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Enrollment
655
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001826
Adams Elementary
805 Cary Towne Blvd, Cary, NC 27511 · (919) 460-3431 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL655 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
401 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 6 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from Wake County Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
50.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
61.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Adams Elementary
Adams Elementary's state test result (56.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Elementary this school | 655 | 61.2% | 56.4% |
| Porter Ridge Elementary Indian Trail | 765 | 56.6% | 59.8% |
| Durant Road Elementary Raleigh | 577 | 58.6% | 54.4% |
| Carl A Furr Elementary Concord | 782 | 61.0% | 46.5% |
| Lake Myra Elementary Wendell | 722 | 55.4% | 52.5% |
| Wakefield Elementary Raleigh | 520 | 62.5% | 53.8% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Adams Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #624 of 1,297 | #82 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #571 of 1,296 | #77 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #618 of 1,300 | #85 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 655 | #249 of 1,485 | #49 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #172 of 1,377 | #29 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #268 of 1,379 | #39 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.2% | #1,106 of 1,414 | #35 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #898 of 937 | #91 of 91 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
655
+119 (+22%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 586
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 655 | 51.7 | 12.7:1 | 61% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 616 | 51.5 | 12.0:1 | 57% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 39.8 | 13.2:1 | 50% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 40 | 13.4:1 | 39% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 664 | 42.7 | 15.5:1 | 43% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 748 | 53 | 14.1:1 | 43% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 813 | 59 | 13.8:1 | 33% (272) |
| 2000-01 | 695 | 44 | 15.8:1 | 9% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 586 | 39 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Adams Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (664 to 655); teachers up 21% (42.7 to 51.7).
About Adams Elementary
Adams Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school found in Cary, North Carolina. Federal data show 655 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average enrollment is about 467.
Wake County Schools operates 198 schools. Combined enrollment is 163,176 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Adams Elementary is White, with 38% of students. The next largest groups are 36% Hispanic, 18% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's White share is 19 points below the 58% share among Wake County residents. The diversity index for Adams Elementary is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Adams Elementary reports a ratio of 12.7 students per teacher, from 51.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 2.2 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Adams Elementary, 61% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Wake County, the average eligibility rate is 42%.
Adams Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 56.4% is 3.8 points below the 60.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Wake County, home to about 1,178,653 people, the median household earns about $105,768 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Wake County's 237 public schools enroll about 184,790 students and include Adams Elementary.
The closest school to Adams Elementary is East Cary Middle, located about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Adams Elementary is 7th of 8 on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Adams Elementary enrolled 536 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 655.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Wake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,178,653
Census ACS
Median income
$105,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
237
184,790 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wake County Schools
- Apex Friendship HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Panther Creek HighHigh · 2,609 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Apex HighHigh · 2,449 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
Other schools in Cary
- Panther Creek HighHigh · 2,609 students
- Green Hope HighHigh · 2,304 students
- Green Level HighHigh · 2,283 students
- Cary HighHigh · 2,044 students
- Triangle Math and Science AcademyCombined · 1,904 students
- Mills Park MiddleMiddle · 1,632 students
Other Adams Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 20 states are named Adams Elementary. Adams Elementary is the 4th largest of the 41.
- ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 767 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 743 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 667 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolYakima, WA · 643 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolNorman, OK · 506 students
Nearby schools
- East Cary Middle0.3 mi · 597
- Cary High0.4 mi · 2,044
- Cary Elementary1.1 mi · 477
- Connections Academy1.3 mi · 8
- Kingswood Elementary1.4 mi · 427
- Farmington Woods Elementary1.5 mi · 648
Frequently asked questions
About Adams ElementaryHow large is Adams Elementary?
Adams Elementary enrolls approximately 655 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Adams Elementary serve?
Adams Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Adams Elementary have?
Adams Elementary employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Adams Elementary?
Student demographics at Adams Elementary are roughly 38% White, 36% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Adams Elementary?
Adams Elementary is overseen by Wake County Schools in Wake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.