Creech Road Elementary

Creech Road Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in Garner, North Carolina, overseen by Wake County Schools, with 549 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, Creech Road Elementary records that the most-represented group is Black (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 39% Hispanic, 12% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Creech Road Elementary shows 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Creech Road Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Wake County's rate of about 42%.

With demographic context factored in, Creech Road Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.8%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Wake County) shows that median household income runs about $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. Creech Road Elementary is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

Nearest neighbor: North Garner Middle, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Creech Road Elementary. On composite proficiency, Creech Road Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 563 students in 2018 compared to 549 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 35% to 39%.

On the community side, members of the Creech Road Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.