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Enrollment
648
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002487
Dillard Drive Elementary
5018 Dillard Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606 · (919) 233-4200 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL648 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
366 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 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
73%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
44.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
46.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Dillard Drive Elementary
Dillard Drive Elementary's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dillard Drive Elementary this school | 648 | 56.5% | 46.6% |
| Highland Elementary Burlington | 661 | 53.7% | 53.4% |
| Matthews Charter Academy Matthews | 771 | 57.5% | N/A |
| Audrey W. Garrett Elementary Mebane | 785 | 58.5% | 63.2% |
| Durant Road Elementary Raleigh | 577 | 58.6% | 54.4% |
| Porter Ridge Elementary Indian Trail | 765 | 56.6% | 59.8% |
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 Dillard Drive Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #911 of 1,297 | #101 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #988 of 1,296 | #105 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #819 of 1,300 | #97 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 648 | #266 of 1,485 | #54 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #96 of 1,377 | #13 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #71 of 1,379 | #9 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.5% | #1,129 of 1,414 | #40 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #641 of 937 | #72 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
648
+16 (+3%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 673
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 648 | 53.8 | 12.0:1 | 56% (366) |
| 2023-24 | 644 | 53.5 | 12.0:1 | 54% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 702 | 53.5 | 13.1:1 | 62% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 632 | 47 | 13.4:1 | 50% (316) |
| 2017-18 | 711 | 47.3 | 15.0:1 | 60% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 766 | 54 | 14.2:1 | 61% (471) |
| 2010-11 | 814 | 53 | 15.4:1 | 51% (414) |
| 2000-01 | 673 | 47 | 14.3:1 | 27% (181) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dillard Drive Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (711 to 648); teachers up 14% (47.3 to 53.8).
About Dillard Drive Elementary
Dillard Drive Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has 648 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Dillard Drive Elementary is part of a district of 198 schools: Wake County Schools, with 163,176 students.
White students account for 35% of enrollment at Dillard Drive Elementary, more than any other group. Other groups include 28% Black, 25% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Wake County residents are about 58% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dillard Drive Elementary scores 73%.
The school has 53.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.0 students per teacher. Elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1, 2.8 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Dillard Drive Elementary, 56% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Wake County report 42%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Dillard Drive Elementary outscored 19%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Dillard Drive Elementary would score about 61.6%. It scores 46.6%, 15.0 points below that figure.
In Wake County, the median household earns about $105,768 a year, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Wake County, 237 public schools serve about 184,790 students.
Dillard Drive Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Dillard Drive Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Dillard Drive Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 63.5% on proficiency, and Dillard Drive Elementary is below that at 46.6%.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 3% rise took enrollment from 632 in 2020-21 to 648 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.0:1) than in 2020-21 (13.4:1).
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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
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Other schools in Raleigh
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
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- Needham Broughton HighHigh · 2,153 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,065 students
Nearby schools
- Dillard Drive Middle0.1 mi · 977
- Crossroads FLEX0.9 mi · 139
- SCORE Academy0.9 mi · 584
- Wake STEM Early College High School1.0 mi · 294
- Yates Mill Elementary1.1 mi · 538
- Athens Drive High1.3 mi · 2,156
Frequently asked questions
About Dillard Drive ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Dillard Drive Elementary?
Dillard Drive Elementary enrolls approximately 648 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Dillard Drive Elementary serve?
Dillard Drive Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Dillard Drive Elementary?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Dillard Drive Elementary.
How diverse is Dillard Drive Elementary?
Dillard Drive Elementary reports a student body of 35% White, 25% Hispanic, 28% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Dillard Drive Elementary public or private?
Dillard Drive Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.