Lufkin Road Middle in Apex | Military Town Advisor

Category	Rating	Details
Test Scores	7/10	The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 North Carolina End-of-Course Tests data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, and using 2025 North Carolina End-of-Grade Tests data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
Student Growth	10/10	The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2024 Student growth data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

Posted: May 19, 2026

I have been in this school for 3 years now. The assistant principal goes around looking for people with their phones, even if they aren't using them. Once she finds the phones, she keeps them at her desk, and the only way to get them back is for your parents to come to school and pick them up. I get that they don't want us to fail our classes, but this is just too far. The assistant principal feels your body to find anything, and if you refuse, then you will be suspended. Some teachers are nice, but there are too many staff that are mean, so I definitely would not reccomend this school.

Posted: May 19, 2026

Posted: February 3, 2026

i went to Lufkin 6 and 7th grade 6ht grade was pretty good i liked it until i went to 7th grade 2 teacher i had math and social studies they were so mean to me like they blamed me for things that i didn't do and they would assume things the 7th grade assistant principal she didn't like me but what I remember was that i was bullied there and just other stuff and i reported the person the counselor was good but the assistant principal she didn't help me at all she told me to ignore it and she would stop and she never stopped and then she would tell her and she maybe talked to the girl once but that it like i hated that school literally most people in my track hated it (track 1).

Posted: November 6, 2025

This is a great school, really safe, nice teachers, and good friends!!

Posted: November 6, 2025

Posted: May 28, 2025

Great Middle School with Supportive Staff and Strong Academics!

My child has had a very positive experience at LRMS. The teachers are dedicated, approachable, and genuinely care about the students academic and personal growth. The school offers a strong curriculum with a good balance of academics, arts, and extracurricular activities. Communication with parents is clear and consistent, and the administration is responsive and professional.

The school environment feels safe, inclusive, and encouraging. My child has grown more confident, made great friends, and is excited to go to school every day. Were really happy to be part of this school community!

Posted: May 28, 2025

Posted: July 30, 2024

Lufkin is a very academic school for the people you want to there.I think this a great school because the safety of the students in school is great. There are hardly any fights or arguments at this school (maybe at least 1 to 2 per year). The teachers at this school are amazing! They are very kind to you and don't give much homework.(except 4 or 5 maybe). Everything at Lufkin Road are very organized. The electives at this school barely give homework. The FOOD at this school is so good! So join the LIGHTNING!!

Posted: May 18, 2024

May 2024, my 6th grade daughter had an allergic reaction to an insect bite while playing in the yard. Due to the fast action of Mrs Tammy Mcgoogan, the school nurse and her very supportive staff the situation which could have been fatal was handled effectively and with care. Within minutes an epipen was administered and ambulance was called. In the 13 minutes it took for me to reach the school ambulance was on the scene, steroids were given and during the entire ordeal I was called and notified every step of the way. Amazing job thank you for saving my baby's life.

Posted: May 18, 2024

Posted: July 18, 2023

The teachers at this school are very passionate about what they do and push through many challenges, especially in this day and age, when parents think they know better than the teachers and when kids think it's ok to show up at school with a gun. Any issues are coming from the kids raised with no respect for public property or other people, and any public school will have that issue, no matter where you go.

Posted: July 18, 2023

Posted: September 28, 2022

Now in high school, I see that the school is very academically focused and less on opportunities. It could have just been COVID ruining my years but who knows. There is always at least 1 amazing teacher per grade/track and its manageable.
Learning gaps are huge and lower income students were noticeably struggling.
Decent

Posted: September 28, 2022

Posted: February 27, 2022

Great school. Be sure to look at details on why an individual NC school has a low rating. End of Grade and Beginning of Grade scores were once part of scores and those scores may be eliminated in years to come. All schools in Wake county are fantastic. You cannot go wrong and just because you buy a house in one school district does not mean you will go to that school. District lines are constantly changing!

Posted: February 27, 2022

Posted: November 9, 2020

Until my child's 8th grade year, it has been fine. This academic year has been a disaster in math. I watch him get frustrated and almost to the point of tears because he has a difficult time understanding what his teacher is trying to get across and like I stated before, this is because she has no idea herself what she is trying to teach. It is a shame that this has become a wasted year for him in math.

Posted: November 9, 2020

My child is in 8th grade and has received terrible instruction in math. He does okay in all other subjects and is encouraged, but in his math class he is struggling and I think it is due to the instructor. From my understanding she is a new teacher and is incredibly young and it is clear from listening in on his remote classes that she has no real understanding of math herself. She doesn't listen to the students and gets argumentative with them often. I feel like this has been a wasted year thus far for him with his math. I realize that these are trying times, with the pandemic, but I would think that the goal of a school is to hire staff that are capable of instructing and overcoming. This particular teacher, in my opinion, should never have been hired.

