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Mills Park Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
441 Mills Park Drive
Cary, NC 27519
Phone
(919) 466-1500
District
WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS
County
WAKE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1619
Classroom Teachers
91

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.8% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Mills Park Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

100 80 60 40 20 0
90%
49%
88%
47%
92%
50%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

100 80 60 40 20 0
89%
49%
88%
49%
89%
49%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

100 80 60 40 20 0
89%
46%
87%
51%
90%
42%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
18
15
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 551 34.0%
Grade 7 539 33.3%
Grade 8 529 32.7%
Total 1619 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 35.4% 45.3% 47.4%
Black 7.1% 23.2% 26.3%
Hispanic 7.1% 19.8% 20.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 49.9% 11.4% 4.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.4% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 4.6% 22.9% 48.0%
Free lunch eligible 4.3% 21.1% 46.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.2% 1.7% 1.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 1,112,883 10,698,973
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,299.6 217
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.0% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.6% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 35.8% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.8% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 11.8% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 422,144 4,105,232
Single Parent Households With Children 7.9% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.7% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 54.7% 33.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 25.1% 15.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.4% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.6% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.2% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.7% 16.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.4% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 5.6% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,404 $1,046,439,216 54.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $607 $99,186,228 5.1%
Staff $267 $43,628,868 2.3%
General Administration $59 $9,640,836 0.5%
School Administration $587 $95,918,148 5.0%
Operation $577 $94,284,108 4.9%
Transportation $512 $83,662,848 4.3%
Other $322 $52,616,088 2.7%
Total Support $2,931 $478,937,124 24.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,511 $410,307,444 21.2%
Total Expenditures $11,846 $1,935,683,784 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,324 $9,654,142,443 55.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $575 $877,144,823 5.0%
Staff $341 $521,212,282 3.0%
General Administration $170 $259,230,834 1.5%
School Administration $637 $973,125,983 5.6%
Operation $798 $1,218,189,435 7.0%
Transportation $402 $613,466,359 3.5%
Other $331 $505,953,708 2.9%
Total Support $3,255 $4,968,588,990 28.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,818 $2,774,971,990 16.0%
Total Expenditures $11,397 $17,397,660,278 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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