Dillard Drive Elementary

Located at 5018 Dillard Drive, in Raleigh, North Carolina, Dillard Drive Elementary is a medium-sized elementary-level community that works with 648 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Wake County Schools. That puts it 39% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Dillard Drive Elementary is one of 198 schools operated by Wake County Schools, a district that works with 163,176 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Dillard Drive Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 28% Black, 25% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 58% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Dillard Drive Elementary shows 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Wake County's rate of about 42%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dillard Drive Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.6%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Wake County put median household earnings sit near $105,768, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Wake County runs 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), of which Dillard Drive Elementary is one.

Dillard Drive Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dillard Drive Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dillard Drive Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 63.5%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Dillard Drive Elementary's enrollment has edged down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 711 (now 648). Black enrollment moved from 35% to 28% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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