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Enrollment
549
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472000027
Creech Road Elementary
450 Creech Rd, Garner, NC 27529 · (919) 662-2359 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
546 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 | 24 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
63%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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
45.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
56.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% 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 Creech Road Elementary
Creech Road Elementary's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creech Road Elementary this school | 549 | 99.5% | 49.8% |
| Hillcrest Elementary Burlington | 556 | 99.5% | 35.2% |
| Millbrook Elementary Raleigh | 534 | 99.4% | 43.7% |
| Gibson Elementary Winston-Salem | 589 | 99.5% | 23.0% |
| Griffith Elementary Winston Salem | 621 | 99.5% | 48.0% |
| Carver Elementary Mount Olive | 495 | 99.4% | 56.6% |
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 Creech Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #820 of 1,297 | #94 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #729 of 1,296 | #91 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #786 of 1,300 | #94 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #469 of 1,485 | #87 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #230 of 1,377 | #38 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #556 of 1,379 | #81 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #208 of 1,414 | #13 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #871 of 937 | #88 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
549
+40 (+8%) vs 2020
+11% since 2000-01, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 549 | 42.1 | 13.0:1 | 99% (546) |
| 2023-24 | 579 | 42.2 | 13.7:1 | 99% (576) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 40 | 12.5:1 | 85% (422) |
| 2020-21 | 509 | 42 | 12.1:1 | 64% (325) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 41 | 13.7:1 | 78% (441) |
| 2015-16 | 617 | 43 | 14.3:1 | 81% (497) |
| 2010-11 | 503 | 39 | 12.9:1 | 74% (371) |
| 2000-01 | 496 | 43 | 11.5:1 | 81% (404) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Creech Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (563 to 549); teachers up 3% (41 to 42.1).
About Creech Road Elementary
Creech Road Elementary is a public medium-sized elementary school in Garner, North Carolina. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 549 students.
The 198 schools of Wake County Schools, including Creech Road Elementary, enroll 163,176 students.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at Creech Road Elementary, at 44%. Other groups include 39% Hispanic, 12% White, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Wake County residents are about 19% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.0:1, with 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Creech Road Elementary is 99%. Across public schools in Wake County, the average is 42%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Creech Road Elementary would score about 48.5%. It scores 49.8%, 1.3 points above that figure.
Wake County has these Census figures: the median household income is $105,768, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Wake County is home to 237 public schools and about 184,790 public school students.
North Garner Middle is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Creech Road Elementary. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Creech Road Elementary is 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal data place Creech Road Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Creech Road Elementary climbed 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 509 to 549 students.
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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 Garner
- South Garner HighHigh · 1,835 students
- Garner HighHigh · 1,670 students
- East Garner MiddleMiddle · 1,109 students
- Polenta ElementaryElementary · 1,010 students
- West View ElementaryElementary · 969 students
- Cleveland MiddleMiddle · 936 students
Nearby schools
- North Garner Middle0.6 mi · 831
- East Garner Elementary0.9 mi · 535
- East Garner Middle1.2 mi · 1,109
- Vandora Springs Elementary1.9 mi · 582
- RISE Southeast Raleigh Charter School1.9 mi · 484
- Swift Creek Elementary1.9 mi · 310
Frequently asked questions
About Creech Road ElementaryHow many students attend Creech Road Elementary?
Creech Road Elementary enrolls approximately 549 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Creech Road Elementary serve?
Creech Road Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Creech Road Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Creech Road Elementary is approximately 13.0:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Creech Road Elementary?
At Creech Road Elementary, the student body is approximately 12% White, 39% Hispanic, 44% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Creech Road Elementary public or private?
Creech Road Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wake County Schools.
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