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Enrollment
495
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002187
Carver Elementary
291 Liles-Dean Rd, Wendell, NC 27591 · (919) 365-2680 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
492 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 | 46 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
68%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
43.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
58.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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
52.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% 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 Carver Elementary
Carver Elementary's state test result (52.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carver Elementary this school | 495 | 99.4% | 52.9% |
| Wrightsboro Elementary Wilmington | 502 | 98.4% | 42.1% |
| South Graham Elementary Graham | 518 | 99.4% | 38.7% |
| Lakewood Elementary Durham | 439 | 98.9% | 37.3% |
| Kernersville Elementary Kernersville | 568 | 99.5% | 50.5% |
| Wilson's Mills Elementary Wilson's Mills | 496 | 99.2% | 51.3% |
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 Carver Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #732 of 1,297 | #91 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #647 of 1,296 | #85 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #826 of 1,300 | #100 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 495 | #626 of 1,485 | #105 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #281 of 1,377 | #46 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #286 of 1,379 | #41 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #292 of 1,414 | #19 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.0% | #201 of 369 | #25 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
495
+53 (+12%) vs 2020
+96% since 1990-91, when it was 252
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 495 | 37.3 | 13.3:1 | 99% (492) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 37.8 | 12.0:1 | 72% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 34.2 | 12.1:1 | 75% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | 35 | 12.6:1 | 54% (237) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 34.5 | 13.2:1 | 67% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 35 | 13.7:1 | 62% (299) |
| 2010-11 | 447 | 35 | 12.8:1 | 62% (276) |
| 2000-01 | 613 | 35 | 17.5:1 | 48% (296) |
| 1990-91 | 252 | 20 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carver Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (454 to 495); teachers up 8% (34.5 to 37.3).
About Carver Elementary
Carver Elementary is an elementary school in Wendell, North Carolina, according to federal school records. It educates 495 students in pre-K through 5.
In Wake County Schools, 198 schools enroll a combined 163,176 students.
Carver Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 45%. The school is also 24% Black, 22% White, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 12%. The chance that two students picked at random at Carver Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.3:1, with 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in North Carolina, the typical ratio is 14.9:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Carver Elementary is 99%. That is higher than the 42% average for public schools in Wake County.
Carver Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 46% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Carver Elementary is +4.5 points: 52.9% actual, 48.5% predicted.
Within Wake County, median household income is about $105,768, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 237 public schools in Wake County, with a combined enrollment of about 184,790.
Wendell Elementary is the public school closest to Carver Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. Carver Elementary has 5 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Carver Elementary at 1st of 8.
Federal data place Carver Elementary in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 495, 12% above the 442 of 2020-21.
The Carver Elementary community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Wendell
- Corinth Holders HighHigh · 2,187 students
- East Wake HighHigh · 1,777 students
- Archer Lodge MiddleMiddle · 1,204 students
- Wendell MiddleMiddle · 762 students
- Lake Myra ElementaryElementary · 722 students
- Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell FallsElementary · 567 students
Other Carver Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 13 states are named Carver Elementary. Carver Elementary is the 13th largest of the 26.
- Carver ElementaryMount Olive, NC · 495 students
- Carver ElementaryHenderson, NC · 134 students
- Carver ElementaryMAPLEWOOD, MN · 898 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolCarver, MA · 788 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolCARVER, MN · 782 students
Nearby schools
- Wendell Elementary0.9 mi · 458
- Wendell Middle1.0 mi · 762
- East Wake High2.5 mi · 1,777
- Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell Falls2.6 mi · 567
- Lake Myra Elementary3.2 mi · 722
- Zebulon Middle5.0 mi · 772
Frequently asked questions
About Carver ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Carver Elementary?
Carver Elementary enrolls approximately 495 students in grades PK-05.
Is Carver Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carver Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carver Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carver Elementary is approximately 13.3:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carver Elementary?
At Carver Elementary, the student body is approximately 22% White, 45% Hispanic, 24% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Carver Elementary public or private?
Carver 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.