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The fastest-growing public elementary schools in Wake County, North Carolina

33 public elementary schools in Wake County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the fastest-growing public elementary schools, ranked by enrollment growth between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Pine Springs Preparatory Academy leads the list at 147%, against a median of 15.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Wake County, North Carolina

Top Enrollment growth

147%

Median Enrollment growth

15.3%

FASTEST GROWING · WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Pine Springs Preparatory Academy	Holly Springs, NC	Pine Springs Preparatory Academy	509	1,258	147%
2	White Oak Elementary	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	414	843	104%
3	Endeavor Charter School	Wake Forest, NC	Endeavor Charter	511	799	56.4%
4	RISE Southeast Raleigh Charter School	Raleigh, NC	RISE Southeast Raleigh Charter School	318	484	52.2%
5	Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School	Wake Forest, NC	Casa Esperanza Montessori	498	752	51.0%
6	Lincoln Heights Elementary	Fuquay-Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	461	667	44.7%
7	Salem Elementary	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	561	776	38.3%
8	Stough Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	399	550	37.8%
9	Ballentine Elementary	Fuquay Varina, NC	Wake County Schools	581	742	27.7%
10	Wakelon Elementary	Zebulon, NC	Wake County Schools	548	679	23.9%
11	Zebulon Elementary	Zebulon, NC	Wake County Schools	560	693	23.8%
12	York Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	459	563	22.7%
13	Richland Creek Elementary	Wake Forest, NC	Wake County Schools	455	558	22.6%
14	Conn Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	503	595	18.3%
15	Hodge Road Elementary	Knightdale, NC	Wake County Schools	443	522	17.8%
16	Vandora Springs Elementary	Garner, NC	Wake County Schools	498	582	16.9%
17	Sterling Montessori Academy	Morrisville, NC	Sterling Montessori Academy	609	702	15.3%
18	Lake Myra Elementary	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	635	722	13.7%
19	Envision Science Academy	Wake Forest, NC	Envision Science Academy	668	759	13.6%
20	Smith Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	528	596	12.9%
21	PreEminent Charter	Raleigh, NC	PreEminent Charter School	593	667	12.5%
22	Oakview Elementary	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	778	873	12.2%
23	Northwoods Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	526	579	10.1%
24	North Ridge Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	665	730	9.8%
25	Carver Elementary	Wendell, NC	Wake County Schools	454	495	9.0%
26	Peak Charter Academy	Apex, NC	Peak Charter Academy	600	651	8.5%
27	Olive Chapel Elementary	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	996	1,066	7.0%
28	The Exploris School	Raleigh, NC	The Exploris School	421	448	6.4%
29	Scotts Ridge Elementary	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	834	869	4.2%
30	Baucom Elementary	Apex, NC	Wake County Schools	651	675	3.7%
31	Kingswood Elementary	Cary, NC	Wake County Schools	414	427	3.1%
32	Lacy Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	683	695	1.8%
33	Walnut Creek Elementary	Raleigh, NC	Wake County Schools	573	574	0.2%

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