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Enrollment
827
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002805
Harris Creek Elementary
3829 Forestville Road, Raleigh, NC 27616 · (919) 217-5100 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL827 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
12.6:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
427 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 | 25 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 115 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 127 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 155 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 137 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 148 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (148).
Student demographics
74%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
49.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
58.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Harris Creek Elementary
Harris Creek Elementary's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Creek Elementary this school | 827 | 51.6% | 53.8% |
| Highland Elementary Burlington | 661 | 53.7% | 53.4% |
| Pitts School Road Elementary Concord | 885 | 51.0% | 67.7% |
| Matthews Charter Academy Matthews | 771 | 57.5% | N/A |
| Dillard Drive Elementary Raleigh | 648 | 56.5% | 46.6% |
| Winget Park Elementary Charlotte | 677 | 44.3% | 69.7% |
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 Harris Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #704 of 1,297 | #87 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #649 of 1,296 | #86 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #638 of 1,300 | #88 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 827 | #63 of 1,485 | #12 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #166 of 1,377 | #27 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.5% | #47 of 1,379 | #6 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.6% | #1,152 of 1,414 | #43 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #241 of 937 | #28 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
827
-80 (-9%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 842
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 827 | 65.5 | 12.6:1 | 52% (427) |
| 2023-24 | 839 | 63 | 13.3:1 | 53% (441) |
| 2022-23 | 852 | 61.5 | 13.8:1 | 47% (397) |
| 2020-21 | 907 | 59 | 15.4:1 | 32% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 1,058 | 65.5 | 16.1:1 | 32% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 1,043 | 65 | 16.1:1 | 36% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 842 | 55 | 15.3:1 | 35% (291) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harris Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (1,058 to 827); teachers unchanged (65.5 to 65.5).
About Harris Creek Elementary
Harris Creek Elementary is a large elementary school in Wake County Schools, located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school enrolls 827 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll around 467, and this school is 77% larger than that mark.
Harris Creek Elementary is in Wake County Schools, a district with 163,176 students across 198 schools.
The student body at Harris Creek Elementary has no majority group. Black students lead at 35%. The remaining shares are 29% White, 22% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Wake County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 74% means there is a 74% chance two randomly chosen students at Harris Creek Elementary are from different groups.
The school lists 65.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 427 students, or 52%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Wake County average 42%.
Harris Creek Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 32% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Harris Creek Elementary is 63.1%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 53.8%.
The county, Wake County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $105,768, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 237, with about 184,790 students.
River Bend Middle, about 1.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Harris Creek Elementary places 2nd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 907 students in 2020-21 to 827 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.6:1) than in 2020-21 (15.4:1).
On allk12, people connected to Harris Creek Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Raleigh
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
- Athens Drive HighHigh · 2,156 students
- Needham Broughton HighHigh · 2,153 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,065 students
Nearby schools
- River Bend Middle1.4 mi · 995
- River Bend Elementary1.5 mi · 709
- Fox Road Elementary2.4 mi · 430
- Wildwood Forest Elementary2.6 mi · 551
- Rolesville Charter Academy3.1 mi · 716
- Neuse River Middle3.3 mi · 877
Frequently asked questions
About Harris Creek ElementaryHow large is Harris Creek Elementary?
Harris Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 827 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Harris Creek Elementary serve?
Harris Creek Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Harris Creek Elementary?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Harris Creek Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Harris Creek Elementary?
Student demographics at Harris Creek Elementary are roughly 29% White, 22% Hispanic, 35% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Harris Creek Elementary?
Harris Creek Elementary is overseen by Wake County Schools in Wake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.