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Enrollment
493
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002803
Forest Pines Drive Elementary
11455 Forest Pines Drive, Raleigh, NC 27614 · (919) 562-6262 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C+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
14.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
490 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 | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
71%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
45.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
48.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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
48.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Forest Pines Drive Elementary
Forest Pines Drive Elementary's state test result (48.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Pines Drive Elementary this school | 493 | 99.4% | 48.9% |
| Murray-Massenburg Elementary Durham | 517 | 99.4% | 43.0% |
| East Clayton Elementary Clayton | 524 | 98.3% | 52.4% |
| Howard L Hall Elementary Fayetteville | 539 | 99.4% | 61.9% |
| Wendell Elementary Wendell | 458 | 99.3% | 45.1% |
| Eastern Elementary Washington | 484 | 99.4% | N/A |
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 Forest Pines Drive Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #843 of 1,297 | #96 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #953 of 1,296 | #102 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #789 of 1,300 | #95 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #634 of 1,485 | #106 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #513 of 1,377 | #85 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #134 of 1,379 | #17 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #296 of 1,414 | #20 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.3% | #201 of 937 | #22 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
493
-112 (-19%) vs 2020
-35% since 2010-11, when it was 755
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 493 | 34.9 | 14.1:1 | 99% (490) |
| 2023-24 | 487 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 60% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 37.5 | 13.8:1 | 56% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 605 | 44 | 13.8:1 | 43% (259) |
| 2017-18 | 643 | 40.3 | 15.9:1 | 43% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 639 | 41 | 15.6:1 | 39% (247) |
| 2010-11 | 755 | 44 | 17.2:1 | 34% (254) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Pines Drive Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (643 to 493); teachers down 13% (40.3 to 34.9).
About Forest Pines Drive Elementary
Forest Pines Drive Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Raleigh, North Carolina, under Wake County Schools. Total enrollment is 493 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
Forest Pines Drive Elementary sits within Wake County Schools, which has 198 schools and 163,176 students.
Black students make up 40% of enrollment at Forest Pines Drive Elementary, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 25% White, 24% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In Wake County overall, about 19% of residents are Black. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at Forest Pines Drive Elementary are from different groups.
Its staff includes 34.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.1 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 14.9:1. Forest Pines Drive Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 99%. Among public schools in Wake County, the average eligibility rate is 42%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Forest Pines Drive Elementary outscored 37%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Forest Pines Drive Elementary is 48.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.9%.
Census data for Wake County show the median household earns about $105,768 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Forest Pines Drive Elementary, Wake County has 237 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Forest Pines Drive Elementary is closest to North Forest Pines Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Forest Pines Drive Elementary at 7th of 8.
The NCES locale for Forest Pines Drive Elementary is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 605 students in 2020-21 to 493 in 2024-25.
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Nearby schools
- North Forest Pines Elementary0.0 mi · 536
- Wake Forest Middle School1.0 mi · 878
- Wakefield Elementary1.3 mi · 520
- Wakefield Middle1.4 mi · 803
- Wakefield High1.4 mi · 2,065
- Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School1.5 mi · 752
Frequently asked questions
About Forest Pines Drive ElementaryHow many students attend Forest Pines Drive Elementary?
Forest Pines Drive Elementary enrolls approximately 493 students in grades PK-05.
Is Forest Pines Drive Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Forest Pines Drive Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Forest Pines Drive Elementary have?
Forest Pines Drive Elementary employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
How diverse is Forest Pines Drive Elementary?
Forest Pines Drive Elementary reports a student body of 25% White, 24% Hispanic, 40% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Forest Pines Drive Elementary?
Forest Pines Drive 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.