Davis Drive Elementary

Located at 2151 Davis Drive, in Cary, North Carolina, Davis Drive Elementary is a well-populated elementary school that enrolls 794 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Wake County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 70% bigger than typical.

Wake County Schools comprises 198 schools with combined enrollment of 163,176 students; Davis Drive Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Davis Drive Elementary lists that the largest single group is Asian at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 41% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

On the resource side, On paper, Davis Drive Elementary has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 9% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wake County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Davis Drive Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.0%, the actual is 88.3%, a residual of +12.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Wake County indicate median household income runs about $105,768, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wake County runs 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), of which Davis Drive Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Davis Drive Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Davis Drive Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 78.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Davis Drive Elementary's enrollment has declined 12% since 2018, when it stood at 903 (now 794). Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Davis Drive Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.