Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School

Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School is a well-populated K-5 school in Wake Forest, North Carolina, overseen by Casa Esperanza Montessori. The school works with 752 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 61% above the state mean of about 467.

Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School is a school of Casa Esperanza Montessori, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 22% White, 16% Black, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Wake County put median household income runs about $105,768, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Wake County runs 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), of which Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School is one.

Endeavor Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 51%: 498 students in 2018 compared to 752 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 36% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

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