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Middle Creek High

Wake County Schools · Wake County

Address
123 Middle Creek Park Avenue, Apex, NC 27539
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Grades served
9-12
NCES school ID
370472002653
1,587
Students
87.1
Teachers (FTE)
18.2:1
Student–teacher ratio
B
Performance grade
78
Performance score
Exceeded
Academic growth
24%
Chronically absent
29.3%
Economically disadvantaged

School calendar

Middle Creek High'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 Middle Creek High. 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 Middle Creek High compares

Its 2024–25 performance score of 78 against comparable schools. Percentile is the share of that group scoring lower.

All North Carolina public schools87th percentile
Higher than 87% · rank 299 of 2,483
North Carolina high schools70th percentile
Higher than 70% · rank 148 of 514
Wake County Schools71st percentile
Higher than 71% · rank 46 of 189

Chronic absence is lower here than at 43% of the 2,482 North Carolina schools reporting it.

Performance score since 2014

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Score down 5 points since 2014 (83 → 78). Met or exceeded expected growth in 10 of 10 years, exceeding it in 9. No grades were issued for 2020 or 2021.

YearScoreGradeGrowthAchievement
202578BExceeded76.3
202477BExceeded74.9
202378BExceeded75.9
202278BExceeded75
201977BMet76
201878BExceeded75.4
201781BExceeded77
201683BExceeded79
201584BExceeded80
201483BExceeded79

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

White 58.29%Hispanic 22.68%Black 12.48%Two+ Races 3.28%Asian 2.77%Native Am. 0.25%Pacific Isl. 0.25%
White: 58.29% (925) Hispanic: 22.68% (360) Black: 12.48% (198) Two+ Races: 3.28% (52) Asian: 2.77% (44) Native Am.: 0.25% (4) Pacific Isl.: 0.25% (4)
White58.29%
Hispanic22.68%
Black12.48%
Two+ Races3.28%
Asian2.77%
Native Am.0.25%
Pacific Isl.0.25%

Gender Distribution

Total Students: 1,587
48.39%768 Female
51.61%819 Male

Student counts for Middle Creek High, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 1,587 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.

Students

Regular attendance 76%Chronically absent 24%
Regular attendance: 76% (1,244) Chronically absent: 24% (393)
Regular attendance76%
Chronically absent24%

Student Population

Students Counted: 1,637
29.3%Economically disadvantaged
8.44%134 English learners

Student indicators for Middle Creek High, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 1,637 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 90.98%Beginning 9.02%
Experienced: 90.98% (72) Beginning: 9.02% (7)
Experienced90.98%
Beginning9.02%

Licensing & Certification

Total Teachers: 78.7 FTE
97.71%Fully licensed
2.29%Emergency or provisional
17.79%14 teachers certified

Teacher figures for Middle Creek High, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Counts are full-time equivalents, not headcount. Licensing and certification percentages are each out of 78.7 FTE.

NC School Report Card

2024-2025

Student performance by subject

SubjectGrade-level proficientCareer & college ready
English II75.3%51.3%
NC Math 371.7%50%
Biology61.8%40.8%
NC Math 127.9%10.7%

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
Biology38.2%21%24.4%16.4%
English II24.7%24%42.5%8.8%
NC Math 172.1%17.2%9.4%--
NC Math 328.3%21.7%26.6%23.4%

Academic growth

MeasureStatusGrowth indexScore
OverallExceeds Expected Growth2.0885.2

Teachers

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

MeasureValue
Total teachers78.71
Experienced teachers71.61 (91%)
Beginning teachers7.1 (9%)
Holding a standard license76.91 (98%)
Emergency or provisional licenses1.8 (2%)
National Board certified14

Students

MeasureValue
Chronically absent (393 of 1,637)24%
Economically disadvantaged29.3%
English learners making progress (of 134)8.2%

School environment

MeasureValue
Devices per student0.53
Library books per student7.83
Students have device accessYes
Devices may go homeYes
Wireless access points per classroom1.31

Federal & state designations

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

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

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First page of the Middle Creek High report card PDF

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Middle Creek High'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.