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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Oakview Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
873
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472003380
Oakview Elementary
11500 Holly Springs New Hill R, Apex, NC 27539 · (919) 694-8885 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL873 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% 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.
- BBeats 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
14.6:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
104 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 | 30 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 113 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 139 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 152 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 157 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 143 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (143).
Student demographics
49%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
Oakview Elementary→Apex Friendship 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
78.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
82.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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
80.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.2%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Oakview Elementary
Oakview Elementary's state test result (80.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakview Elementary this school | 873 | 11.9% | 80.5% |
| Kensington Elementary Waxhaw | 901 | 12.0% | 83.5% |
| Holly Grove Elementary Holly Springs | 889 | 13.3% | 83.2% |
| Antioch Elementary Matthews | 816 | 8.9% | 87.5% |
| Oak Ridge Elementary Oak Ridge | 712 | 15.7% | 85.9% |
| Laurel Park Elementary Apex | 694 | 12.7% | 76.0% |
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 Oakview Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #69 of 1,297 | #15 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #83 of 1,296 | #17 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #59 of 1,300 | #16 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 873 | #40 of 1,485 | #9 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #623 of 1,377 | #100 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.2% | #999 of 1,379 | #129 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.9% | #1,397 of 1,414 | #121 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.2% | #167 of 369 | #22 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
873
-42 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 873 | 59.9 | 14.6:1 | 12% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 975 | 66 | 14.8:1 | 15% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 949 | 64.3 | 14.8:1 | 16% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 915 | 58 | 15.8:1 | 14% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 778 | 48.8 | 15.9:1 | 18% (137) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakview Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (778 to 873); teachers up 23% (48.8 to 59.9).
About Oakview Elementary
Oakview Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school serving families in Apex, North Carolina. Enrollment is 873 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina, enrollment here is 87% higher.
Wake County Schools enrolls 163,176 students, and its 198 schools include Oakview Elementary.
White students account for 69% of enrollment at Oakview Elementary. Smaller groups are 13% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. For comparison, the population of Wake County is roughly 58% White. Oakview Elementary has a diversity index of 49%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 14.6 students per teacher and 59.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in North Carolina average about 14.9:1, a similar figure. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Wake County averages 42%, higher than here.
allk12 grades Oakview Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Oakview Elementary is 5.3 points above its prediction. Actual: 80.5%. Predicted: 75.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Wake County show that median household income is about $105,768, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Oakview Elementary is one of 237 public schools in Wake County, which together enroll about 184,790 students.
The next-closest public school is Pine Springs Preparatory Remote Academy, about 2.0 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Oakview Elementary. Its average proficiency rate of 80.5% is above the 77.9% average for nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was 915 in 2020-21 and 873 in 2024-25, a decrease of 42 students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.8:1 in 2020-21 to 14.6:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Oakview Elementary may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Apex
- Apex Friendship HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Apex HighHigh · 2,449 students
- Middle Creek HighHigh · 1,587 students
- Apex Friendship MiddleMiddle · 1,412 students
- The Math and Science Academy of ApexElementary · 1,080 students
- Olive Chapel ElementaryElementary · 1,066 students
Other Oakview Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 8 states are named Oakview Elementary. Oakview Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 10.
- Oakview ElementarySimpsonville, SC · 887 students
- Oakview Elementary SchoolKettering, OH · 477 students
- Oakview Elementary SchoolWEST DEPTFORD, NJ · 475 students
- Oakview Elementary SchoolMUSKEGON, MI · 438 students
- Oakview Elementary SchoolStoneboro, PA · 348 students
Nearby schools
- Pine Springs Preparatory Remote Academy2.0 mi · 2,552
- Pine Springs Preparatory Academy2.0 mi · 1,258
- Woods Creek Elementary2.1 mi · 406
- Holly Springs Elementary2.2 mi · 751
- Holly Grove Elementary2.3 mi · 889
- Holly Grove Middle2.3 mi · 979
Frequently asked questions
About Oakview ElementaryHow many students attend Oakview Elementary?
Oakview Elementary enrolls approximately 873 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Oakview Elementary serve?
Oakview Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Oakview Elementary?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Oakview Elementary.
How diverse is Oakview Elementary?
Oakview Elementary reports a student body of 69% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Oakview Elementary public or private?
Oakview 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.