North Ridge Elementary

Set in Raleigh, North Carolina, North Ridge Elementary is a sizable primary school, one of the schools within Wake County Schools. It educates 730 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 56% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Wake County Schools comprises 198 schools with combined enrollment of 163,176 students; North Ridge Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, North Ridge Elementary records that 62% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 18% Black, 14% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, North Ridge Elementary lists 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 35% of students at North Ridge Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), North Ridge Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.0%; this one delivers 69.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Wake County indicate median household income runs about $105,768, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Wake County runs 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), of which North Ridge Elementary is one.

West Millbrook Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts North Ridge Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 51.0%.

North Ridge Elementary operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 10%: 665 students in 2018 compared to 730 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 54% to 62% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.