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Enrollment
463
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001874
Lockhart Elementary
1320 N Smithfield Rd, Knightdale, NC 27545 · (919) 266-8525 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest 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
11.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
460 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 | 13 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
68%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
43.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
50.2%
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 50 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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Lockhart Elementary
Lockhart Elementary's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockhart Elementary this school | 463 | 99.4% | 47.9% |
| Hurley Elementary Salisbury | 466 | 99.4% | 23.8% |
| Carver Elementary Mount Olive | 495 | 99.4% | 56.6% |
| Clear Creek Elementary Charlotte | 459 | 99.3% | 53.2% |
| South Smithfield Elementary Smithfield | 450 | 99.3% | 42.1% |
| GW Carver Elementary Kannapolis | 503 | 99.0% | 43.5% |
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 Lockhart Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #879 of 1,297 | #99 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #901 of 1,296 | #98 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #850 of 1,300 | #102 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #713 of 1,485 | #113 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #80 of 1,377 | #11 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #324 of 1,379 | #46 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #336 of 1,414 | #21 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #481 of 937 | #56 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
463
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 443
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 463 | 39 | 11.9:1 | 99% (460) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 40.8 | 10.8:1 | 72% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 40 | 11.5:1 | 75% (342) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 42 | 11.2:1 | 58% (276) |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 39 | 13.7:1 | 62% (332) |
| 2015-16 | 692 | 48 | 14.4:1 | 63% (433) |
| 2010-11 | 725 | 49 | 14.8:1 | 55% (398) |
| 2000-01 | 694 | 37 | 18.8:1 | 44% (308) |
| 1990-91 | 443 | 33 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lockhart Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (533 to 463); teachers unchanged (39 to 39).
About Lockhart Elementary
Lockhart Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Knightdale, North Carolina, one of the schools in Wake County Schools. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 463 students.
Wake County Schools has 163,176 students in 198 schools, and Lockhart Elementary is one of those schools.
Lockhart Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 38%. After that, the student body is 38% Black, 18% White, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Wake County, the Hispanic share is about 12%. By the diversity index, Lockhart Elementary comes in at 68%.
Staffing totals 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.9:1. That ratio is under the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Lockhart Elementary is 99%. The gap from the 42% average for public schools in Wake County is 57 points.
allk12 grades Lockhart Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 48.5%.
In Wake County (population about 1,178,653), median household income is about $105,768, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 237 public schools operate in Wake County, serving about 184,790 students.
The nearest other public school, Forestville Road Elementary, is about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Lockhart Elementary ranks 2nd of 8 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Lockhart 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, enrollment moved from 472 to 463, a small change.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Knightdale ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Hodge Road ElementaryElementary · 522 students
Other Lockhart Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Lockhart Elementary. Lockhart Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Lockhart Elementary SchoolSaint Thomas, VI · 904 students
- LOCKHART ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 452 students
- LOCKHART ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMASSAPEQUA, NY · 359 students
- Lockhart Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 306 students
Nearby schools
- Forestville Road Elementary0.5 mi · 570
- Knightdale High0.7 mi · 1,695
- Knightdale Elementary1.3 mi · 549
- Neuse River Middle1.8 mi · 877
- Beaverdam Elementary2.7 mi · 678
- Hodge Road Elementary2.8 mi · 522
Frequently asked questions
About Lockhart ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Lockhart Elementary?
Lockhart Elementary enrolls approximately 463 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lockhart Elementary serve?
Lockhart Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lockhart Elementary?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Lockhart Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Lockhart Elementary?
Student demographics at Lockhart Elementary are roughly 18% White, 38% Hispanic, 38% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Lockhart Elementary public or private?
Lockhart 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.