Enrollment
345
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001840
Bugg Elementary
825 Cooper Rd, Raleigh, NC 27610 · (919) 250-4750 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL345 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
341 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 43 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 56% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
61%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
Bugg Elementary→Ligon Middle
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
35.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
33.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Bugg Elementary
Bugg Elementary's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bugg Elementary this school | 345 | 98.8% | 35.0% |
| W G Pearson Elementary Durham | 319 | 97.2% | 48.7% |
| Vaughan Academy of Technology Charlotte | 309 | 99.0% | 67.4% |
| W H Knuckles Lumberton | 382 | 99.2% | 36.8% |
| Ashley Park PreK-8 School Charlotte | 338 | 99.1% | 38.5% |
| Northwest Elementary Greenville | 361 | 99.2% | 46.0% |
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 Bugg Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,191 of 1,297 | #118 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #1,227 of 1,296 | #120 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #1,073 of 1,300 | #115 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 345 | #1,066 of 1,485 | #132 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #120 of 1,377 | #18 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #676 of 1,379 | #99 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #727 of 1,414 | #29 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #240 of 937 | #27 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
345
+70 (+25%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 433
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 9.2:1
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 | 345 | 28 | 12.3:1 | 99% (341) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 29.2 | 9.4:1 | 99% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 232 | 28.9 | 8.0:1 | 97% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 275 | 30 | 9.2:1 | 71% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 441 | 35.5 | 12.4:1 | 77% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 565 | 43 | 13.1:1 | 70% (393) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 39 | 13.1:1 | 54% (275) |
| 2000-01 | 454 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 40% (182) |
| 1990-91 | 433 | 34 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bugg Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (441 to 345); teachers down 21% (35.5 to 28).
About Bugg Elementary
Bugg Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in North Carolina, located in Raleigh. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 345 students. Elementary schools in North Carolina have about 467 students on average; enrollment here is 26% lower.
Bugg Elementary is one school in Wake County Schools, a system of 198 schools with 163,176 students.
More than half of the students at Bugg Elementary are Black (56%). The rest of enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 9% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of Wake County's population at about 19%. The diversity index for Bugg Elementary is 61%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 28 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.3:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1, 2.5 more students per teacher than here. Bugg Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 99%. For comparison, public schools in Wake County average 42%.
Bugg Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 8% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Bugg Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.0% and a predicted 48.7%.
In the surrounding county, Wake County, median household income comes to about $105,768, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 237 public schools and about 184,790 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Poe Elementary, is about 1.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Bugg Elementary is 4th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count increased 25% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 12.3 students per teacher, compared with 9.2 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Bugg Elementary is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Poe Elementary1.2 mi · 324
- Wake Early College of Health and Science1.3 mi · 317
- PreEminent Charter1.3 mi · 667
- Walnut Creek Elementary1.4 mi · 574
- Central Wake High School1.5 mi · 293
- Enloe High1.7 mi · 2,643
Frequently asked questions
About Bugg ElementaryHow many students attend Bugg Elementary?
Bugg Elementary enrolls approximately 345 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bugg Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bugg Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bugg Elementary have?
Bugg Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Bugg Elementary?
Student demographics at Bugg Elementary are roughly 9% White, 27% Hispanic, 56% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Bugg Elementary in?
Bugg Elementary is part of Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.