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Enrollment
675
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001834
Baucom Elementary
400 Hunter St, Apex, NC 27502 · (919) 387-2168 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL675 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
143 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 | 16 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
70%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
73.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
82.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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
77.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Baucom Elementary
Baucom Elementary's state test result (77.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baucom Elementary this school | 675 | 21.2% | 77.7% |
| Polo Ridge Elementary Charlotte | 634 | 18.5% | 91.0% |
| Hawk Ridge Elementary Charlotte | 640 | 19.5% | 82.9% |
| Turner Creek Elementary Cary | 638 | 22.6% | 71.9% |
| Salem Elementary Apex | 776 | 25.4% | 70.8% |
| Ballantyne Elementary Charlotte | 745 | 26.2% | 79.0% |
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 Baucom Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #100 of 1,297 | #20 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #82 of 1,296 | #16 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #93 of 1,300 | #20 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 675 | #213 of 1,485 | #45 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #445 of 1,377 | #71 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #215 of 1,379 | #31 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.2% | #1,348 of 1,414 | #107 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.7% | #290 of 369 | #30 of 33 |
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
675
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 627
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 675 | 48.6 | 13.9:1 | 21% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 560 | 41.8 | 13.4:1 | 26% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 39.3 | 12.9:1 | 27% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 668 | 45 | 14.8:1 | 20% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 651 | 42 | 15.5:1 | 22% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 748 | 48 | 15.6:1 | 21% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 841 | 50 | 16.8:1 | 21% (179) |
| 2000-01 | 780 | 55 | 14.2:1 | 8% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 627 | 33 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baucom Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (651 to 675); teachers up 16% (42 to 48.6).
About Baucom Elementary
Baucom Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Apex, North Carolina. It enrolls 675 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. It has 45% more students than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina (about 467).
Wake County Schools oversees Baucom Elementary and 197 other schools, with 163,176 students in total.
White students make up 44% of enrollment at Baucom Elementary, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 28% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 58% White among all Wake County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
There are 48.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.9:1. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina, 14.9:1, is higher. Of all students at Baucom Elementary, 21% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Wake County is 42%.
The model predicts 72.4% for a school in North Carolina with Baucom Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Baucom Elementary posts 77.7%.
Census data for Wake County show median household income comes to 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 county has 237 public schools and about 184,790 students.
Apex Middle is the nearest public school to Baucom Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Baucom Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 77.7% is above the 71.4% average for nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Baucom Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 668 students in 2020-21 and 675 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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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 Middle0.8 mi · 867
- Peak Charter Academy1.0 mi · 651
- Apex High1.1 mi · 2,449
- Apex Elementary1.1 mi · 550
- Salem Elementary1.3 mi · 776
- Salem Middle1.5 mi · 1,057
Frequently asked questions
About Baucom ElementaryHow large is Baucom Elementary?
Baucom Elementary enrolls approximately 675 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Baucom Elementary serve?
Baucom Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Baucom Elementary?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Baucom Elementary.
How diverse is Baucom Elementary?
Baucom Elementary reports a student body of 44% White, 14% Hispanic, 9% Black, 28% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Baucom Elementary in?
Baucom Elementary is part of Wake County Schools.
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