Buckhorn Creek Elementary

Buckhorn Creek Elementary operates as a substantial elementary campus in Holly Springs, North Carolina, operated by Wake County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 905 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 94% larger than typical.

Wake County Schools runs 198 schools in total, collectively educating 163,176 students. Buckhorn Creek Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Buckhorn Creek Elementary shows that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 19% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

In terms of school funding signals, Buckhorn Creek Elementary logs 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Wake County's rate of about 42%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Buckhorn Creek Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.0%, the actual is 74.8%, a residual of +3.8 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Wake County shows median household income runs about $105,768, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Buckhorn Creek Elementary is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

Nearest neighbor: Holly Springs High, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Buckhorn Creek Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 72.9%.

Buckhorn Creek Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.