Posted: November 9, 2020

I stated in my teacher comments my reasons for disliking this school. It is up to administration and leaders to effectively hire personnel that will better the education of their students, not teachers who have no idea what they are doing.

Posted: November 9, 2020

Posted: October 17, 2019

BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL EVER...
The teachers here are great! So are the kids! I love coming here and feel like i'm learning a lot every day!

Posted: October 17, 2019

Just the right amount for a student afterschool.

Posted: October 17, 2019

BEST TEACHERS EVER! They all have different but great teaching methods!

Posted: October 17, 2019

Lufkin Road Middle promotes character through the Positivity Project and Staff!

Posted: October 17, 2019

Varied enrichment or help with material! This is always a priority!

Posted: October 17, 2019

Even little instances of bullying are swiftly taken care of.

Posted: June 4, 2018

Awful, I was treated like an animal instead of a person. I tried my best but it wasn't enough. I'm happy I'm out of there and actually learning.

Posted: June 4, 2018

Back in the 6th grade (i was in track 4, i'm hispanic) the teachers would teach things I already learned in the 5th grade and would call us names like, "a waste of air"

Posted: June 4, 2018

They break down students over time and encourage bad behavior by not taking care of bullying. (at least in our track)

Posted: June 4, 2018

They favor students that are white and asian. They also are petty and tried to frame me for doing something wrong

Posted: June 4, 2018

I was bullied for 2 months and I ended up getting really sick and to the point I started having very dark thoughts

Posted: April 10, 2018

The school tries to develop strong character in the students but they are not succeeding. They do not know how to handle bullying or difficult students.

Posted: April 10, 2018

My daughter is in 6th grade and has been bullied by boys in the school and on the bus since the beginning of the year. I have gone to the school on several occasions and they say they will handle it but it continues to happen. They simply do not know what to do to stop the bullying it and my daughter is suffering for it. My daughter will be going to another school next year and I just cannot wait for this year to finish to get her out of this hell hole.

Posted: February 14, 2018

Kids with a disadvantage/learning gaps/ADH are completely overlooked and ignored at this school. Teachers, counselors and the Principal do nothing to help. Completely disappointed in the school and the district as I tried repeatedly to transfer my child and was told no time after time. Every time I was scheduled to have a meeting with her teachers about her progress, it was canceled, rescheduled or just flat-out postponed due to "other priorities."

Posted: December 18, 2017

I am a 7th grade student here. I am not one of those students that is coming to write a review because I hate my teachers for giving me bad grades for not taking accountability for my homework or studying. I get good grades and I behave in class. I genuinely want to inform people of what really goes on here. The classroom is beyond disrespectful. Kids throwing stuff across the room, fights, yelling, etc. The teachers have given up, yes, but they don't know how to control the kids anyways. If the teacher can even get a chance to teach without getting interrupted, it is so nonproductive. Honestly. We are genuinely unprepared for tests because we are not taught the material. Before even being taught, we are handed worksheets and expected to pretty much complete it ourselves. We also watch a documentary or video for the class period and required to take our own notes, which is fine every once in a while but the kids just talk, yell, and disrupt class the whole time so it's impossible to hear and learn. The academic aspect of this school is a joke. The teachers are too inexperienced or just not good. I heard so many good things about this school so I was excited to go, but honestly pretty disappointed.

Posted: August 1, 2017

Great school with excellent teachers and extracurricular activities

Posted: July 4, 2017

I am very disappointed in the experience we had at this school. Our first experience was with an unconcerned Guidance Counselor who, after getting my sons paperwork together. dropped him off at his first class and never spoke to him again. My son was at the top of his class in math before we moved to this school, however, in very short order he was struggling. the teacher claimed poor attention - something that was never a problem before. We paid for a private tutor to get him through the year and he ended up with A's and B's for the rest of the year and a half he was there. The teacher initially thought he was cheating. How sad. ELA insists that a large part of the students' grade is based on a scrap book. Imagine 14 year old boys scrap booking. If the parents couldn't afford stickers or other embellishments, the score was lowered because it wasn't scrap booky enough. Content, in my opinion wasn't the important aspect of this grade - just appearance from a scrap booking aficionado. When I asked in the beginning of the year of all his main teachers to see examples of what they were looking for so that 8th grade would go better than 7th, I was told that they had no money for copies so I couldn't see any. Tests were not handed back so the child could learn from their mistakes for the same reason. My son stayed on the A/B honor roll so I am not a parent complaining about grades. I am an educator myself and am appalled by some of what I heard. Tests not being graded for over a week, Scrap book grade came out after the final grades had to go in. Math teacher didn't have the lists of what was still showing open for each kid until after grades were tallied and the response was "it's too late now to change anything". Bad leadership to allow any of this to continue.

