📍 441 Mills Park Drive, Cary, Wake County, 27519
Mills Park Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Cary, Wake County. The school has 1,630 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wake County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.2:1. 87% of students are proficient in reading. 83% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Mills Park Middle enrolls 1,630 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 85 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Asian, 33% White and 7.1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Asian | 848 | 52% |
| White | 538 | 33% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 115 | 7.1% |
| Black or African American | 76 | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 50 | 3.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
102 of the school's 1,630 students (6.3%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 90 qualify for free lunch and 12 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.
Mills Park Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-40, state senate district 16, state house district 41.
Mills Park 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 1,630 students, Mills Park Middle is larger than the district average of about 829 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize