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Which teacher or staff member at Cedar Fork Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
778
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002802
Cedar Fork Elementary
1050 Town Hall Drive, Morrisville, NC 27560 · (919) 388-5240 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL778 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
14.1:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
132 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 | 7 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 140 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 137 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (121) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (137).
Student demographics
53%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
71.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
78.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 72 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
75.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Cedar Fork Elementary
Cedar Fork Elementary's state test result (75.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Fork Elementary this school | 778 | 17.0% | 75.5% |
| White Oak Elementary Apex | 843 | 3.6% | N/A |
| Alston Ridge Elementary Cary | 917 | 17.8% | 72.3% |
| Morrisville Elementary Morrisville | 643 | 13.2% | 80.2% |
| Cox Mill Elementary Concord | 1,086 | 10.6% | 87.7% |
| Highcroft Elementary Cary | 698 | 9.2% | 87.2% |
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 Cedar Fork Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #130 of 1,297 | #25 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.9% | #142 of 1,296 | #26 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.9% | #111 of 1,300 | #25 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 778 | #101 of 1,485 | #18 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #503 of 1,377 | #84 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.6% | #939 of 1,379 | #126 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.0% | #1,376 of 1,414 | #113 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.9% | #188 of 937 | #18 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
778
-34 (-4%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 871
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 778 | 55.2 | 14.1:1 | 17% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 798 | 55.8 | 14.3:1 | 17% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 773 | 55.3 | 14.0:1 | 17% (131) |
| 2020-21 | 812 | 54 | 15.0:1 | 13% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 1,022 | 60.8 | 16.8:1 | 9% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 1,033 | 59 | 17.5:1 | 9% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 871 | 52 | 16.8:1 | 10% (90) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Fork Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (1,022 to 778); teachers down 9% (60.8 to 55.2).
About Cedar Fork Elementary
Cedar Fork Elementary is a public elementary school run by Wake County Schools in Morrisville, North Carolina. It enrolled 778 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 67% higher than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina, which is about 467.
District-wide, Wake County Schools has 198 schools and 163,176 students.
Roughly 66% of students at Cedar Fork Elementary are Asian. Other reported shares: 15% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. Wake County's residents are about 9% Asian, 58 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 55.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.1:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The school's lunch program data list 17% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Wake County averages 42%, higher than here.
Cedar Fork Elementary is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 73% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Cedar Fork Elementary scores 75.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 73.7%.
Cedar Fork Elementary is located in Wake County, where the median household income is $105,768, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides Cedar Fork Elementary, Wake County has 236 other public schools.
The closest public school, Sterling Montessori Academy, is about 0.3 miles from Cedar Fork Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Cedar Fork Elementary is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Cedar Fork Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 778 students in 2024-25, 34 fewer than the 812 it had in 2020-21.
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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 Morrisville
- Parkside ElementaryElementary · 730 students
- Sterling Montessori AcademyElementary · 702 students
- Morrisville ElementaryElementary · 643 students
- Pleasant Grove ElementaryElementary · 376 students
- Wake EC of Information & BiotechnologiesHigh · 260 students
Nearby schools
- Sterling Montessori Academy0.3 mi · 702
- Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies1.1 mi · 260
- Parkside Elementary1.3 mi · 730
- Morrisville Elementary1.8 mi · 643
- Carpenter Elementary2.2 mi · 604
- Green Hope Elementary2.6 mi · 548
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Fork ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cedar Fork Elementary?
Cedar Fork Elementary enrolls approximately 778 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cedar Fork Elementary serve?
Cedar Fork Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Cedar Fork Elementary?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Cedar Fork Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cedar Fork Elementary?
At Cedar Fork Elementary, the student body is approximately 15% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 66% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Cedar Fork Elementary?
Cedar Fork Elementary is overseen by Wake County Schools in Wake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.