Lockhart Elementary

Lockhart Elementary is a moderately sized elementary school in Knightdale, North Carolina, run under Wake County Schools. The school caters to 463 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Wake County Schools, which oversees 198 schools and 163,176 students, Lockhart Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Lockhart Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 38% Black, 18% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Wake County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Lockhart Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.9%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Wake County indicate the typical household earns roughly $105,768 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Lockhart Elementary is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

The closest other public school is Forestville Road Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lockhart Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 40.2%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lockhart Elementary has contracted 13%, going from 533 students in 2018 to 463 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 29% to 18%. Class-load math has fell: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Lockhart Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.