Fuller Elementary

As a mid-sized elementary campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, Fuller Elementary works with 545 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Wake County Schools.

Across the 198 schools in Wake County Schools (163,176 students total), Fuller Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Fuller Elementary logs that 49% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% Black, 15% Hispanic, 7% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 9% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Fuller Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.7%, the actual is 67.7%, a residual of +1.0 points.

In the area at large, Wake County reports that median household income runs about $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. Fuller Elementary is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

Nearest neighbor: Carnage Middle, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fuller Elementary. On composite proficiency, Fuller Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 571 students in 2018 compared to 545 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment edged up from 39% to 49% over that span.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.