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Salem Middle

Wake County Schools · Wake County

Address
6150 Old Jenks Road, Apex, NC 27523
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Grades served
6-8
NCES school ID
370472002746
1,057
Students
59.5
Teachers (FTE)
17.8:1
Student–teacher ratio
B
Performance grade
81
Performance score
Exceeded
Academic growth
11.6%
Chronically absent
18.4%
Economically disadvantaged

School calendar

Salem 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 Salem 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 Salem Middle compares

Its 2024–25 performance score of 81 against comparable schools. Percentile is the share of that group scoring lower.

All North Carolina public schools90th percentile
Higher than 90% · rank 231 of 2,483
North Carolina middle schools97th percentile
Higher than 97% · rank 15 of 456
Wake County Schools81st percentile
Higher than 81% · rank 32 of 189

Chronic absence is lower here than at 86% of the 2,482 North Carolina schools reporting it.

Performance score since 2014

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Score unchanged since 2014 (81 → 81). Met or exceeded expected growth in 10 of 10 years, exceeding it in 8. No grades were issued for 2020 or 2021.

YearScoreGradeGrowthAchievement
202581BExceeded78.4
202481BExceeded76.6
202379BExceeded76.3
202277BExceeded74.8
201977BMet76.1
201880BExceeded76.6
201779BMet78
201682BExceeded79
201578BExceeded76
201481BExceeded79

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 51.56%Asian 20.53%Hispanic 15.04%Black 7.38%Two+ Races 5.01%Native Am. 0.38%Pacific Isl. 0.09%
White: 51.56% (545) Asian: 20.53% (217) Hispanic: 15.04% (159) Black: 7.38% (78) Two+ Races: 5.01% (53) Native Am.: 0.38% (4) Pacific Isl.: 0.09% (1)
White51.56%
Asian20.53%
Hispanic15.04%
Black7.38%
Two+ Races5.01%
Native Am.0.38%
Pacific Isl.0.09%

Gender Distribution

Total Students: 1,057
45.79%484 Female
54.21%573 Male

Student counts for Salem Middle, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 1,057 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.

Students

Regular attendance 88.4%Chronically absent 11.6%
Regular attendance: 88.4% (1,006) Chronically absent: 11.6% (132)
Regular attendance88.4%
Chronically absent11.6%

Student Population

Students Counted: 1,138
18.4%Economically disadvantaged
8.8%93 English learners

Student indicators for Salem Middle, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 1,138 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 98.38%Beginning 1.62%
Experienced: 98.38% (61) Beginning: 1.62% (1)
Experienced98.38%
Beginning1.62%

Licensing & Certification

Total Teachers: 61.9 FTE
100%Fully licensed
0%Emergency or provisional
29.09%18 teachers certified

Teacher figures for Salem 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 61.9 FTE.

NC School Report Card

2024-2025

Student performance by subject

SubjectGrade-level proficientCareer & college ready
Science (grades 5 & 8)81.7%68.2%
Mathematics (grades 3–8)80.7%66.7%
Reading (grades 3–8)73.5%53.5%

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)19.3%14%39.8%26.9%
Reading (grades 3–8)26.5%20%33.7%19.8%
Science (grades 5 & 8)18.3%13.5%33%35.2%

Academic growth

MeasureStatusGrowth indexScore
OverallExceeds Expected Growth6.3293.8

Teachers

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

MeasureValue
Total teachers61.87
Experienced teachers60.87 (98%)
Beginning teachers1 (2%)
Holding a standard license61.87 (100%)
Emergency or provisional licenses0 (0%)
National Board certified18

Students

MeasureValue
Chronically absent (132 of 1,138)11.6%
Economically disadvantaged18.4%
English learners making progress (of 93)30.1%

School environment

MeasureValue
Devices per student0.77
Library books per student7.06
Students have device accessYes
Devices may go homeYes
Wireless access points per classroom0.81

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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Salem 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.