Conn Elementary

Located at 1220 Brookside Drive, in Raleigh, North Carolina, Conn Elementary is a moderately sized elementary-level community that educates 595 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Wake County Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 27% larger than the state mean of about 467.

Within Wake County Schools, which oversees 198 schools and 163,176 students, Conn Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Conn Elementary lists that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% Black, 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Conn Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.9%; this one delivers 70.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Wake County put median household earnings sit near $105,768, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wake County's 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), Conn Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Phillips High, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Conn Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Conn Elementary at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 67.3%.

Conn Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 18%: 503 students in 2018 compared to 595 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 48% to 32% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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