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Enrollment
794
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001669
Davis Drive Elementary
2151 Davis Drive, Cary, NC 27519 · (919) 387-2130 · Wake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL794 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
73 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 92 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 139 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 170 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 157 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (157).
Student demographics
60%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
82.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
92.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 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
88.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Davis Drive Elementary
Davis Drive Elementary's state test result (88.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Drive Elementary this school | 794 | 9.2% | 88.3% |
| Highcroft Elementary Cary | 698 | 9.2% | 87.2% |
| Hortons Creek Elementary Cary | 739 | 11.5% | 88.4% |
| W R Odell Primary Concord | 938 | 14.4% | N/A |
| Apex Friendship Elementary Apex | 896 | 4.6% | 88.0% |
| Peak Charter Academy Apex | 651 | 14.9% | N/A |
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 Davis Drive Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.3% | #13 of 1,297 | #3 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.8% | #5 of 1,296 | #1 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #25 of 1,300 | #7 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 794 | #85 of 1,485 | #16 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #718 of 1,377 | #110 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #696 of 1,379 | #102 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.2% | #1,403 of 1,414 | #124 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #508 of 937 | #60 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
794
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 1,105
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 794 | 53.4 | 14.9:1 | 9% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 820 | 57.6 | 14.2:1 | 7% (59) |
| 2022-23 | 825 | 58.3 | 14.2:1 | 7% (60) |
| 2020-21 | 801 | 54 | 14.8:1 | 3% (28) |
| 2017-18 | 903 | 54.3 | 16.6:1 | 5% (43) |
| 2015-16 | 1,068 | 63 | 16.9:1 | 5% (58) |
| 2010-11 | 951 | 59 | 16.1:1 | 18% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 1,105 | 63 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Davis Drive Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (903 to 794); teachers down 2% (54.3 to 53.4).
About Davis Drive Elementary
Davis Drive Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Cary, North Carolina. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 794 students enrolled. That is 70% above the average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
The district, Wake County Schools, has 163,176 students enrolled across 198 schools.
The largest group at Davis Drive Elementary is Asian students, at 47%. Smaller groups are 41% White, 7% Hispanic, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Wake County is roughly 9% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Davis Drive Elementary scores 60%.
The school had 53.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.9:1. It is about the same as the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 9%. That rate is below the 42% average among public schools in Wake County.
Davis Drive Elementary is 12.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (88.3% versus 76.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
In the surrounding county, Wake County, the median household earns about $105,768 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Wake County has 237 public schools with about 184,790 students, including Davis Drive Elementary.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Davis Drive Middle, is about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Davis Drive Elementary is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 801 to 794, a small change.
On allk12, people connected to Davis Drive Elementary can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Cary
- Panther Creek HighHigh · 2,609 students
- Green Hope HighHigh · 2,304 students
- Green Level HighHigh · 2,283 students
- Cary HighHigh · 2,044 students
- Triangle Math and Science AcademyCombined · 1,904 students
- Mills Park MiddleMiddle · 1,632 students
Nearby schools
- Davis Drive Middle0.2 mi · 992
- Turner Creek Elementary1.5 mi · 638
- Salem Middle1.5 mi · 1,057
- Salem Elementary1.7 mi · 776
- Green Hope Elementary1.7 mi · 548
- Green Hope High1.9 mi · 2,304
Frequently asked questions
About Davis Drive ElementaryHow large is Davis Drive Elementary?
Davis Drive Elementary enrolls approximately 794 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Davis Drive Elementary serve?
Davis Drive Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Davis Drive Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Davis Drive Elementary is approximately 14.9:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Davis Drive Elementary?
At Davis Drive Elementary, the student body is approximately 41% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 47% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Davis Drive Elementary?
Davis Drive Elementary is overseen by Wake County Schools in Wake County.
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