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What do students at Green Hope Elementary actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
548
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002556
Green Hope Elementary
2700 Louis Stephens Drive, Cary, NC 27519 · (919) 388-5270 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
79 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 | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
65%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
81.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
87.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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
85.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Green Hope Elementary
Green Hope Elementary's state test result (85.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Hope Elementary this school | 548 | 14.4% | 85.0% |
| Mills Park Elementary Cary | 594 | 17.7% | 88.9% |
| Highcroft Elementary Cary | 698 | 9.2% | 87.2% |
| Hortons Creek Elementary Cary | 739 | 11.5% | 88.4% |
| Morrisville Elementary Morrisville | 643 | 13.2% | 80.2% |
| Peak Charter Academy Apex | 651 | 14.9% | N/A |
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 Green Hope Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #34 of 1,297 | #9 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.3% | #44 of 1,296 | #10 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.1% | #39 of 1,300 | #10 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 548 | #473 of 1,485 | #89 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #832 of 1,377 | #118 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #500 of 1,379 | #71 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.4% | #1,388 of 1,414 | #116 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.0% | #86 of 937 | #8 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
548
-90 (-14%) vs 2020
+23% since 2000-01, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 548 | 35.9 | 15.3:1 | 14% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 603 | 42 | 14.4:1 | 13% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 605 | 41 | 14.8:1 | 12% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 638 | 43 | 14.8:1 | 6% (38) |
| 2017-18 | 794 | 48.5 | 16.4:1 | 6% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 892 | 53 | 16.8:1 | 8% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 853 | 49 | 17.4:1 | 23% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 21 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Green Hope Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (794 to 548); teachers down 26% (48.5 to 35.9).
About Green Hope Elementary
Green Hope Elementary is a public elementary school run by Wake County Schools in Cary, North Carolina. School enrollment was 548 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
Wake County Schools has 198 schools and 163,176 students, and Green Hope Elementary is one of those schools.
At Green Hope Elementary, the largest share of students is Asian, at 49%. After that, the student body is 31% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Wake County is about 9% Asian. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 35.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Green Hope Elementary and a ratio of 15.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 14% of enrollment. That is lower than the 42% average for public schools in Wake County.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Green Hope Elementary receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 85.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 74.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Wake County show that the median household income is $105,768, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides Green Hope Elementary, Wake County has 236 other public schools.
Nearby, Green Hope High is about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Green Hope Elementary ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 85.0% against a local average of 83.9%.
For locale, NCES codes Green Hope Elementary as City: Mid-size.
The school enrolled 548 students in 2024-25, 90 fewer than the 638 it had in 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Cary
- Panther Creek HighHigh · 2,609 students
- Green Hope HighHigh · 2,304 students
- Green Level HighHigh · 2,283 students
- Cary HighHigh · 2,044 students
- Triangle Math and Science AcademyCombined · 1,904 students
- Mills Park MiddleMiddle · 1,632 students
Nearby schools
- Green Hope High0.4 mi · 2,304
- Carpenter Elementary0.9 mi · 604
- Morrisville Elementary1.0 mi · 643
- Highcroft Elementary1.4 mi · 698
- Davis Drive Elementary1.7 mi · 794
- Davis Drive Middle1.8 mi · 992
Frequently asked questions
About Green Hope ElementaryHow many students attend Green Hope Elementary?
Green Hope Elementary enrolls approximately 548 students in grades PK-05.
Is Green Hope Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Green Hope Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Green Hope Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Green Hope Elementary is approximately 15.3:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Green Hope Elementary?
Green Hope Elementary reports a student body of 31% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, 49% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Green Hope Elementary?
Green Hope Elementary is overseen by Wake County Schools in Wake County.
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