📍 5601 Wallace Martin Way, Raleigh, Wake County, 27616
River Bend Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Raleigh, Wake County. The school has 1,124 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wake County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 20% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
River Bend Middle enrolls 1,124 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 75 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Black or African American, 40% Hispanic or Latino and 11% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 469 | 42% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 444 | 40% |
| White | 123 | 11% |
| Asian | 60 | 5.3% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 2.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
830 of the school's 1,124 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 756 qualify for free lunch and 74 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.
River Bend Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). 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 38.
River Bend 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 1,124 students, River Bend 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 - Large