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Pine Hollow Middle

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Pine Hollow Middle ranks 191 st of 778 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

191^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 778 North Carolina Middle Schools

Better than 75% of North Carolina middle schools

Summary

Pine Hollow Middle is a Wake County Schools public school in Raleigh, North Carolina, serving 776 students in grades 6–8. The school currently earns a 4-star state rating, ranking 191st out of 778 North Carolina middle schools — solidly in the 75th percentile statewide — but it sits on a downward trajectory: in 2020–21, Pine Hollow ranked in the 96th percentile with a 5-star rating.

The most telling comparison is with Leesville Road Middle, located just 1.56 miles away and serving a nearly identical student population (31.7% versus 33.1% free or reduced-price lunch). Despite those similarities, Leesville Road ranks 72nd statewide (91st percentile) and posts proficiency rates roughly 10 points higher in math, reading, and 8th-grade science. Meanwhile, Pine Hollow's academic edge over the Wake County district average has nearly vanished: in 2022–23, Pine Hollow ran about 14 points ahead of the district in combined math and reading proficiency; by 2025–26, that edge had shrunk to less than 1 point. Eighth-grade science tells a similar story, falling from 85.3% proficiency to 71.7% — now below the Wake County average.

Pine Hollow's overall ranking also masks large differences in how well student groups are served. Since 2023–24, statewide subgroup rankings for English Language Learner, Special Education, African American, Hispanic, and low-income students have each fallen by roughly 25 to 50 percentile points. There is a bright spot: 8th-grade math remains strong at 71.7% proficient (versus 64.4% districtwide), and chronic absenteeism at 19.8% is better than the Wake County average of 20.5%. Pine Hollow is still an above-average school — but it is steadily losing ground, and the data suggest improvement efforts should focus on restoring its academic edge for all students, especially in science and 8th-grade reading.

776

Students ?

14.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

33.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

5365 Bartram Place
Raleigh, NC 27617

(919) 694-8880

District: Wake County Schools

Racial breakdown:

White:

53.9%

African American:

21.3%

Hispanic:

14.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 93rd percentile in 2019 → 75th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the North Carolina average (68% vs 58% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 25% of North Carolina middle schools

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 18 percentile points since 2019

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

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school68%

District avg68%

North Carolina avg58%

191^st of 778

North Carolina public middle schools ?

Top 25%▼ down 17 pts since 2019

From top 7% (2019) to top 25% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

60^th of 246Wake 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
2026	73.3	191 of 778	75.4%	★★★★☆
2025	81.0	129 of 773	83.3%	★★★★☆
2024	86.7	88 of 793	88.9%	★★★★☆
2023	90.6	60 of 784	92.3%	★★★★★
2022	91.9	52 of 786	93.4%	★★★★★
2021	94.9	32 of 741	95.7%	★★★★★
2019	89.0	54 of 737	92.7%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	44.9	281 of 553	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	58.5	179 of 546	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	68.6	126 of 560	77.5%	★★★★☆
2023	72.3	99 of 559	82.3%	★★★★☆
2022	81.4	68 of 550	87.6%	★★★★☆
2021	77.6	67 of 533	87.4%	★★★★☆
2019	78.4	65 of 519	87.5%	★★★★☆
2018	85.7	41 of 494	91.7%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	47.0	75 of 121	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	59.7	58 of 111	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	57.0	62 of 110	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	76.6	35 of 110	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	83.5	16 of 109	85.3%	★★★★☆
2021	79.1	26 of 99	73.7%	★★★★☆
2019	60.8	46 of 102	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	72.6	34 of 95	64.2%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	84.3	29 of 449	93.5%	★★★★★
2021	97.1	4 of 478	99.2%	★★★★★
2019	88.6	16 of 504	96.8%	★★★★★
2018	91.2	11 of 475	97.7%	★★★★★

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	35.1	243 of 363	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	59.3	84 of 371	77.4%	★★★★☆
2024	60.9	73 of 356	79.5%	★★★★☆
2023	75.6	26 of 318	91.8%	★★★★★
2022	73.5	28 of 312	91.0%	★★★★★
2021	73.5	17 of 236	92.8%	★★★★★
2019	69.3	28 of 211	86.7%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	71.7	186 of 731	74.6%	★★★★☆
2025	82.1	104 of 733	85.8%	★★★★☆
2024	87.6	78 of 738	89.4%	★★★★☆
2023	88.8	64 of 731	91.2%	★★★★★
2022	89.2	61 of 733	91.7%	★★★★★
2021	95.1	24 of 706	96.6%	★★★★★
2019	88.3	45 of 684	93.4%	★★★★★
2018	90.0	36 of 656	94.5%	★★★★★

