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What tradition at Apex Friendship Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
896
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472003624
Apex Friendship Elementary
7901 Humie Olive Road, Apex, NC 27502 · (919) 694-8454 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL896 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
41 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 | 30 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 143 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 144 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 140 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 149 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 150 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (143) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (150).
Student demographics
62%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
Apex Friendship Elementary→Apex Friendship Middle
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
83.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
91.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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
88.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Apex Friendship Elementary
Apex Friendship Elementary's state test result (88.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apex Friendship Elementary this school | 896 | 4.6% | 88.0% |
| Davis Drive Elementary Cary | 794 | 9.2% | 88.3% |
| Hickory Ridge Elementary Harrisburg | 927 | 15.0% | 82.6% |
| Peak Charter Academy Apex | 651 | 14.9% | N/A |
| W R Odell Elementary Concord | 1,052 | 16.3% | 88.1% |
| W R Odell Primary Concord | 938 | 14.4% | N/A |
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 Apex Friendship Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #15 of 1,297 | #4 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #16 of 1,296 | #4 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.6% | #19 of 1,300 | #5 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 896 | #31 of 1,485 | #7 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #613 of 1,377 | #99 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #605 of 1,379 | #89 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.6% | #1,412 of 1,414 | #127 of 128 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 896 | 61.6 | 14.5:1 | 5% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 876 | 60.1 | 14.6:1 | 5% (41) |
| 2022-23 | 782 | 56 | 14.0:1 | 6% (46) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Apex Friendship Elementary.
About Apex Friendship Elementary
Apex Friendship Elementary serves students in Apex, North Carolina, as a large elementary school. The student body numbers 896 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467, so this school runs 92% above that.
Apex Friendship Elementary is part of Wake County Schools, where 198 schools serve 163,176 students.
White students are the largest group at Apex Friendship Elementary, with 44% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 42% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. Wake County's residents are about 58% White, 14 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Apex Friendship Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
The school employs the equivalent of 61.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.5:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina average about 14.9:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Apex Friendship Elementary is 5%. For comparison, public schools in Wake County average 42%.
allk12 grades Apex Friendship Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Apex Friendship Elementary is 10.5 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools.
Census estimates describe Wake County this way: median household income is about $105,768, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Wake County number 237 and enroll about 184,790.
Apex Friendship High is located about 0.3 miles from Apex Friendship Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Apex Friendship Elementary is ahead of the 80.2% nearby average, ranking 1st of 8.
Under the NCES locale system, Apex Friendship Elementary is Rural: Fringe.
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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 Apex
- Apex Friendship HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Apex HighHigh · 2,449 students
- Middle Creek HighHigh · 1,587 students
- Apex Friendship MiddleMiddle · 1,412 students
- The Math and Science Academy of ApexElementary · 1,080 students
- Olive Chapel ElementaryElementary · 1,066 students
Nearby schools
- Apex Friendship High0.3 mi · 2,748
- Apex Friendship Middle0.4 mi · 1,412
- Woods Creek Elementary1.7 mi · 406
- Scotts Ridge Elementary2.3 mi · 869
- Olive Chapel Elementary2.7 mi · 1,066
- The Math and Science Academy of Apex3.2 mi · 1,080
Frequently asked questions
About Apex Friendship ElementaryHow large is Apex Friendship Elementary?
Apex Friendship Elementary enrolls approximately 896 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Apex Friendship Elementary serve?
Apex Friendship Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Apex Friendship Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Apex Friendship Elementary is approximately 14.5:1 (62 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Apex Friendship Elementary?
Apex Friendship Elementary reports a student body of 44% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 42% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Apex Friendship Elementary?
Apex Friendship 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.