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Enrollment
988
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472003120
Herbert Akins Rd Elementary
2255 Herbert Akins Rd, Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526 · (919) 567-4100 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL988 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% 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.
- 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
14.3:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
316 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 | 30 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 137 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 162 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 180 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 156 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 158 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 165 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (137) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (165).
Student demographics
59%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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
64.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
69.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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
68.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Herbert Akins Rd Elementary
Herbert Akins Rd Elementary's state test result (68.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Akins Rd Elementary this school | 988 | 32.0% | 68.8% |
| Barnette Elementary Huntersville | 818 | 33.7% | 70.8% |
| Bain Elementary Mint Hill | 766 | 28.5% | 83.7% |
| Sycamore Creek Elementary Raleigh | 778 | 25.6% | 74.8% |
| Willow Springs Elementary Willow Spring | 826 | 30.8% | 74.7% |
| Vienna Elementary Pfafftown | 755 | 30.9% | 78.6% |
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 Herbert Akins Rd Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #260 of 1,297 | #51 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #334 of 1,296 | #51 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #237 of 1,300 | #53 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 988 | #15 of 1,485 | #4 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #562 of 1,377 | #92 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #734 of 1,379 | #107 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.0% | #1,284 of 1,414 | #85 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #739 of 937 | #81 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
988
+101 (+11%) vs 2020
+29% since 2010-11, when it was 766
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 988 | 69 | 14.3:1 | 32% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 979 | 67.1 | 14.6:1 | 28% (278) |
| 2022-23 | 941 | 66.8 | 14.1:1 | 30% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 887 | 57 | 15.6:1 | 18% (159) |
| 2017-18 | 1,055 | 64.6 | 16.3:1 | 22% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 1,081 | 65 | 16.6:1 | 24% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 766 | 47 | 16.3:1 | 32% (247) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Herbert Akins Rd Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,055 to 988); teachers up 7% (64.6 to 69).
About Herbert Akins Rd Elementary
Herbert Akins Rd Elementary is a large elementary school serving families in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. It had 988 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students, which makes this school 112% above average.
Herbert Akins Rd Elementary is run by Wake County Schools, whose 198 schools enroll 163,176 students.
At Herbert Akins Rd Elementary, 61% of students are White. After that, the student body is 15% Black, 12% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put Wake County at about 58% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
On staff are 69 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. That is in line with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Herbert Akins Rd Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 32%. For comparison, public schools in Wake County average 42%.
On the allk12 Grade, Herbert Akins Rd Elementary lands at B, ahead of 62% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Herbert Akins Rd Elementary would be expected to post about 69.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 68.8%.
Looking at the county, Wake County, median household income comes to about $105,768, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 237, with about 184,790 students.
Herbert Akins Road Middle is the nearest public school to Herbert Akins Rd Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Herbert Akins Rd Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Herbert Akins Rd Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Herbert Akins Rd Elementary had a net gain of 101 students, or 11%. The school's ratio dropped from 15.6:1 to 14.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Herbert Akins Rd Elementary. 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 Fuquay-Varina
- Fuquay-Varina HighHigh · 1,858 students
- Herbert Akins Road MiddleMiddle · 1,253 students
- Fuquay-Varina MiddleMiddle · 1,004 students
- South Lakes ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Fuquay-Varina ElementaryElementary · 772 students
- Lincoln Heights ElementaryElementary · 667 students
Nearby schools
- Herbert Akins Road Middle0.1 mi · 1,253
- Southern Wake Academy1.0 mi · 534
- Fuquay-Varina High1.6 mi · 1,858
- Ballentine Elementary1.9 mi · 742
- Lincoln Heights Elementary2.1 mi · 667
- Buckhorn Creek Elementary2.3 mi · 905
Frequently asked questions
About Herbert Akins Rd ElementaryHow many students attend Herbert Akins Rd Elementary?
Herbert Akins Rd Elementary enrolls approximately 988 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Herbert Akins Rd Elementary serve?
Herbert Akins Rd Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Herbert Akins Rd Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Herbert Akins Rd Elementary is approximately 14.3:1 (69 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Herbert Akins Rd Elementary?
Student demographics at Herbert Akins Rd Elementary are roughly 61% White, 12% Hispanic, 15% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Herbert Akins Rd Elementary in?
Herbert Akins Rd Elementary is part of Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.