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Enrollment
562
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001851
Douglas Elementary
600 Ortega Rd, Raleigh, NC 27609 · (919) 881-4894 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL562 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
13.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
247 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 | 16 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 105 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
64%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
55.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
58.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Douglas Elementary
Douglas Elementary's state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Elementary this school | 562 | 44.0% | 57.0% |
| North Forest Pines Elementary Raleigh | 536 | 41.6% | 65.0% |
| York Elementary Raleigh | 563 | 46.4% | 61.0% |
| Torrence Creek Elementary Huntersville | 653 | 39.5% | 69.5% |
| Brassfield Elementary Raleigh | 613 | 41.9% | 54.8% |
| Stateside Elementary Jacksonville | 579 | 47.8% | 56.2% |
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 Douglas Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #601 of 1,297 | #81 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #646 of 1,296 | #84 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #448 of 1,300 | #78 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 562 | #432 of 1,485 | #81 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #415 of 1,377 | #67 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #503 of 1,379 | #72 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.0% | #1,195 of 1,414 | #54 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #311 of 937 | #36 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
562
-56 (-9%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 565
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 562 | 40.8 | 13.8:1 | 44% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 39.5 | 13.0:1 | 40% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 41.4 | 12.5:1 | 39% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 618 | 48 | 12.9:1 | 29% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 692 | 47 | 14.7:1 | 36% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 46 | 14.4:1 | 45% (297) |
| 2010-11 | 701 | 49 | 14.3:1 | 38% (267) |
| 2000-01 | 450 | 29 | 15.5:1 | 40% (182) |
| 1990-91 | 565 | 35 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Douglas Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (692 to 562); teachers down 13% (47 to 40.8).
About Douglas Elementary
Douglas Elementary is a public medium-sized elementary school in Raleigh, North Carolina. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 562 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in North Carolina) has about 467 students.
In Wake County Schools, 198 schools enroll a combined 163,176 students.
Douglas Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 50%. Smaller groups are 28% Hispanic, 17% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 58% of Wake County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Douglas Elementary is 40.8 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.8:1. That is lower than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The school counts 247 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 44%. For comparison, public schools in Wake County average 42%.
The allk12 Grade for Douglas Elementary is C+. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 37% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 65.4% at Douglas Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 57.0%.
In Wake County (population about 1,178,653), the median household income is $105,768, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Douglas Elementary is one of 237 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Carroll Middle is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. Douglas Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 52.2% proficiency; Douglas Elementary posts 57.0%.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 9% enrollment decrease, from 618 in 2020-21 to 562 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Raleigh
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
- Athens Drive HighHigh · 2,156 students
- Needham Broughton HighHigh · 2,153 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,065 students
Other Douglas Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Douglas Elementary. Douglas Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 11.
- Douglas Elementary SchoolTYLER, TX · 591 students
- Douglas Elementary SchoolDouglas, AL · 521 students
- Douglas Elementary SchoolTUCSON, AZ · 503 students
- Douglas Elementary SchoolDOUGLAS, MI · 366 students
- Douglas Elementary SchoolDouglas, MA · 340 students
Nearby schools
- Carroll Middle0.8 mi · 898
- Millbrook Elementary1.2 mi · 534
- Green Elementary1.2 mi · 534
- Brooks Elementary1.5 mi · 471
- Root Elementary1.6 mi · 469
- Sanderson High1.8 mi · 1,648
Frequently asked questions
About Douglas ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Douglas Elementary?
Douglas Elementary enrolls approximately 562 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Douglas Elementary serve?
Douglas Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Douglas Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Douglas Elementary is approximately 13.8:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Douglas Elementary?
Douglas Elementary reports a student body of 50% White, 28% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Douglas Elementary?
Douglas Elementary is overseen by Wake County Schools in Wake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.