	85.4	78 of 632	87.7%	★★★★☆
2019	86.9	63 of 624	89.9%	★★★★★
2018	91.2	38 of 596	93.6%	★★★★★

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)

Special Education (2025)93rd percentile+4 vs school

Military Connected (2024)91st percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)89th percentile~ school

Male (2025)87th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)87th percentile~ school

White (2025)87th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2025)85th percentile-4 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)82nd percentile-7 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)65th percentile-24 vs school

Asian (2025)62nd percentile-27 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)49th percentile-40 vs school

Hispanic (2025)48th percentile-41 vs school

African American (2025)31st percentile-58 vs school

Homeless (2025)7th percentile-82 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Science79%+19 vs state

Mathematics73%+20 vs state

Reading70%+17 vs state

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What people are saying

by a student
Thursday, April 2, 2020

The school its self is old and needs some updating Close Quote

by a student
Wednesday, April 24, 2019

The teachers are cruel and consistently elevate things, and this is coming from a straight A's SSA student with a nearly spotless record. The lunch room is understaffed and adding on top with the fact that lunch is twenty minutes long it is not uncommon for people to miss meals. The school is old, ugly, and its age is the probable cause of why four years in a row the school has been closed as a result of a broken heating pipe. The school is also not located in a nice part of town, and many kids are disrespectful to the point of me wondering if they actually are mentally diseased. Close Quote

by a student
Monday, April 22, 2019

not a single child enjoys this school. teachers are nice, princibal and VPs are bad Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

friendly staff, excellent school. Close Quote

Schools Near Apex Middle

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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
Apex Middle	Public	6-8	400 East Moore Street	Apex	27502	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 387-2181	867	54	15.9	24.8%	551 (63.6%)	72 (8.3%)	125 (14.4%)	76 (8.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	41 (4.7%)	85.7	85^th of 773 public middle schools	89.0%		85.7	94^th of 793 public middle schools	88.1%	9	68.8	75.4	75.2	68.8	71.7	69.5	79.0	$8,531	$520	$8,012
Lufkin Road Middle	Public	6-8	1002 Lufkin Road	Apex	27539	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 387-4465	1,035	62	16.8	33.5%	499 (48.2%)	117 (11.3%)	228 (22.0%)	159 (15.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	29 (2.8%)	70.2	200^th of 773 public middle schools	74.1%		80.9	125^th of 793 public middle schools	84.2%	75	66.2	60.5	55.2	65.5	63.8	59.2	66.2	$9,106	$406	$8,700
Salem Middle	Public	6-8	6150 Old Jenks Road	Apex	27523	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 363-1870	1,057	60	17.7	19.2%	545 (51.6%)	78 (7.4%)	159 (15.0%)	217 (20.5%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	53 (5.0%)	91.2	50^th of 773 public middle schools	93.5%		91.2	55^th of 793 public middle schools	93.1%	5	86.2	77.0	79.3	75.8	71.5	74.7	81.7	$9,372	$511	$8,861
Davis Drive Middle	Public	6-8	2101 Davis Drive	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 387-3033	992	57	17.4	13.3%	372 (37.5%)	44 (4.4%)	113 (11.4%)	419 (42.2%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.7%)	36 (3.6%)	97	19^th of 773 public middle schools	97.5%		96.6	21^st of 793 public middle schools	97.4%	2	91.9	93.9	88.1	84.2	85.4	83.7	88.5	$7,994	$391	$7,602
Apex Friendship Middle	Public	6-8	7701 Humie Olive Rd	Apex	27502	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-8960	1,412	73	19.3	7.9%	848 (60.1%)	77 (5.5%)	114 (8.1%)	302 (21.4%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	68 (4.8%)	97.1	18^th of 773 public middle schools	97.7%		98	12^th of 793 public middle schools	98.5%	6	94.6	92.5	87.8	85.4	83.0	82.6	91.4	$8,250	$361	$7,890
Holly Ridge Middle	Public	6-8	950 Holly Springs Road	Holly Springs	27540	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 577-1335	955	54	17.5	26.0%	589 (61.7%)	143 (15.0%)	125 (13.1%)	46 (4.8%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	48 (5.0%)	84.8	97^th of 773 public middle schools	87.5%		87.7	82^nd of 793 public middle schools	89.7%	15	72.4	75.3	73.9	65.8	71.8	65.0	81.0	$8,619	$411	$8,207
East Cary Middle	Public	6-8	1111 SE Maynard Road	Cary	27511	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 466-4377	597	45	13.2	36.2%	318 (53.3%)	76 (12.7%)	144 (24.1%)	32 (5.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.0%)	82.2	115^th of 773 public middle schools	85.1%		80.9	123^rd of 793 public middle schools	84.5%	8	69.4	67.8	61.5	68.8	69.3	70.2	80.5	$10,391	$516	$9,875
West Cary Middle	Public	6-8	1000 Evans Road	Cary	27513	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 460-3528	824	48	17.1	30.0%	258 (31.3%)	130 (15.8%)	142 (17.2%)	265 (32.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (3.2%)	86.4	82^nd of 773 public middle schools	89.4%		89.2	69^th of 793 public middle schools	91.3%	13	73.1	72.9	80.1	66.8	69.6	71.0	79.1	$7,509	$324	$7,185
Holly Grove Middle	Public	6-8	1401 Avent Ferry Road	Holly Springs	27540	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 567-4177	979	58	16.9	17.7%	594 (60.7%)	101 (10.3%)	109 (11.1%)	116 (11.8%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	55 (5.6%)	88.4	66^th of 773 public middle schools	91.5%		92.3	49^th of 793 public middle schools	93.8%	17	91.0	75.0	72.4	78.3	67.5	70.7	76.4	$8,219	$420	$7,799
Mills Park Middle	Public	6-8	441 Mills Park Drive	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 466-1500	1,632	87	18.7	7.6%	479 (29.4%)	87 (5.3%)	112 (6.9%)	892 (54.7%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	56 (3.4%)	98.7	5^th of 773 public middle schools	99.4%		99	2^nd of 793 public middle schools	99.7%	3	96.2		95.3	91.8	91.4	92.0	95.6	$7,648	$376	$7,272

Frequently Asked Questions about Apex Middle

How many students attend Apex Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 867 students attended Apex Middle.

What is the racial makeup of Apex Middle?

Students at Apex Middle are 64% White, 14% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 8% African American, 5% Two or more races.

What district is Apex Middle in?

Wake County Schools

Is Apex Middle a good school?

Apex Middle ranks 85^th of 773 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What high school do graduates of Apex Middle attend?

Students who attend Apex Middle usually go on to attend Holly Springs High

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