Olds Elementary

Olds Elementary is one of the tight-knit elementary-level communitys in Raleigh, North Carolina, operated by Wake County Schools, with 244 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Olds Elementary sits 48% below that benchmark.

Olds Elementary is one of 198 schools operated by Wake County Schools, a district that hosts 163,176 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Olds Elementary lists that 66% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 17% Black, 8% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 2% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Olds Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Wake County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Olds Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.0%; this one delivers 67.2%.

Around the school, census data for Wake County shows 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 Olds Elementary is one.

Needham Broughton High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 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 Olds Elementary at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 69.9%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 24%: 323 students in 2018 compared to 244 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 24% to 17% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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