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	55.5	268 of 465	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	56.1	254 of 458	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	65.9	135 of 461	70.7%	★★★★☆
2023	73.7	52 of 452	88.5%	★★★★☆
2022	74.2	40 of 450	91.1%	★★★★★
2021	79.4	19 of 448	95.8%	★★★★★
2019	68.1	98 of 416	76.4%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	43.1	312 of 566	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	53.3	233 of 562	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	66.5	128 of 564	77.3%	★★★★☆
2023	67.3	133 of 553	75.9%	★★★★☆
2022	62.5	160 of 541	70.4%	★★★★☆
2021	64.7	125 of 522	76.1%	★★★★☆
2019	54.3	188 of 493	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	52.5	207 of 472	56.1%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	43.5	407 of 725	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	44.9	392 of 729	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	64.6	215 of 743	71.1%	★★★★☆
2023	65.4	186 of 735	74.7%	★★★★☆
2022	67.1	156 of 689	77.4%	★★★★☆
2021	63.7	170 of 633	73.1%	★★★★☆
2019	41.2	400 of 639	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	57.9	230 of 604	61.9%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	72.4	171 of 736	76.8%	★★★★☆
2025	76.6	145 of 733	80.2%	★★★★☆
2024	83.6	93 of 751	87.6%	★★★★☆
2023	90.4	56 of 747	92.5%	★★★★★
2022	93.1	40 of 748	94.7%	★★★★★
2021	93.7	36 of 711	94.9%	★★★★★
2019	89.1	55 of 697	92.1%	★★★★★
2018	91.7	34 of 665	94.9%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	77.7	53 of 333	84.1%	★★★★☆
2025	84.1	40 of 328	87.8%	★★★★☆
2024	85.6	28 of 306	90.8%	★★★★★
2023	95.0	9 of 302	97.0%	★★★★★
2019	83.6	21 of 237	91.1%	★★★★★
2018	88.2	12 of 221	94.6%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	42.4	243 of 500	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	61.3	96 of 478	79.9%	★★★★☆
2024	76.3	42 of 473	91.1%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	83.8	85 of 644	86.8%	★★★★☆
2025	88.0	62 of 649	90.4%	★★★★★
2024	90.1	47 of 652	92.8%	★★★★★
2023	91.4	36 of 656	94.5%	★★★★★
2022	94.3	21 of 658	96.8%	★★★★★
2021	95.4	18 of 632	97.2%	★★★★★
2019	91.7	32 of 624	94.9%	★★★★★
2018	93.5	21 of 596	96.5%	★★★★★

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)

Disabled (2022)94th percentile~ school

White (2026)87th percentile+11 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)84th percentile+9 vs school

Male (2026)77th percentile~ school

Female (2026)75th percentile~ school

Special Education (2026)51st percentile-24 vs school

African American (2026)49th percentile-26 vs school

Hispanic (2026)45th percentile-31 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)44th percentile-32 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2026)42nd percentile-33 vs school

Asian (2026)38th percentile-37 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)33rd percentile-42 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2025-2026) ?

Science72%+3 vs state

Mathematics68%+12 vs state

Reading66%+10 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Friday, August 23, 2019

Was on track 1 for 10 years (earlier sibling included). This year my rising 7th grader was moved to track 4 with 13 days left in the year. Horrible delivery of news to kids (told kids before they told parents - during school day). No option to return to base traditional (leesville middle) as livengoof waited so late to make the notification. Appealed transfer decision and was denied. Great teachers - Horrible administration. Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, July 25, 2019

