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If you had an hour of school board time for Bryan Road Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
685
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472003471
Bryan Road Elementary
8317 Bryan Rd, Garner, NC 27529 · (919) 694-7844 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL685 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
233 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 | 36 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
75%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
69.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
78.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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
72.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Bryan Road Elementary
Bryan Road Elementary's state test result (72.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Road Elementary this school | 685 | 34.0% | 72.9% |
| Northwoods Elementary Cary | 579 | 35.1% | 68.7% |
| Endhaven Elementary Charlotte | 790 | 36.1% | 67.8% |
| Weatherstone Elementary Cary | 730 | 31.1% | 72.0% |
| Turner Creek Elementary Cary | 638 | 22.6% | 71.9% |
| Greensboro Academy Greensboro | 777 | 27.2% | 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 Bryan Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #165 of 1,297 | #32 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #144 of 1,296 | #27 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #146 of 1,300 | #33 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 685 | #201 of 1,485 | #42 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #456 of 1,377 | #73 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.2% | #20 of 1,379 | #4 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.0% | #1,267 of 1,414 | #79 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
685
+210 (+44%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 685 | 49.2 | 13.9:1 | 34% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 756 | 52.5 | 14.4:1 | 38% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 649 | 50.1 | 12.9:1 | 44% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 36 | 13.2:1 | 45% (214) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bryan Road Elementary.
About Bryan Road Elementary
Bryan Road Elementary is an elementary school in Garner, North Carolina, and it is part of Wake County Schools. Its enrollment is 685 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students, which makes this school 47% larger than average.
Wake County Schools includes 198 schools. Together they enroll 163,176 students.
The student body at Bryan Road Elementary has no majority group. White students lead at 32%. The next largest groups are 24% Asian, 24% Black, 18% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. The school's White share is 26 points below the 58% share among Wake County residents. A diversity index of 75% means there is a 75% chance two randomly chosen students at Bryan Road Elementary are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bryan Road Elementary is 13.9:1, based on 49.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Bryan Road Elementary counts 34% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
A school with Bryan Road Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in North Carolina is predicted to score 68.5%. Bryan Road Elementary scores 72.9%, 4.5 points above that line.
American Community Survey estimates for Wake County show that the median household earns about $105,768 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Wake County has 237 public schools with about 184,790 students, including Bryan Road Elementary.
Bryan Road Elementary's nearest public school is South Garner High (about 0.9 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Bryan Road Elementary. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Bryan Road Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal records list enrollment at Bryan Road Elementary as 475 in 2020-21 and 685 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students.
On allk12, people connected to Bryan Road Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Garner
- South Garner HighHigh · 1,835 students
- Garner HighHigh · 1,670 students
- East Garner MiddleMiddle · 1,109 students
- Polenta ElementaryElementary · 1,010 students
- West View ElementaryElementary · 969 students
- Cleveland MiddleMiddle · 936 students
Nearby schools
- South Garner High0.9 mi · 1,835
- Rand Road Elementary1.7 mi · 394
- Aversboro Elementary2.2 mi · 381
- East Garner Middle2.6 mi · 1,109
- East Garner Elementary2.9 mi · 535
- Timber Drive Elementary3.1 mi · 391
Frequently asked questions
About Bryan Road ElementaryHow many students attend Bryan Road Elementary?
Bryan Road Elementary enrolls approximately 685 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Bryan Road Elementary serve?
Bryan Road Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Bryan Road Elementary?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Bryan Road Elementary.
How diverse is Bryan Road Elementary?
Bryan Road Elementary reports a student body of 32% White, 18% Hispanic, 24% Black, 24% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Bryan Road Elementary public or private?
Bryan 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.