📍 1000 Evans Road, Cary, Wake County, 27513
West Cary Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Cary, Wake County. The school has 860 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wake County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. 68% of students are proficient in reading. 65% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
West Cary Middle enrolls 860 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 51 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 38% Asian, 31% White and 15% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Asian | 327 | 38% |
| White | 270 | 31% |
| Black or African American | 130 | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 105 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 2.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
220 of the school's 860 students (26%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 192 qualify for free lunch and 28 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
West Cary Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-20, state senate district 16, state house district 49.
West Cary Middle is one of 197 schools in Wake County Schools, based in Cary, North Carolina. The district serves 163,325 students district-wide and employs 10,663 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 860 students, West Cary Middle is close to the district average of about 829 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize