Holly Ridge Elementary

Holly Ridge Elementary, a sprawling primary school in Holly Springs, North Carolina, overseen by Wake County Schools, enrolls 735 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 57% larger than the state mean of about 467.

Across the 198 schools in Wake County Schools (163,176 students total), Holly Ridge Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Holly Ridge Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 70%; the rest comes out to 11% Black, 8% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Wake County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Wake County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Holly Ridge Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 80.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Wake County put the typical household earns roughly $105,768 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Holly Ridge Elementary is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

The closest other public school is Holly Ridge Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Holly Ridge Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 74.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 8%: 802 students in 2018 compared to 735 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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