Fuquay-Varina Elementary

Fuquay-Varina Elementary operates as a well-populated K-5 school in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, run under Wake County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 772 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 65% bigger than typical.

Wake County Schools runs 198 schools in total, collectively educating 163,176 students. Fuquay-Varina Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Fuquay-Varina Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 16% Black, 14% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Fuquay-Varina Elementary has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Fuquay-Varina Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.9%, the actual is 64.5%, a residual of -3.4 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Wake County shows the typical household earns roughly $105,768 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fuquay-Varina Elementary is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

The closest other public school is Ballentine Elementary, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fuquay-Varina Elementary. On composite proficiency, Fuquay-Varina Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 65.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Fuquay-Varina Elementary's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 848 (now 772). Over the same period, the Asian share expanded from 1% to 13%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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