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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Holly Springs Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
751
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002035
Holly Springs Elementary
401 Holly Springs Road, Holly Springs, NC 27540 · (919) 557-2660 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL751 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% 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
14.6:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
153 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 | 6 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 134 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 143 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (143).
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Holly Springs Elementary→Holly Ridge Middle
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
78.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
85.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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
82.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Springs Elementary
Holly Springs Elementary's state test result (82.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Springs Elementary this school | 751 | 20.4% | 82.2% |
| Sycamore Creek Elementary Raleigh | 778 | 25.6% | 74.8% |
| Beverly Woods Elementary Charlotte | 645 | 18.9% | 82.3% |
| Jones Dairy Elementary Wake Forest | 627 | 15.0% | 81.8% |
| Lake Norman Elementary Mooresville | 641 | 19.3% | 77.1% |
| Holly Ridge Elementary Holly Springs | 735 | 18.1% | 80.4% |
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 Springs Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.2% | #53 of 1,297 | #11 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.6% | #53 of 1,296 | #11 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #53 of 1,300 | #14 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 751 | #131 of 1,485 | #26 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #635 of 1,377 | #103 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #740 of 1,379 | #108 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.4% | #1,354 of 1,414 | #109 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #533 of 937 | #63 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
751
-107 (-12%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 857
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 751 | 51.5 | 14.6:1 | 20% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 907 | 62.8 | 14.4:1 | 17% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 907 | 60.8 | 14.9:1 | 18% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 858 | 54 | 15.9:1 | 15% (130) |
| 2017-18 | 849 | 51 | 16.6:1 | 14% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 1,132 | 66 | 17.1:1 | 17% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 1,075 | 64 | 16.8:1 | 16% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 857 | 52 | 16.5:1 | 28% (240) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holly Springs Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (849 to 751); teachers up 1% (51 to 51.5).
About Holly Springs Elementary
A large elementary school in Holly Springs, North Carolina, Holly Springs Elementary is part of Wake County Schools. It had 751 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll about 467 students on average.
Wake County Schools has 198 schools; together they serve 163,176 students.
The student body at Holly Springs Elementary is 61% White. After that, the student body is 14% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% Asian, and 8% multiracial. Among Wake County residents, the White share is about 58%. A diversity index of 59% means there is a 59% chance two randomly chosen students at Holly Springs Elementary are from different groups.
Its ratio of 14.6:1 is based on 51.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in North Carolina is similar, at 14.9:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 20%. On average, public schools in Wake County report 42%.
On the allk12 Grade, Holly Springs Elementary lands at A, ahead of 89% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Holly Springs Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 82.2% and a predicted 72.6%.
In Wake County, median household income comes to about $105,768, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wake County counts 237 public schools with about 184,790 students.
Holly Ridge Elementary sits about 0.7 miles from Holly Springs Elementary. Holly Springs Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 82.2% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 7 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Holly Springs Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Holly Springs Elementary had a net loss of 107 students, or 12%. By 2024-25, the school had 14.6 students per teacher, compared with 15.9 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Holly Springs Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Other Holly Springs Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Holly Springs Elementary. Holly Springs Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Holly Springs Elementary SchoolCanton, GA · 831 students
- Holly Springs Elementary SchoolDouglasville, GA · 473 students
Nearby schools
- Holly Ridge Elementary0.7 mi · 735
- Holly Ridge Middle0.8 mi · 955
- Pine Springs Preparatory Remote Academy1.6 mi · 2,552
- Pine Springs Preparatory Academy1.6 mi · 1,258
- Holly Grove Middle2.1 mi · 979
- Holly Grove Elementary2.1 mi · 889
Frequently asked questions
About Holly Springs ElementaryHow large is Holly Springs Elementary?
Holly Springs Elementary enrolls approximately 751 students in grades PK-05.
Is Holly Springs Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Holly Springs Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Holly Springs Elementary have?
Holly Springs Elementary employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
How diverse is Holly Springs Elementary?
Holly Springs Elementary reports a student body of 61% White, 14% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Holly Springs Elementary?
Holly Springs 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.