Abbotts Creek Elementary

Abbotts Creek Elementary is a substantial elementary-level community in Raleigh, North Carolina, one of the schools within Wake County Schools. The school caters to 805 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 72% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Abbotts Creek Elementary is one of 198 schools operated by Wake County Schools, a district that works with 163,176 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Abbotts Creek Elementary logs that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 25% Black, 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Abbotts Creek Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Wake County) records that the typical household earns roughly $105,768 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Abbotts Creek Elementary is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

Nearest neighbor: Durant Road Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Abbotts Creek Elementary at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 46.3%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Abbotts Creek Elementary has fell 5%, going from 849 students in 2018 to 805 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 59% to 52% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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