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What's one thing Lincoln Heights Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
667
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001873
Lincoln Heights Elementary
307 Bridge St, Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526 · (919) 557-2587 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL667 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% 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.
- 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
14.8:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
239 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 | 24 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
60%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
Lincoln Heights Elementary→Fuquay-Varina 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
59.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
70.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.9%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Lincoln Heights Elementary
Lincoln Heights Elementary's state test result (66.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Heights Elementary this school | 667 | 35.8% | 66.8% |
| Heritage Elementary Wake Forest | 634 | 30.4% | 72.3% |
| North Ridge Elementary Raleigh | 730 | 35.5% | 69.8% |
| Poplin Elementary Indian Trail | 756 | 35.6% | 77.2% |
| Barnette Elementary Huntersville | 818 | 33.7% | 70.8% |
| Bain Elementary Mint Hill | 766 | 28.5% | 83.7% |
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 Lincoln Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #302 of 1,297 | #57 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #309 of 1,296 | #49 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #355 of 1,300 | #71 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 667 | #224 of 1,485 | #47 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #683 of 1,377 | #105 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #699 of 1,379 | #103 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.8% | #1,250 of 1,414 | #72 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +44.7% | #36 of 369 | #6 of 33 |
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
667
+167 (+33%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 647
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 667 | 45.2 | 14.8:1 | 36% (239) |
| 2023-24 | 645 | 47.9 | 13.4:1 | 33% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 637 | 46.5 | 13.7:1 | 35% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 500 | 40 | 12.5:1 | 33% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 35.5 | 13.0:1 | 64% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 478 | 38 | 12.6:1 | 75% (358) |
| 2010-11 | 514 | 43 | 11.9:1 | 47% (243) |
| 2000-01 | 554 | 51 | 10.9:1 | 30% (167) |
| 1990-91 | 647 | 39 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 45% (461 to 667); teachers up 27% (35.5 to 45.2).
About Lincoln Heights Elementary
Lincoln Heights Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. The school counted 667 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. It has 43% more students than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina (about 467).
Lincoln Heights Elementary sits within Wake County Schools, which has 198 schools and 163,176 students.
The share of White students at Lincoln Heights Elementary is 59%, a majority. Other students are 15% Black, 14% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put Wake County at about 58% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 60% means there is a 60% chance two randomly chosen students at Lincoln Heights Elementary are from different groups.
Lincoln Heights Elementary has 45.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in North Carolina is similar, at 14.9:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 36% at Lincoln Heights Elementary.
On the allk12 Grade, Lincoln Heights Elementary lands at B, ahead of 59% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Lincoln Heights Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 66.8%, compared with a predicted 67.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
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 about 5% of people live in poverty. Wake County has 237 public schools with about 184,790 students, including Lincoln Heights Elementary.
About 0.9 miles separate Lincoln Heights Elementary from the closest public school, Fuquay-Varina High. The five-mile area around Lincoln Heights Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Lincoln Heights Elementary at 5th of 8.
The NCES locale for Lincoln Heights Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Lincoln Heights Elementary had a net gain of 167 students, or 33%. The school's ratio increased from 12.5:1 to 14.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Fuquay-Varina
- Fuquay-Varina HighHigh · 1,858 students
- Herbert Akins Road MiddleMiddle · 1,253 students
- Fuquay-Varina MiddleMiddle · 1,004 students
- Herbert Akins Rd ElementaryElementary · 988 students
- South Lakes ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Fuquay-Varina ElementaryElementary · 772 students
Other Lincoln Heights Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Lincoln Heights Elementary. Lincoln Heights Elementary is the largest of the 5.
- Lincoln Heights ElementaryMorristown, TN · 565 students
- Lincoln Heights ElementarySpokane, WA · 435 students
- Lincoln Heights Elem SchoolGREENVILLE, MI · 398 students
- Lincoln Heights Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 229 students
Nearby schools
- Fuquay-Varina High0.9 mi · 1,858
- Southern Wake Academy1.6 mi · 534
- Fuquay-Varina Middle1.9 mi · 1,004
- Herbert Akins Rd Elementary2.1 mi · 988
- Herbert Akins Road Middle2.2 mi · 1,253
- Ballentine Elementary2.7 mi · 742
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Heights ElementaryHow large is Lincoln Heights Elementary?
Lincoln Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 667 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lincoln Heights Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln Heights Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Heights Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Heights Elementary is approximately 14.8:1 (45 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lincoln Heights Elementary?
Lincoln Heights Elementary reports a student body of 59% White, 14% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Heights Elementary public or private?
Lincoln Heights 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.