Farmington Woods Elementary

Located at 1413 Hampton Valley Rd, in Cary, North Carolina, Farmington Woods Elementary is a mid-tier primary school that educates 648 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Wake County Schools. That puts it 39% bigger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Wake County Schools comprises 198 schools with combined enrollment of 163,176 students; Farmington Woods Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Farmington Woods Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 22% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 10% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Wake County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Farmington Woods Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Wake County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Farmington Woods Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.9%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Wake County indicate the typical household earns roughly $105,768 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Farmington Woods Elementary is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

The closest other public school is Briarcliff Elementary, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Farmington Woods Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 67.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 18%: 792 students in 2018 compared to 648 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 11% to 16% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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