My daughter is currently a 7th grader at PHMS. This school is phenomenal. My daughter loved it so much she was sad when 6th grade ended. Staff makes the academic material interesting through the use of experiements, games and food based projects. Her grades are amazing as a result! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOG Mathematics (2026)						EOG Reading (2026)						EOG Science (2026)		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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Pine Hollow Middle	Public	6-8	5365 Bartram Place	Raleigh	27617	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-8880	776	52	14.9	33.1%	418 (53.9%)	165 (21.3%)	115 (14.8%)	44 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (4.4%)	73.3	191^st of 778 public middle schools	75.4%		81	129^th of 773 public middle schools	83.3%	62				66.3	66.9	71.7				64.7	70.8	61.9		71.7	$8,836	$462	$8,374
Leesville Road Middle	Public	6-8	8406 Pride Way	Raleigh	27613	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 870-4141	795	44	18.1	31.7%	407 (51.2%)	176 (22.1%)	134 (16.9%)	34 (4.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (5.4%)	87.9	72^nd of 778 public middle schools	90.7%		86.2	84^th of 773 public middle schools	89.1%	12				75.6	75.0	87.9				73.7	73.8	73.2		86.6	$8,947	$527	$8,419
Magellan Charter	Public, Charter	3-8	9324 Baileywick Road	Raleigh	27615	Wake County	Magellan Charter	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 844-0277	411	31	13.1		333 (81.0%)	10 (2.4%)	17 (4.1%)	19 (4.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.5%)	96.3	21^st of 778 public middle schools	97.3%		98.1	9^th of 773 public middle schools	98.8%	12	97.1	85.5	94.2	97.0	98.6	92.3	87.0	82.6	91.3	87.0	85.3	75.4	95.6	98.5
Neal Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	201 Baptist Road	Durham	27704	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 560-3955	706	48	14.7	99.6%	22 (3.1%)	281 (39.8%)	363 (51.4%)	9 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (4.2%)	16.4	674^th of 778 public middle schools	13.4%		17.5	665^th of 773 public middle schools	14.0%	9				38.6	41.7	29.4				37.6	28.4	35.8		53.0	$12,097	$2,570	$9,527
West Millbrook Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	8115 Strickland Rd	Raleigh	27615	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 870-4050	1,164	68	17.1	32.3%	678 (58.2%)	154 (13.2%)	251 (21.6%)	33 (2.8%)	5 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (3.6%)	78.1	148^th of 778 public middle schools	81.0%		77.2	155^th of 773 public middle schools	79.9%	7				74.3	68.3	66.3				73.3	65.4	71.5		74.1	$8,987	$359	$8,628
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%)	44.1	441^st of 778 public middle schools	43.3%		36.1	505^th of 773 public middle schools	34.7%	64				53.5	53.2	39.1				50.5	54.1	51.5		70.0	$9,352	$593	$8,759
Reedy Creek Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	930 Reedy Creek Road	Cary	27513	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 460-3504	805	54	14.9	37.1%	326 (40.5%)	159 (19.8%)	166 (20.6%)	126 (15.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	27 (3.4%)	66.8	230^th of 778 public middle schools	70.4%		69.5	211^th of 773 public middle schools	72.7%	19				70.4	64.1	56.6				62.5	66.5	60.7		65.6	$9,572	$485	$9,087
Martin Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	1701 Ridge Rd	Raleigh	27607	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 881-4970	1,011	61	16.6	29.6%	454 (44.9%)	174 (17.2%)	150 (14.8%)	205 (20.3%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (2.5%)	85	92^nd of 778 public middle schools	88.2%		84.8	96^th of 773 public middle schools	87.6%	4				76.6	77.8	65.8				73.4	78.7	73.6		79.3	$9,504	$524	$8,981
Oberlin Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	2816 Oberlin Rd	Raleigh	27608	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 881-4860	1,049	69	15.1	30.1%	594 (56.6%)	192 (18.3%)	185 (17.6%)	34 (3.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (4.0%)	78.6	142^nd of 778 public middle schools	81.7%		80.5	132^nd of 773 public middle schools	82.9%	10				74.5	67.3	63.7				71.1	68.9	66.9		79.8	$8,583	$379	$8,204
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%)	87	78^th of 778 public middle schools	90.0%		86.4	82^nd of 773 public middle schools	89.4%	4				74.6	73.9	78.6				71.9	71.1	76.5		88.3	$7,509	$324	$7,185

Frequently Asked Questions about Pine Hollow Middle

What district is Pine Hollow Middle in?

Wake County Schools

Is Pine Hollow Middle a good school?

Pine Hollow Middle ranks 191^st of 778 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Pine Hollow Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 776 students attended Pine Hollow Middle.

What is the racial makeup of Pine Hollow Middle?

Students at Pine Hollow Middle are 54% White, 21% African American, 15% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more races.

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