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Enrollment
678
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472003381
Beaverdam Elementary
3591 Tarheel Club Rd, Raleigh, NC 27604 · (919) 694-0222 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL678 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest 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
13.4:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
675 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 | 33 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
63%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
40.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
53.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Beaverdam Elementary
Beaverdam Elementary's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverdam Elementary this school | 678 | 99.6% | 47.9% |
| Grove Park Elementary School Charlotte | 740 | 99.6% | 44.6% |
| Winding Springs Elementary Charlotte | 786 | 99.6% | 46.4% |
| Griffith Elementary Winston Salem | 621 | 99.5% | 48.0% |
| Hickory Grove Elementary Charlotte | 643 | 99.5% | 38.8% |
| Lake Wylie Elementary Charlotte | 633 | 99.5% | 53.5% |
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 Beaverdam Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #877 of 1,297 | #97 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #805 of 1,296 | #94 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #933 of 1,300 | #107 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 678 | #209 of 1,485 | #44 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #325 of 1,377 | #54 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #574 of 1,379 | #84 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #81 of 1,414 | #4 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #560 of 937 | #65 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
678
-35 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
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 | 678 | 50.6 | 13.4:1 | 100% (675) |
| 2023-24 | 641 | 52.6 | 12.2:1 | 78% (500) |
| 2022-23 | 704 | 44.5 | 15.8:1 | 75% (527) |
| 2020-21 | 713 | 53 | 13.4:1 | 57% (407) |
| 2017-18 | 761 | 50.2 | 15.2:1 | 68% (519) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beaverdam Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (761 to 678); teachers up 1% (50.2 to 50.6).
About Beaverdam Elementary
Beaverdam Elementary runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Raleigh, North Carolina. Its enrollment is 678 students, spread over pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll around 467, and this school is 45% larger than that mark.
Across its 198 schools, Wake County Schools enrolls 163,176 students. Beaverdam Elementary is one of those schools.
About 46% of students at Beaverdam Elementary are Hispanic, the largest single group. It is also 39% Black, 6% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Wake County's residents are about 12% Hispanic, 34 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 13.4:1 is based on 50.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. Public schools in Wake County average 42%.
On the allk12 Grade, Beaverdam Elementary lands at C, ahead of 34% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
In North Carolina, Beaverdam Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 47.9% actual against a predicted 48.4%.
In the surrounding county, Wake County, the median household earns about $105,768 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Beaverdam Elementary, Wake County has 237 public schools.
Doral Academy of North Carolina is about 0.5 miles from Beaverdam Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Beaverdam Elementary ranks 1st in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
Enrollment was 678 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 713.
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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
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Other Beaverdam Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Beaverdam Elementary. Beaverdam Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Beaverdam ElementaryBeaverdam, VA · 339 students
Nearby schools
- Doral Academy of North Carolina0.5 mi · 592
- Neuse River Middle1.5 mi · 877
- River Oaks Middle2.3 mi · 7
- Wilburn Elementary2.6 mi · 593
- Lockhart Elementary2.7 mi · 463
- Forestville Road Elementary2.7 mi · 570
Frequently asked questions
About Beaverdam ElementaryHow large is Beaverdam Elementary?
Beaverdam Elementary enrolls approximately 678 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Beaverdam Elementary serve?
Beaverdam Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Beaverdam Elementary have?
Beaverdam Elementary employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Beaverdam Elementary?
Student demographics at Beaverdam Elementary are roughly 6% White, 46% Hispanic, 39% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Beaverdam Elementary public or private?
Beaverdam 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.