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Enrollment
627
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002744
Jones Dairy Elementary
1100 Jones Dairy Road, Wake Forest, NC 27587 · (919) 562-6181 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL627 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% 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
16.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
94 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 | 7 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (128).
Student demographics
58%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
78.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
81.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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
81.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Jones Dairy Elementary
Jones Dairy Elementary's state test result (81.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Dairy Elementary this school | 627 | 15.0% | 81.8% |
| Elizabeth Lane Elementary Matthews | 702 | 15.5% | 83.9% |
| New Town Elementary Waxhaw | 691 | 10.9% | 87.0% |
| Holly Springs Elementary Holly Springs | 751 | 20.4% | 82.2% |
| Beverly Woods Elementary Charlotte | 645 | 18.9% | 82.3% |
| Laurel Park Elementary Apex | 694 | 12.7% | 76.0% |
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 Jones Dairy Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #54 of 1,297 | #12 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #97 of 1,296 | #20 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #58 of 1,300 | #15 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 627 | #307 of 1,485 | #61 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,144 of 1,377 | #129 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #761 of 1,379 | #111 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.0% | #1,382 of 1,414 | #114 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #349 of 937 | #43 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
627
+21 (+3%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 844
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 627 | 37.8 | 16.6:1 | 15% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 577 | 40 | 14.4:1 | 13% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 40.6 | 14.3:1 | 14% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 606 | 40 | 15.2:1 | 11% (64) |
| 2017-18 | 757 | 47.8 | 15.8:1 | 7% (52) |
| 2015-16 | 815 | 49 | 16.6:1 | 12% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 844 | 48 | 17.6:1 | 22% (184) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jones Dairy Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (757 to 627); teachers down 21% (47.8 to 37.8).
About Jones Dairy Elementary
The public elementary school Jones Dairy Elementary is located in Wake Forest, North Carolina. The school counted 627 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. That is 34% larger than the average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Wake County Schools oversees Jones Dairy Elementary and 197 other schools, with 163,176 students in total.
White students are 61% of those enrolled at Jones Dairy Elementary. The next largest groups are 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, 10% Asian, and 6% multiracial. That is in line with Wake County, where about 58% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
Jones Dairy Elementary has 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.6:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 14.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 15%. For comparison, public schools in Wake County average 42%.
Jones Dairy Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 86% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The model predicts 74.3% for a school in North Carolina with Jones Dairy Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Jones Dairy Elementary posts 81.8%.
American Community Survey estimates for Wake County show that the median household earns about $105,768 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Wake County, 237 public schools serve about 184,790 students.
Jones Dairy Elementary's nearest public school is Franklin Academy (about 1.0 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Jones Dairy Elementary is 1st of 6 nearby schools with test data.
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).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 627, compared with 606 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.6:1.
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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 Wake Forest
- Wake Preparatory AcademyCombined · 2,617 students
- Wake Forest High SchoolHigh · 2,043 students
- Heritage HighHigh · 1,778 students
- Franklin AcademyCombined · 1,660 students
- Heritage MiddleMiddle · 947 students
- Wake Forest Middle SchoolMiddle · 878 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin Academy1.0 mi · 1,660
- Sanford Creek Elementary1.7 mi · 599
- Wake Forest Charter Academy1.7 mi · 650
- Heritage Middle2.2 mi · 947
- Rolesville Elementary2.2 mi · 538
- Heritage High2.2 mi · 1,778
Frequently asked questions
About Jones Dairy ElementaryHow many students attend Jones Dairy Elementary?
Jones Dairy Elementary enrolls approximately 627 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Jones Dairy Elementary serve?
Jones Dairy Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Jones Dairy Elementary?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Jones Dairy Elementary.
How diverse is Jones Dairy Elementary?
Jones Dairy Elementary reports a student body of 61% White, 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Jones Dairy Elementary public or private?
Jones Dairy Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.