Fox Road Elementary

Fox Road Elementary operates as an average-sized elementary school in Raleigh, North Carolina, part of Wake County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 430 students spanning grades K through 5.

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

Looking at the student body, Fox Road Elementary reports that 46% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 15% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Wake County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at Fox Road Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Wake County's rate of about 42%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Fox Road Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 40.8%.

Around the school, 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 Fox Road Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: River Bend Elementary, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fox Road Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fox Road Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 48.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fox Road Elementary has fell 9%, going from 470 students in 2018 to 430 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 41% to 31% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.