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Enrollment
570
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002742
Forestville Road Elementary
100 Lawson Ridge Road, Knightdale, NC 27545 · (919) 266-8487 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest 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
12.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
567 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 | 30 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
68%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
39.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
47.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 Forestville Road Elementary
Forestville Road Elementary's state test result (47.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forestville Road Elementary this school | 570 | 99.5% | 47.7% |
| Hillandale Elementary Durham | 586 | 99.5% | 35.9% |
| Millbrook Elementary Raleigh | 534 | 99.4% | 43.7% |
| Oakhurst STEAM Academy Charlotte | 523 | 99.2% | 50.8% |
| Griffith Elementary Winston Salem | 621 | 99.5% | 48.0% |
| Hillcrest Elementary Burlington | 556 | 99.5% | 35.2% |
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 Forestville Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #885 of 1,297 | #100 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #975 of 1,296 | #104 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #963 of 1,300 | #109 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #415 of 1,485 | #78 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #114 of 1,377 | #17 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #323 of 1,379 | #45 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #180 of 1,414 | #11 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #686 of 937 | #76 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
570
+55 (+11%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 680
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 570 | 46.5 | 12.3:1 | 99% (567) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 46 | 11.5:1 | 75% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 494 | 43.5 | 11.4:1 | 79% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 515 | 46 | 11.2:1 | 57% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 617 | 44 | 14.0:1 | 61% (378) |
| 2015-16 | 717 | 53 | 13.5:1 | 62% (444) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | 53 | 12.8:1 | 53% (362) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forestville Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (617 to 570); teachers up 6% (44 to 46.5).
About Forestville Road Elementary
Students in Knightdale, North Carolina, attend Forestville Road Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 570 students, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 22% above the average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Wake County Schools has 163,176 students in 198 schools, and Forestville Road Elementary is one of those schools.
The biggest share of students at Forestville Road Elementary, 40%, is Hispanic. The remaining shares are 37% Black, 13% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Wake County's population at about 12%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Forestville Road Elementary scores 68%.
There are 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.3:1. The gap from the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 2.6 students per teacher. On the income side, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Wake County, the average eligibility rate is 42%.
On the allk12 Grade, Forestville Road Elementary lands at C, ahead of 33% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Forestville Road Elementary would be expected to post about 48.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.7%.
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 Forestville Road Elementary.
Forestville Road Elementary's nearest public school is Knightdale High (about 0.3 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Forestville Road Elementary. By average proficiency, Forestville Road Elementary is 3rd among 8 schools close by.
Forestville Road Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 515 to 570, an 11% increase. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.2:1 to 12.3:1.
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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
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 Knightdale
- Knightdale HighHigh · 1,695 students
- Knightdale ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Hodge Road ElementaryElementary · 522 students
- Lockhart ElementaryElementary · 463 students
Nearby schools
- Knightdale High0.3 mi · 1,695
- Lockhart Elementary0.5 mi · 463
- Neuse River Middle1.6 mi · 877
- Knightdale Elementary1.8 mi · 549
- Beaverdam Elementary2.7 mi · 678
- Doral Academy of North Carolina3.1 mi · 592
Frequently asked questions
About Forestville Road ElementaryHow large is Forestville Road Elementary?
Forestville Road Elementary enrolls approximately 570 students in grades PK-05.
Is Forestville Road Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Forestville Road Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Forestville Road Elementary?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Forestville Road Elementary.
How diverse is Forestville Road Elementary?
Forestville Road Elementary reports a student body of 13% White, 40% Hispanic, 37% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Forestville Road Elementary public or private?
Forestville Road Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.