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What's the one class at Banks Road Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
651
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472003132
Banks Road Elementary
10225 Chambers Rd, Raleigh, NC 27603 · (919) 890-7333 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL651 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
13.9:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
298 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 | 26 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
68%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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
51.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
59.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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
57.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.9%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Banks Road Elementary
Banks Road Elementary's state test result (57.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banks Road Elementary this school | 651 | 45.8% | 57.7% |
| Smithfield Elementary Charlotte | 672 | 47.8% | 63.1% |
| York Elementary Raleigh | 563 | 46.4% | 61.0% |
| Brassfield Elementary Raleigh | 613 | 41.9% | 54.8% |
| Douglas Elementary Raleigh | 562 | 44.0% | 57.0% |
| Indian Trail Elementary Indian Trail | 633 | 50.6% | 61.6% |
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 Banks Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #573 of 1,297 | #78 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #627 of 1,296 | #83 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #573 of 1,300 | #82 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 651 | #258 of 1,485 | #51 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #432 of 1,377 | #69 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #313 of 1,379 | #44 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.8% | #1,186 of 1,414 | #51 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #730 of 937 | #80 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
651
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 658
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 651 | 47 | 13.9:1 | 46% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 719 | 52.5 | 13.7:1 | 44% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 648 | 48 | 13.5:1 | 43% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 663 | 48 | 13.8:1 | 33% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 697 | 42.9 | 16.3:1 | 34% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 702 | 46 | 15.3:1 | 37% (257) |
| 2010-11 | 658 | 44 | 14.9:1 | 41% (270) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Banks Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (697 to 651); teachers up 9% (42.9 to 47).
About Banks Road Elementary
Banks Road Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school located in Raleigh, North Carolina. A federal count lists 651 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in North Carolina) has about 467 students.
A total of 198 schools make up Wake County Schools, with 163,176 students enrolled.
The most common group at Banks Road Elementary is White students, at 46%. It is also 29% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Wake County's residents are about 58% White, 12 points above the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 47 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.9:1. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina have 14.9:1, compared with 13.9:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 46% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Banks Road Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Banks Road Elementary is -7.2 points: 57.7% actual, 64.9% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in Wake County, the median household income is $105,768, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. In all, Wake County has 237 public schools and roughly 184,790 students.
The next-closest public school is Willow Springs Elementary, about 2.8 miles away. Banks Road Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Banks Road Elementary ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 57.7% versus a 66.8% average.
Locale data from NCES put Banks Road Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 663 in 2020-21 and 651 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Raleigh
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
- Athens Drive HighHigh · 2,156 students
- Needham Broughton HighHigh · 2,153 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,065 students
Nearby schools
- Willow Springs Elementary2.8 mi · 826
- Vance Elementary2.8 mi · 445
- Fuquay-Varina Elementary3.3 mi · 772
- West Lake Middle3.5 mi · 687
- West Lake Elementary3.6 mi · 581
- Ballentine Elementary3.6 mi · 742
Frequently asked questions
About Banks Road ElementaryHow large is Banks Road Elementary?
Banks Road Elementary enrolls approximately 651 students in grades PK-05.
Is Banks Road Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Banks Road Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Banks Road Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Banks Road Elementary is approximately 13.9:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Banks Road Elementary?
Student demographics at Banks Road Elementary are roughly 46% White, 29% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Banks Road Elementary public or private?
Banks Road Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.