Samuel Bartley Holleman House · Photo: KimWrenn · CC BY-SA 3.0Holly Springs’s public schools outscore 75% of North Carolina districts
Reading proficiency in Holly Springs’s districts is 62%, above the North Carolina average (50%). The grade covers the public school district serving Holly Springs, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within North Carolina, not nationally.
From North Carolina state tests taken in spring 2022, when 97% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Holly Springs’s schools, in brief
Better than its incomes would predict
Among the 72 North Carolina towns with household incomes within a quarter of Holly Springs’s, its schools beat 81%, higher than their 75% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 62% and math 60% in spring 2022, against 50% and 51% statewide; 90% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 86%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
The district spends $12,279 per student, against $13,045 across North Carolina (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓
Six elementary schools, then two middle and one high school
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Choice beyond the district
Pine Springs Preparatory Academy and Thales Academy Holly Springs Pre-K-12 (private) are in town. Pine Springs Preparatory Remote Academy, an online school, is based here too; it isn’t counted as a local school. Every school ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Holly Springs’s grade
A−: better than 75% of North Carolina school districts, #21 of 290 North Carolina towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the North Carolina average; test scores are the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Holly Springs, with each school’s own grade.
6th grade in Holly Springs · depends on your address
Holly Grove Middle
Grades 6–8 · 979 students · 17:1 students per teacher
Holly Ridge Middle
Grades 6–8 · 955 students · 18:1 students per teacher
7th grade in Holly Springs · depends on your address
Holly Grove Middle
Grades 6–8 · 979 students · 17:1 students per teacher
Holly Ridge Middle
Grades 6–8 · 955 students · 18:1 students per teacher
8th grade in Holly Springs · depends on your address
Holly Grove Middle
Grades 6–8 · 979 students · 17:1 students per teacher
Holly Ridge Middle
Grades 6–8 · 955 students · 18:1 students per teacher
9th grade in Holly Springs
Holly Springs High
Grades 9–12 · 2,018 students · 20:1 students per teacher
10th grade in Holly Springs
Holly Springs High
Grades 9–12 · 2,018 students · 20:1 students per teacher
11th grade in Holly Springs
Holly Springs High
Grades 9–12 · 2,018 students · 20:1 students per teacher
12th grade in Holly Springs
Holly Springs High
Grades 9–12 · 2,018 students · 20:1 students per teacher
Holly Springs’s public schools are run by Wake County Schools, which also serves Angier, Apex, Cary and Fuquay-Varina and others. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Holly Springs vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the North Carolina towns that share Holly Springs’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Holly Springs | A− | Wake County Schools |
| Apex | A− | Wake County Schools |
| Fuquay-Varina | A− | Wake County Schools |
| Cary | A− | Wake County Schools |
All 3 neighbors share Wake County Schools with Holly Springs, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.
Every school in Holly Springs
12 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with North Carolina’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Left off: 1 public program with fewer than 25 students (Rex Road Elementary).
Questions about Holly Springs’s schools
Are Holly Springs’s schools good?
By North Carolina’s own tests, yes: the public schools Holly Springs children attend outscore 75% of North Carolina’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A− Schools grade, #21 of 290 North Carolina towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 81%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Holly Springs in?
Wake County Schools, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 163,176 students in 198 schools (2024–25).
Where do Holly Springs kids go to high school?
Holly Springs High, with 2,018 students; its own test results earn an A.
What is Holly Springs’s graduation rate?
90% of the class of 2023 in Wake County Schools graduated in four years, against 86% across North Carolina.
How much does Holly Springs spend per student?
$12,279 in Wake County Schools (FY2024), against $13,045 across North Carolina. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Are there private schools in Holly Springs?
Yes: Thales Academy Holly Springs Pre-K-12 (nonsectarian, grades PK–8, 549 students). Holly Springs also has 1 charter school, free and open by application.
Parents talk
What Holly Springs families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Holly Springs → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within North Carolina. Stars are from neighbors.