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Davis Drive Middle

Wake County Schools · Wake County

Address
2101 Davis Drive, Cary, NC 27519
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Grades served
6-8
NCES school ID
370472002031
992
Students
57.0
Teachers (FTE)
17.4:1
Student–teacher ratio
A
Performance grade
90
Performance score
Exceeded
Academic growth
10.8%
Chronically absent
13.6%
Economically disadvantaged

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Davis Drive Middle's own events for the year — school events, holidays, breaks and teacher workdays — with a printable PDF and a calendar file you can subscribe to.

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Attendance zone

Wake County Schools

The area Wake County Schools assigns to Davis Drive Middle. Zones change, and addresses near a boundary are often decided case by case - confirm with the district before making plans.

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Zone boundary published by Wake County Schools as “base_attendance_areas_all”, last updated 2026-07-01.

How Davis Drive Middle compares

Its 2024–25 performance score of 90 against comparable schools. Percentile is the share of that group scoring lower.

All North Carolina public schools96th percentile
Higher than 96% · rank 72 of 2,483
North Carolina middle schools99th percentile
Higher than 99% · rank 4 of 456
Wake County Schools94th percentile
Higher than 94% · rank 10 of 189

Chronic absence is lower here than at 88% of the 2,482 North Carolina schools reporting it.

Performance score since 2014

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Score unchanged since 2014 (90 → 90). Met or exceeded expected growth in 10 of 10 years, exceeding it in 8. No grades were issued for 2020 or 2021.

YearScoreGradeGrowthAchievement
202590AExceeded88
202490AExceeded87.4
202389AExceeded86.1
202287AExceeded85.6
201990AExceeded89.2
201888AMet89.1
201791AExceeded91
201691AExceeded91
201586AMet88
201490AExceeded89

Rankings and trends are calculated by Back To School NC from NC DPI report card results; NC DPI publishes each school's own figures but not its standing among peers. See Wake County Schools for district totals.

Student Demographics

Asian 42.24%White 37.5%Hispanic 11.39%Black 4.44%Two+ Races 3.63%Pacific Isl. 0.71%Native Am. 0.1%
Asian: 42.24% (419) White: 37.5% (372) Hispanic: 11.39% (113) Black: 4.44% (44) Two+ Races: 3.63% (36) Pacific Isl.: 0.71% (7) Native Am.: 0.1% (1)
Asian42.24%
White37.5%
Hispanic11.39%
Black4.44%
Two+ Races3.63%
Pacific Isl.0.71%
Native Am.0.1%

Gender Distribution

Total Students: 992
50.1%497 Female
49.9%495 Male

Student counts for Davis Drive Middle, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 992 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.

Students

Regular attendance 89.2%Chronically absent 10.8%
Regular attendance: 89.2% (931) Chronically absent: 10.8% (113)
Regular attendance89.2%
Chronically absent10.8%

Student Population

Students Counted: 1,044
13.6%Economically disadvantaged
10.79%107 English learners

Student indicators for Davis Drive Middle, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 1,044 students DPI counted. A student is chronically absent after missing 10% or more of the days enrolled; the other measures overlap it and each other.

Teachers

Experienced 88.45%Beginning 11.55%
Experienced: 88.45% (47) Beginning: 11.55% (6)
Experienced88.45%
Beginning11.55%

Licensing & Certification

Total Teachers: 53.7 FTE
98.32%Fully licensed
1.68%Emergency or provisional
18.63%10 teachers certified

Teacher figures for Davis Drive Middle, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Counts are full-time equivalents, not headcount. Licensing and certification percentages are each out of 53.7 FTE.

NC School Report Card

2024-2025

Student performance by subject

SubjectGrade-level proficientCareer & college ready
Mathematics (grades 3–8)90.6%85.3%
Science (grades 5 & 8)88.4%79.7%
Reading (grades 3–8)83.9%68.2%

Grade-level proficient is levels 3–5; career and college ready is the higher bar of levels 4–5.

Achievement levels

SubjectNot ProficientLevel 3Level 4Level 5
Mathematics (grades 3–8)9.4%5.2%22.9%62.5%
Reading (grades 3–8)16.1%15.7%32.8%35.4%
Science (grades 5 & 8)11.6%8.7%28.8%50.9%

Academic growth

MeasureStatusGrowth indexScore
OverallExceeds Expected Growth10.75100

Teachers

Reported as full-time-equivalent staff, so figures carry decimals.

MeasureValue
Total teachers53.69
Experienced teachers47.49 (88%)
Beginning teachers6.2 (12%)
Holding a standard license52.79 (98%)
Emergency or provisional licenses0.9 (2%)
National Board certified10

Students

MeasureValue
Chronically absent (113 of 1,044)10.8%
Economically disadvantaged13.6%
English learners making progress (of 107)53.3%

School environment

MeasureValue
Devices per student0.8
Library books per student9
Students have device accessYes
Devices may go homeYes
Wireless access points per classroom0.98

Federal & state designations

DesignationApplies
Low-performing schoolNo
Recurring low-performingNo
CSI — low performingNo
CSI — low graduation rateNo
TSI — at riskNo
TSI — consistently underperformingNo

CSI is Comprehensive Support and Improvement; TSI is Targeted Support and Improvement, both federal ESSA categories.

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First page of the Davis Drive Middle report card PDF

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Davis Drive Middle's 2024-2025 report card as an interactive PDF — bookmarked sections, donut and bar charts for performance, attendance and achievement levels, and the NC DPI and NCES sources cited with working links.

Enrollment and staffing come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), U.S. Department of Education for 2024-2025; performance, attendance and economic-need figures are the state's NC School Report Card for the same year. Contact the school to confirm current details.