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Enrollment
528
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472000077
Leesville Road Elementary
8402 Pride Way, Raleigh, NC 27613 · (919) 870-4200 · Wake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% 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.
- A-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
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
146 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
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
80.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
84.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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
81.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Leesville Road Elementary
Leesville Road Elementary's state test result (81.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leesville Road Elementary this school | 528 | 27.7% | 81.4% |
| Cornelius Elementary Cornelius | 542 | 29.0% | 75.0% |
| Grand Oak Elementary Huntersville | 549 | 21.3% | 88.6% |
| Creekside Elementary New Bern | 453 | 27.8% | 79.8% |
| New Hope Elementary Gastonia | 571 | 34.3% | 73.0% |
| Pleasant Union Elementary Raleigh | 530 | 21.1% | 79.0% |
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 Leesville Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.4% | #59 of 1,297 | #13 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #61 of 1,296 | #13 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.7% | #42 of 1,300 | #11 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #537 of 1,485 | #99 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #634 of 1,377 | #102 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.9% | #906 of 1,379 | #122 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.7% | #1,318 of 1,414 | #98 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.0% | #262 of 937 | #30 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
528
-106 (-17%) vs 2020
+6% since 2000-01, when it was 498
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 528 | 36.2 | 14.6:1 | 28% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 540 | 40.1 | 13.5:1 | 32% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 603 | 42.9 | 14.1:1 | 30% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 634 | 47 | 13.5:1 | 22% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 668 | 43.8 | 15.3:1 | 27% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 896 | 55 | 16.3:1 | 27% (244) |
| 2010-11 | 904 | 52 | 17.4:1 | 27% (242) |
| 2000-01 | 498 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 35% (174) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leesville Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (668 to 528); teachers down 17% (43.8 to 36.2).
About Leesville Road Elementary
Leesville Road Elementary is one of the public schools in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 528 students.
Leesville Road Elementary belongs to Wake County Schools, a district of 198 schools and 163,176 students.
Leesville Road Elementary's enrollment is 65% White. Next come 14% Black, 10% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Leesville Road Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 54%.
The count of teachers at Leesville Road Elementary is 36.2 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.6:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina average about 14.9:1, a similar figure. The school counts 146 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 28%. That rate is below the 42% average among public schools in Wake County.
Leesville Road Elementary is graded A by allk12, scoring above 91% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Leesville Road Elementary, the prediction is 70.4% and the result is 81.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Wake County, median household income is about $105,768, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Leesville Road Elementary is among the 237 public schools in Wake County.
Leesville Road Middle is the public school closest to Leesville Road Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. Leesville Road Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Leesville Road Elementary at 2nd of 8.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 528 was 17% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 634. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 14.6:1, from 13.5:1.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Leesville Road Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Raleigh
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
- Athens Drive HighHigh · 2,156 students
- Needham Broughton HighHigh · 2,153 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,065 students
Other Leesville Road Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Leesville Road Elementary. Leesville Road Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Leesville Road ElementaryLynchburg, VA · 646 students
Nearby schools
- Leesville Road Middle0.1 mi · 795
- Leesville Road High0.2 mi · 2,411
- Hilburn Drive Academy0.9 mi · 596
- Pine Hollow Middle1.6 mi · 776
- Barton Pond Elementary1.8 mi · 515
- Sycamore Creek Elementary2.3 mi · 778
Frequently asked questions
About Leesville Road ElementaryHow large is Leesville Road Elementary?
Leesville Road Elementary enrolls approximately 528 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Leesville Road Elementary serve?
Leesville Road Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Leesville Road Elementary have?
Leesville Road Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
How diverse is Leesville Road Elementary?
Leesville Road Elementary reports a student body of 65% White, 10% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Leesville Road Elementary in?
Leesville Road Elementary is part of Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.