The top reported proficiency rate is 57% in English language arts. The lowest is 52% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Cedar Creek Middle
Cedar Creek Middle serves the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades in Youngsville, a town in the fast-growing outer edge of the Raleigh metro area. The school sits in Franklin County and draws a student body that reflects the county's racial and economic diversity and the ongoing demographic shifts tied to regional growth.
The school enrolls roughly five hundred students, split fairly evenly across its three grades. About three-fifths of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker of economic need that stands above the national average. The student body is racially mixed: roughly one-third Black, one-fifth Hispanic, and more than one-third white, with smaller shares of students in other groups. Data on special populations such as English learners or students in special education were not available, so a parent may want to look into this further with the school directly.
On North Carolina's End-of-Grade tests for 2024-25, Cedar Creek's proficiency results fell in a narrow band across tested subjects. In English Language Arts, about half the students scored at proficient or above. In math, proficiency ran slightly lower. In science, where only a smaller group of students were tested, the proficiency rate was again around half. These results sit below what the state achieves overall and suggest that a substantial share of students are working below grade-level expectations in core academics. Trend data over prior years was not available, so it is unclear whether these results reflect recent patterns or a shift in performance. The school's state testing scores do not stand out in any direction among the peers available for comparison within Franklin County.
Youngsville itself is a small town in the early stages of a residential boom. Population has grown rapidly over the past decade, and multiple new subdivisions with single-family homes and townhouses are under construction, driven by families seeking a small-town feel at a distance of about twenty to twenty-five miles from Raleigh and Research Triangle Park. The major local employers are manufacturing and industrial firms including Sirchie, Southwire, and others, though a portion of residents commute to the metro area for work in tech, healthcare, and education. The town has a compact downtown along Main Street that serves as the civic heart, and recent public investment has improved walkability there. A branch of the Franklin County Library and local parks anchor community life, though the area is car-dependent.
Housing in the zip code is moderately priced relative to the metro region and to national benchmarks. Home values have edged down slightly in recent months, while rents have ticked up. A household would need roughly three-quarters of its income to cover a thirty-year mortgage on a median home, and about a quarter for rent, so the area remains relatively affordable even as growth continues. The county's property tax rate, reset after a 2024 revaluation, is now a concrete baseline for school funding through 2030.
Franklin County Schools, which operates Cedar Creek and serves four towns including Youngsville, has recently created a joint capital committee with county government to fund facility upgrades across aging school buildings. The district has also adopted Blueprint 2030, a strategic plan for the decade ahead that will shape academic and career-readiness priorities. For a middle school family, Cedar Creek offers a standard public school pathway in a county system that is working to address long-standing facility needs and to clarify its academic direction, set against the backdrop of rapid residential growth and economic diversity in and around Youngsville.
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