Posted: June 9, 2017

Lufkin Road Middle School has been a fabulous middle school experience for our son. The teachers are excellent, the kids are extremely behaved and the building is relatively new. The administration and front office staff are very responsive.

Posted: June 1, 2017

Negative and disappointing experience overall unfortunately, especially with the principal and ELA teachers. I agree with other comments posted here about their poor facilities, handling of boys, apathetic overwhelmed teachers, anti-parent Principal. On the other hand, some exceptional Science/Math/Social Studies/Gym/art teachers in my view.

Posted: March 13, 2017

Our experience with our two children at Lufkin was disappointing. There are too many female teachers that have no idea how to teach boys. We've had more than one teacher say non-constructive, criticism of the kids, delivered in immature ways. The administration at the top level seems hands off and at least one of the Asst. Principals seems burned out or at a minimum is old school in approach. Am so happy this part of their school career is behind them. One very solid redeeming quality is the athletic program that is led by an outstanding Athletic Director, Coach W. Despite having no workable gym on site and no track for the track team, he pulls off coordination of events effortlessly. He makes it work with incredibly embarrassing facilities that do not give the basketball and track teams a home court/field.

Posted: December 14, 2016

My two sons go to Lufkin and they, and we, as parents, can't wait to change to the new middle school being built in Apex. Apathetic overwhelmed teachers, anti-parent Principal, and ridiculous homework. Awful.

Posted: December 6, 2016

Very organized school. Teachers are great and they motivate the kids to keep up with their grades . Principal is very involved in school events . Schools ranks higher among others middle school around wake county . The front desk people are always nice and helpful . There's a lot of homework, tests, quizzes and other grades assignments weekly. I consider this a positive thing as it encourages the kids to study daily versus study the whole content only the night before a big test. The first quarter of 6th grade was a bit challenging for my son , but he put a lot of effort and managed to be an AB Honor Student . I believe the study routine it will help greatly when he goes to High School !

Posted: October 20, 2016

This school is full of bullies that the teachers cannot or will not control. Some teachers are even intimidated and bullied themselves.

The principal cares more about sending fundraiser emails than dealing with real problems like dealing with bullies, genuinely engaging parents and effective planning for students across all tracks.

STEM program is a joke. My kid was in Track 4 and could not participate in robotics because the "slots were already filled by other tracks". Are you kidding me? So what track you are in determines access to resources?

When we had a problem with bullying (3 times by the same girls) the Vice Principal did nothing...no suspensions, not a darn thing except an "investigation" after which he basically stopped short of saying that the bullying was my daughter's fault (there were no witnesses therefore there was no bullying).

The academics are also a joke. They don't do any real writing and all classes use mind numbing "worksheets" in lieu of high quality thoughtful instruction and assignments. They don't allow students to take graded test home...I wonder why?

I felt so bad for sending my daughter to this awful hell of a school. She is now going to St. Mary Magdeline which is expensive but worth every penny over sending her to one of the worst and most mismanaged schools she has ever attended

Posted: June 16, 2015

The only reason I don't rate this school 2 star, because its definition: bad. Although the school by itself isn't bad, but as a parent's of a student who studies there I would rather describe as a factory. Teachers are very uninterested to inspire students (although it could be part of their exhausting daily grinds coming from the certain political pressures) Other than trying get through their curriculum they have no interest and looks like knowledge how to expend the children' interest. My child doesn't study home at all and still an A student, yet the school does nothing to challenge these kids. No effort was put in to Spelling bee, Geo bee, (teacher hardly knew when is the competition because they were so busy just to keep up with the politics if they want to keep either their job or salary. Us parents, technically know nothing what goes around in the school unless we have an articulate child, who is willing talk about the daily things. I don't blame the teachers (mostly) but the leadership who gives more emphasis -just look at LRM school home page- for events that has nothing to academic achievement, than recognizing their hard working students. It is definitely a disappointment at least the leadership in the point of comparing to Oak Grove Elementary.

And just as my last thought I just saw one of my fellow parent's review and had the exact experience and opinion "I'm not sure what awards program the reviewer below this attended, but I have to agree that it was a mess and the principal did neglect to recognize an entire group of students."

Principal Sinders is either not aware what goes around in her "court" or really incompetent to understand what is her job truly.

