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Alumni: what's one memory from Farmington Woods Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
648
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001857
Farmington Woods Elementary
1413 Hampton Valley Rd, Cary, NC 27511 · (919) 460-3469 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL648 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
13.9:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
201 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 | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (115).
Student demographics
69%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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
73.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
77.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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
76.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Farmington Woods Elementary
Farmington Woods Elementary's state test result (76.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmington Woods Elementary this school | 648 | 31.0% | 76.9% |
| Coddle Creek Elementary Mooresville | 808 | 29.1% | 64.9% |
| Stallings Elementary Stallings | 766 | 27.7% | 78.5% |
| Fuquay-Varina Elementary Fuquay-Varina | 772 | 35.9% | 64.5% |
| Summerfield Elementary Summerfield | 584 | 27.4% | 81.7% |
| Hemby Bridge Elementary Indian Trail | 491 | 35.0% | 71.8% |
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 Farmington Woods Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #114 of 1,297 | #22 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #157 of 1,296 | #30 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #91 of 1,300 | #19 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 648 | #265 of 1,485 | #53 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #441 of 1,377 | #70 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #224 of 1,379 | #32 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.0% | #1,290 of 1,414 | #89 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #326 of 937 | #40 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
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 692
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 46.7 | 13.9:1 | 31% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 652 | 48.4 | 13.5:1 | 31% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 623 | 46.8 | 13.3:1 | 34% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 672 | 47 | 14.3:1 | 25% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 792 | 51.5 | 15.4:1 | 32% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 744 | 49 | 15.2:1 | 31% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 853 | 56 | 15.2:1 | 32% (270) |
| 2000-01 | 674 | 44 | 15.3:1 | 35% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 692 | 43 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Farmington Woods Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (792 to 648); teachers down 9% (51.5 to 46.7).
About Farmington Woods Elementary
Farmington Woods Elementary is an elementary school located in Cary, North Carolina, in Wake County. It reported 648 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll about 467 students on average.
Farmington Woods Elementary is one of 198 schools in Wake County Schools, which enrolls 163,176 students in total.
White students make up 47% of enrollment at Farmington Woods Elementary, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 22% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 10% Black, and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 58% White among all Wake County residents. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at Farmington Woods Elementary are from different groups.
The school has 46.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.9 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Of all students at Farmington Woods Elementary, 31% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Wake County average 42%.
On the allk12 Grade, Farmington Woods Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 83% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Farmington Woods Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (76.9%) and its predicted rate (69.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
For the population of Wake County, median household income comes to about $105,768, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Wake County's 237 public schools enroll about 184,790 students and include Farmington Woods Elementary.
About 1.0 miles separate Farmington Woods Elementary from the closest public school, Briarcliff Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Farmington Woods Elementary is 2nd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 648 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 672.
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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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- Panther Creek HighHigh · 2,609 students
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- Green Level HighHigh · 2,283 students
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Nearby schools
- Briarcliff Elementary1.0 mi · 486
- Cary High1.1 mi · 2,044
- Adams Elementary1.5 mi · 655
- East Cary Middle1.5 mi · 597
- Cary Elementary1.7 mi · 477
- Connections Academy1.9 mi · 8
Frequently asked questions
About Farmington Woods ElementaryHow many students attend Farmington Woods Elementary?
Farmington Woods Elementary enrolls approximately 648 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Farmington Woods Elementary serve?
Farmington Woods Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Farmington Woods Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Farmington Woods Elementary is approximately 13.9:1 (47 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Farmington Woods Elementary?
Farmington Woods Elementary reports a student body of 47% White, 22% Hispanic, 10% Black, 16% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Farmington Woods Elementary in?
Farmington Woods Elementary is part of Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.