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Aversboro Elementary

1605 Aversboro Rd, Garner, NC 27529 · (919) 662-2325 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of North Carolina public elementary schools
  • DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • DBeats 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

Enrollment
381
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
378 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K277%
Kindergarten6517%
Grade 15915%
Grade 26016%
Grade 36116%
Grade 46016%
Grade 54913%

This year's kindergarten class (65) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (49).

Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
7720%
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 42% · US 43%
Hispanic
14137%
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 22% · US 30%
Black
12533%
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 25% · US 15%
Asian
164%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
216%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
20353%
Female
17847%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Aversboro Elementary→East Garner Middle→Garner High
Based on published attendance-zone data from Wake County Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)
English Language Arts
34.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
40.7%
NC avg 52.2%

What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Aversboro Elementary

Aversboro Elementary's state test result (38.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Aversboro Elementary this school38199.2%38.0%
Southwest Elementary Global Academy
Lexington
36999.2%51.7%
Pickett Elementary School
Lexington
38599.2%39.9%
North Graham Elementary
Graham
36299.2%19.1%
Brentwood Elementary
Raleigh
38599.2%46.4%
Clear Creek Elementary
Charlotte
45999.3%53.2%
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 Aversboro Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn North CarolinaIn Wake County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
38.0%#1,144 of 1,297#115 of 120
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
40.7%#1,126 of 1,296#114 of 120
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
34.8%#1,095 of 1,300#117 of 121
Enrollment
ranked largest first
381#962 of 1,485#126 of 139
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.2:1#533 of 1,377#86 of 137
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
71.0%#144 of 1,379#21 of 137
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
99.2%#490 of 1,414#26 of 128
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-34.8%#49 of 937#3 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 2024-25
Enrollment
381
-38 (-9%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2538126.814.2:199% (378)
2023-2435025.313.8:172% (252)
2022-2337729.113.0:172% (273)
2020-214193113.5:152% (219)
2017-1858440.514.4:159% (345)
2015-166174015.4:159% (363)
2010-115794213.8:156% (327)
2000-014753414.0:141% (196)
1990-915493416.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Aversboro Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 35% (584 to 381); teachers down 34% (40.5 to 26.8).

About Aversboro Elementary

Aversboro Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in North Carolina, located in Garner. The school's 381 students are in pre-K through 5.

Wake County Schools is the local district for Aversboro Elementary. It runs 198 schools with 163,176 students.

Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Aversboro Elementary, at 37%. Other groups include 33% Black, 20% White, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Wake County residents are about 12% Hispanic. Aversboro Elementary's diversity index is 71%, against a US figure of 70%.

At Aversboro Elementary, 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.2:1. That matches the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina fairly closely. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 99% of enrollment. The gap from the 42% average for public schools in Wake County is 57 points.

Aversboro Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 12% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

The BeatsExpectations prediction for Aversboro Elementary is 48.5%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 38.0%.

Within Wake County, the median household income is $105,768, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Aversboro Elementary, Wake County has 236 other public schools.

The shortest distance from Aversboro Elementary to another public school is about 1.0 miles, to Vandora Springs Elementary. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Aversboro Elementary ranks 9th on average proficiency.

The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.

The school enrolled 381 students in 2024-25, 38 fewer than the 419 it had in 2020-21.

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Wake County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Aversboro Elementary
District
Wake County Schools
Address
1605 Aversboro Rd, Garner, NC 27529
Phone
(919) 662-2325
County
Wake County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
381
Teachers (FTE)
27
Student–teacher ratio
14.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
378 (99%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
370472001831
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Aversboro Elementary
How large is Aversboro Elementary?
Aversboro Elementary enrolls approximately 381 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Aversboro Elementary serve?
Aversboro Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Aversboro Elementary?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Aversboro Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Aversboro Elementary?
At Aversboro Elementary, the student body is approximately 20% White, 37% Hispanic, 33% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Aversboro Elementary public or private?
Aversboro Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wake County Schools.
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