Posted: June 16, 2015

Posted: October 25, 2014

Recent test scores were released and Lufkin Road Middle School was in the top 5 middle schools in a 3-4 county area. Great leadership! High expectations!

Posted: June 2, 2014

There is poor communication and leadership at this school. Some teachers here are very good, but there are too many that do not meet the needs of the students, especially in math and language arts. I really appreciate those teachers here that give their all, but the failure in the math and language arts have done immense damage to my child s academic progress. Check the year over year test performance on the EOG before you send your child here.

Posted: March 2, 2014

Why must children go here to this school! I can't believe why is there such great reviews!

Posted: June 22, 2013

FIVE more days! Thank goodness, as this year has been the total opposite of last year at Lufkin under the leadership (or lack of) Principal Sinders. The only thing I can say she's good at is delegating...she doesn't return emails, phone calls, promises made, etc. Oh, she's also very good at moving teachers around from one subject and grade to another...even the tenured teachers who have mastered their curriculum. I'm not sure what awards program the reviewer below this attended, but I have to agree that it was a mess and the principal did neglect to recognize an entire group of students. My child was one of them!

Posted: May 15, 2013

Great teachers who give sufficient homework that related to what their students learned in class. I especially like the study guides they provided to their students to help them prepare for the quizzes or tests. Furthermore, the regular tests they provided help the students to keep up with what they learned. Language Art writing assignments were interesting and challenging for my son. School environment is great and promote learning. We like this school a lot. My son especially won't miss classes and always looking forward to go to school.

Posted: April 22, 2013

This was our first year at Lufkin and we liked it very much. My child LOVES all her teachers and likes the other kids. After experiencing 2 other middle schools (with older children), it seems Lufkin has practically no discipline problems or disruptive students in class. I also feel like the work is challenging but relevant. The only drawback I see is the lack of electives that other middle schools might have.

Posted: April 10, 2013

This year was a nightmare. I agree with other comments posted below about Tr 3. We will not be coming back next year.

Posted: March 10, 2013

Lufkin Road Middle School had a reputation of being top notch, with encouraging, happy teachers her were eager to inspire greatness in their students every day. The same can not be said this year, especially of the teachers on Track 3. Either they aren't receiving positive support from above or their light has burned out and they are just ticking off the days. This is our second year here and it is a disappointment compared to last year and years passed. Putting in request for transfer; something we never though we'd do after last year's success. I'd steer clear of Band as an elective, unless you don't mind playtime as a class period.

Posted: September 6, 2012

im on track 4 grade 7 and i love the teachers and everyone!! my friends are great! i was new this year and i really enjoy Lufkin Road Middle School and adding on to all the fun and excitement, they have a large variety of activities and clubs to join!

Posted: October 27, 2011

The teachers are nice, funny, and they try and do their best to help me learn as much as possible. Lufkin is great! :)

Posted: July 9, 2011

this school is horrorible the teachers only think about collage and high they give out projects that are very hard

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1	Eagle Ridge	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Raleigh	NC	9.4 mi
2	Hedingham	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Raleigh	NC	17 mi
3	Winston Pointe	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Clayton	NC	18.2 mi
4	Forest Oaks	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Bunnlevel	NC	29.5 mi
5	The Summit	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Sanford	NC	30.4 mi
6	Anderson Creek Club	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Spring Lake	NC	30.7 mi
7	Sunset Ridge	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Sanford	NC	30.8 mi
8	Carolina Seasons	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Cameron	NC	32.7 mi
9	Overhills Creek	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Spring Lake	NC	32.9 mi
10	Ellerslie Subdivision	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Fayetteville	NC	34.1 mi
11	Forest Ridge	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Cameron	NC	34.5 mi
12	Castlebrooke	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Linden	NC	34.8 mi
13	Deerfield	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Spring Lake	NC	36.9 mi
14	Kings Grant	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Fayetteville	NC	37.9 mi
15	Stonegate Apartments	Apartment Complex	Spring Lake	NC	38.7 mi
16	Inverness	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Fayetteville	NC	39.1 mi
17	Woodlake	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Vass	NC	39.2 mi
18	Patriot Park Village	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Fayetteville	NC	39.2 mi
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1	North Ramsey Road	Fayetteville	NC	36 mi
2	Spring Lake	Spring Lake	NC	38.7 mi
3	Spring Lake by Ft Bragg Base	Spring Lake	NC	39.1 mi
4	Vass	Vass	NC	40.9 mi
5	Princeton	Princeton	NC	41.4 mi

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Raleigh National Guard	9.3 mi.
Pope Field	39.1 mi.
Fort Bragg	44.6 mi.

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Apex, NC 27539

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