Herbert Akins Rd Elementary

Set in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, Herbert Akins Rd Elementary is a large elementary campus, one of the schools within Wake County Schools. It enrolls 988 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 112% larger than the state mean of about 467.

Wake County Schools runs 198 schools in total, collectively educating 163,176 students. Herbert Akins Rd Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Herbert Akins Rd Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment; the rest looks like 15% Black, 12% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. Compared to Wake County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Herbert Akins Rd Elementary has 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wake County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Herbert Akins Rd Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.1%, the actual is 68.8%, a residual of -0.3 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Wake County put the typical household earns roughly $105,768 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Herbert Akins Rd Elementary is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

Nearest neighbor: Herbert Akins Road Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Herbert Akins Rd Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Herbert Akins Rd Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 69.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Herbert Akins Rd Elementary's enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 1,055 (now 988). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 68% to 61%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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