Green Hope Elementary

As a moderately sized elementary-level community in Cary, North Carolina, Green Hope Elementary teaches 548 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Wake County Schools.

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

Looking at the student body, Green Hope Elementary logs that 49% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 31% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 9% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Green Hope Elementary reports 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 14% of students at Green Hope Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Wake County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Green Hope Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 74.5%, the actual is 85.0%, a residual of +10.6 points.

Around the school, Wake County reports that median household earnings sit near $105,768, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Green Hope Elementary is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

Green Hope High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Green Hope Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Green Hope Elementary at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 83.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Green Hope Elementary has ticked down 31%, going from 794 students in 2018 to 548 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share declined from 57% to 49%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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