📍 1000 Shepard School Rd, Zebulon, Wake County, 27597
Zebulon Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Zebulon, Wake County. The school has 708 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wake County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. 43% of students are proficient in reading. 34% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Zebulon Middle enrolls 708 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 48 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Black or African American, 30% Hispanic or Latino and 19% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 318 | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 212 | 30% |
| White | 133 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 38 | 5.4% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
484 of the school's 708 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 431 qualify for free lunch and 53 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.
Zebulon Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-20, state senate district 14, state house district 39.
Zebulon 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 708 students, Zebulon 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: Town - Fringe