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What's the biggest difference between Knightdale Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
549
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001870
Knightdale Elementary
109 Ridge St, Knightdale, NC 27545 · (919) 266-8540 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-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
14.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
546 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 | 26 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
69%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
42.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
43.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Knightdale Elementary
Knightdale Elementary's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knightdale Elementary this school | 549 | 99.5% | 40.8% |
| Sherwood Elementary Gastonia | 553 | 99.5% | 31.6% |
| Ward Elementary Winston-Salem | 489 | 99.4% | 47.7% |
| Oakhurst STEAM Academy Charlotte | 523 | 99.2% | 50.8% |
| College Park Elementary Wilmington | 470 | 99.4% | 35.7% |
| Rama Road Elementary Charlotte | 560 | 99.5% | 50.4% |
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 Knightdale Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #1,077 of 1,297 | #111 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #1,070 of 1,296 | #110 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #853 of 1,300 | #103 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #470 of 1,485 | #88 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #473 of 1,377 | #76 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #239 of 1,379 | #33 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #209 of 1,414 | #14 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #605 of 937 | #69 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
549
-27 (-5%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 573
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 549 | 39.2 | 14.0:1 | 99% (546) |
| 2023-24 | 549 | 42 | 13.1:1 | 73% (402) |
| 2022-23 | 550 | 44 | 12.5:1 | 75% (411) |
| 2020-21 | 576 | 43 | 13.4:1 | 64% (367) |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 45 | 13.5:1 | 72% (437) |
| 2015-16 | 732 | 52 | 14.1:1 | 77% (562) |
| 2010-11 | 602 | 41 | 14.7:1 | 57% (346) |
| 2000-01 | 707 | 37 | 19.1:1 | 41% (290) |
| 1990-91 | 573 | 38 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Knightdale Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (607 to 549); teachers down 13% (45 to 39.2).
About Knightdale Elementary
Knightdale, North Carolina, is home to Knightdale Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 549 students, covering pre-K through 5.
Knightdale Elementary is part of a district of 198 schools: Wake County Schools, with 163,176 students.
Black students make up 42% of enrollment at Knightdale Elementary, the largest share of any group. Other groups make up 33% Hispanic, 15% White, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Wake County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school's share is higher. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
A staff of 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.0:1. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina, 14.9:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 99%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Wake County is 42%.
Knightdale Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 17% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Test results at Knightdale Elementary are 7.7 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (40.8% actual, 48.5% predicted).
Census data for Wake County show median household income comes to about $105,768, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 237 public schools and about 184,790 students.
Lockhart Elementary, about 1.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Knightdale Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 41.8%; Knightdale Elementary's is 40.8%, ranking 5th of 8.
Knightdale Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 27 students, from 576 to 549.
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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 Knightdale
- Knightdale HighHigh · 1,695 students
- Forestville Road ElementaryElementary · 570 students
- Hodge Road ElementaryElementary · 522 students
- Lockhart ElementaryElementary · 463 students
Nearby schools
- Lockhart Elementary1.3 mi · 463
- Forestville Road Elementary1.8 mi · 570
- Knightdale High1.8 mi · 1,695
- Hodge Road Elementary2.5 mi · 522
- Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell Falls2.8 mi · 567
- Neuse River Middle3.1 mi · 877
Frequently asked questions
About Knightdale ElementaryHow many students attend Knightdale Elementary?
Knightdale Elementary enrolls approximately 549 students in grades PK-05.
Is Knightdale Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Knightdale Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Knightdale Elementary have?
Knightdale Elementary employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Knightdale Elementary?
At Knightdale Elementary, the student body is approximately 15% White, 33% Hispanic, 42% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Knightdale Elementary public or private?
Knightdale 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.