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What advice would you give to incoming students at Lynn Road Elementary?
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Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001876
Lynn Road Elementary
1601 Lynn Rd, Raleigh, NC 27612 · (919) 870-4074 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-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
13.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
278 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 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (73).
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
49.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
62.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
53.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Lynn Road Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Road Elementary this school | 486 | 57.2% | 53.7% |
| Shiloh Valley Primary School Monroe | 563 | 55.2% | N/A |
| South Elementary Mooresville | 466 | 63.3% | N/A |
| Park View Elementary Mooresville | 421 | 55.8% | N/A |
| Durant Road Elementary Raleigh | 577 | 58.6% | 54.4% |
| Rand Road Elementary Garner | 394 | 52.5% | 63.6% |
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 Lynn Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #709 of 1,297 | #89 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #562 of 1,296 | #74 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #632 of 1,300 | #87 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #660 of 1,485 | #108 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #309 of 1,377 | #51 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #264 of 1,379 | #37 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.2% | #1,125 of 1,414 | #39 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #756 of 937 | #82 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
486
-29 (-6%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 866
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 486 | 36.5 | 13.3:1 | 57% (278) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 39 | 12.6:1 | 53% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 35.8 | 13.5:1 | 55% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 515 | 40 | 12.9:1 | 40% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 35.5 | 14.5:1 | 59% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 38 | 13.2:1 | 59% (296) |
| 2010-11 | 627 | 43 | 14.6:1 | 52% (323) |
| 2000-01 | 596 | 38 | 15.7:1 | 31% (187) |
| 1990-91 | 866 | 49 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lynn Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (516 to 486); teachers up 3% (35.5 to 36.5).
About Lynn Road Elementary
Lynn Road Elementary is an elementary school located in Raleigh, North Carolina, in Wake County. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 486 students.
Wake County Schools has 198 schools and 163,176 students, and Lynn Road Elementary is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Lynn Road Elementary, about 41 are White, the largest group. After that, the student body is 28% Black, 24% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Wake County is about 58% White. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at Lynn Road Elementary are from different groups.
Staffing at Lynn Road Elementary comes to 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.3:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 14.9:1. On the income side, 57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Wake County averages 42%, lower than here.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Lynn Road Elementary outscored 33%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Lynn Road Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.7% and a predicted 61.4%.
In Wake County, median household income comes to about $105,768, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 237, with about 184,790 students.
Lynn Road Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Jeffreys Grove Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. The five-mile area around Lynn Road Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 56.2% on proficiency, and Lynn Road Elementary is below that at 53.7%.
Federal data place Lynn Road Elementary in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 6% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Nearby schools
- Jeffreys Grove Elementary0.8 mi · 543
- Sanderson High1.4 mi · 1,648
- York Elementary1.5 mi · 563
- Lead Mine Elementary1.6 mi · 359
- Green Elementary1.8 mi · 534
- Brooks Elementary1.9 mi · 471
Frequently asked questions
About Lynn Road ElementaryHow many students attend Lynn Road Elementary?
Lynn Road Elementary enrolls approximately 486 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lynn Road Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lynn Road Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Lynn Road Elementary?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Lynn Road Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lynn Road Elementary?
At Lynn Road Elementary, the student body is approximately 41% White, 24% Hispanic, 28% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Lynn Road Elementary public or private?
Lynn Road 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.