Douglas Elementary

Douglas Elementary is a K-5 school of average-sized scale in Raleigh, North Carolina, part of Wake County Schools, caters to 562 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 20% above typical.

Douglas Elementary is one of 198 schools operated by Wake County Schools, a district that caters to 163,176 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Douglas Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 28% Hispanic, 17% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 58% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Douglas Elementary has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Douglas Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Wake County put median household earnings sit near $105,768, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Wake County runs 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), of which Douglas Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Carroll Middle, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Douglas Elementary. On composite proficiency, Douglas Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 52.2%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Douglas Elementary's enrollment has declined 19% since 2018, when it stood at 692 (now 562).

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.