Forestville Road Elementary

Set in Knightdale, North Carolina, Forestville Road Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school, overseen by Wake County Schools. It serves 570 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 22% above typical.

Within Wake County Schools, which oversees 198 schools and 163,176 students, Forestville Road Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Forestville Road Elementary shows that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 37% Black, 13% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

On the resource side, The school lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at Forestville Road Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wake County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Forestville Road Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.7%.

In the broader community, Wake County reports that median household earnings sit near $105,768, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wake County runs 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), of which Forestville Road Elementary is one.

Knightdale High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Forestville Road Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 40.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Forestville Road Elementary has declined 8%, going from 617 students in 2018 to 570 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 21% to 13% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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