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What's one thing Holly Grove Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
889
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002899
Holly Grove Elementary
1451 Avent Ferry Road, Holly Springs, NC 27540 · (919) 577-1700 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL889 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% 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.
- B+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
14.4:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
118 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 | 10 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 138 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 132 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 158 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 154 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 169 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (138) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (169).
Student demographics
54%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
79.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
87.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 80 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
83.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Holly Grove Elementary
Holly Grove Elementary's state test result (83.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Grove Elementary this school | 889 | 13.3% | 83.2% |
| Oakview Elementary Apex | 873 | 11.9% | 80.5% |
| Antioch Elementary Matthews | 816 | 8.9% | 87.5% |
| Kensington Elementary Waxhaw | 901 | 12.0% | 83.5% |
| Laurel Park Elementary Apex | 694 | 12.7% | 76.0% |
| Oak Ridge Elementary Oak Ridge | 712 | 15.7% | 85.9% |
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 Holly Grove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.2% | #43 of 1,297 | #10 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.4% | #42 of 1,296 | #9 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #48 of 1,300 | #12 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 889 | #34 of 1,485 | #8 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #567 of 1,377 | #93 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #915 of 1,379 | #123 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #1,391 of 1,414 | #117 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #235 of 937 | #25 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
889
-45 (-5%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 854
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 889 | 61.9 | 14.4:1 | 13% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 897 | 62.3 | 14.4:1 | 11% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 907 | 62.8 | 14.4:1 | 11% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 934 | 59 | 15.8:1 | 8% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 1,140 | 69.3 | 16.5:1 | 8% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 1,172 | 70 | 16.7:1 | 10% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 854 | 50 | 17.1:1 | 16% (138) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holly Grove Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (1,140 to 889); teachers down 11% (69.3 to 61.9).
About Holly Grove Elementary
Holly Grove Elementary is an elementary school in Holly Springs, North Carolina, and it is part of Wake County Schools. The school's 889 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students each.
Wake County Schools counts 198 schools and 163,176 students, including Holly Grove Elementary.
Holly Grove Elementary's enrollment is 65% White. Other groups include 15% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Holly Grove Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 54%.
The count of teachers at Holly Grove Elementary is 61.9 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.4:1. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is about 14.9:1. The school counts 118 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 13%. On average, public schools in Wake County report 42%.
The allk12 Grade for Holly Grove Elementary is A. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 88% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Holly Grove Elementary is 8.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools.
Holly Grove Elementary is located in Wake County, where median household income is about $105,768, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Holly Grove Elementary is one of 237 public schools in Wake County, which together enroll about 184,790 students.
Holly Grove Middle is the public school closest to Holly Grove Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. Holly Grove Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Holly Grove Elementary ranks 1st of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 83.2% against a local average of 76.3%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The number of students declined from 934 to 889 over 4 years. Students per teacher fell from 15.8 in 2020-21 to 14.4 in 2024-25.
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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 Holly Springs
- Pine Springs Preparatory Remote AcademyCombined · 2,552 students
- Holly Springs HighHigh · 2,018 students
- Pine Springs Preparatory AcademyElementary · 1,258 students
- Holly Grove MiddleMiddle · 979 students
- Holly Ridge MiddleMiddle · 955 students
- Buckhorn Creek ElementaryElementary · 905 students
Nearby schools
- Holly Grove Middle0.1 mi · 979
- Holly Springs High0.3 mi · 2,018
- Buckhorn Creek Elementary1.0 mi · 905
- Holly Springs Elementary2.1 mi · 751
- Oakview Elementary2.3 mi · 873
- Southern Wake Academy2.3 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About Holly Grove ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Holly Grove Elementary?
Holly Grove Elementary enrolls approximately 889 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Holly Grove Elementary serve?
Holly Grove Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Holly Grove Elementary?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Holly Grove Elementary.
How diverse is Holly Grove Elementary?
Holly Grove Elementary reports a student body of 65% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 15% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Holly Grove Elementary in?
Holly Grove Elementary is part of Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.