Enrollment
276
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002414
Partnership Elementary
601 Devereux Street, Raleigh, NC 27605 · (919) 856-8200 · Wake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL276 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
107 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
67%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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
67.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
69.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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
72.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Partnership Elementary
Partnership Elementary's state test result (72.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partnership Elementary this school | 276 | 38.8% | 72.9% |
| Swift Creek Elementary Raleigh | 310 | 44.2% | 66.9% |
| Lead Mine Elementary Raleigh | 359 | 47.6% | 59.7% |
| Wiley Elementary Raleigh | 429 | 38.9% | 60.8% |
| Powell Elementary Raleigh | 335 | 47.5% | 52.4% |
| 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 Partnership Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #166 of 1,297 | #33 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #338 of 1,296 | #53 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #171 of 1,300 | #39 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 276 | #1,237 of 1,485 | #136 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #14 of 1,377 | #2 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #349 of 1,379 | #52 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.8% | #1,232 of 1,414 | #67 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #414 of 937 | #52 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
276
-37 (-12%) vs 2020
+10% since 2000-01, when it was 251
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 276 | 26.9 | 10.3:1 | 39% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 273 | 25.1 | 10.9:1 | 36% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 268 | 27.6 | 9.7:1 | 35% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 26 | 12.0:1 | 26% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 324 | 26.6 | 12.2:1 | 31% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 310 | 24 | 12.9:1 | 38% (118) |
| 2010-11 | 337 | 25 | 13.5:1 | 27% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 251 | 17 | 14.8:1 | 18% (46) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Partnership Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (324 to 276); teachers up 1% (26.6 to 26.9).
About Partnership Elementary
Partnership Elementary operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school's enrollment of 276 students covers kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students each.
Wake County Schools serves 163,176 students across 198 schools.
White students are the largest group at Partnership Elementary, with 45% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 26% Hispanic, 23% Black, and 4% multiracial. Wake County's residents are about 58% White, 13 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Partnership Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
Partnership Elementary operates with 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. About 39% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is close to the 42% average for public schools in Wake County.
Partnership Elementary scores 72.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 67.0%.
Within Wake County, median household income is about $105,768, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Wake County number 237 and enroll about 184,790.
Nearest public school: Needham Broughton High, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Partnership Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Partnership Elementary ranks 2nd of 6 nearby schools, at 72.9% versus a 69.1% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 313 to 276 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 10.3:1, from 12.0:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Needham Broughton High0.3 mi · 2,153
- Wiley Elementary0.4 mi · 429
- Raleigh Charter High School0.4 mi · 552
- The Exploris School0.7 mi · 448
- Underwood Elementary0.9 mi · 405
- Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy1.0 mi · 337
Frequently asked questions
About Partnership ElementaryHow many students attend Partnership Elementary?
Partnership Elementary enrolls approximately 276 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Partnership Elementary serve?
Partnership Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Partnership Elementary?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at Partnership Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Partnership Elementary?
Student demographics at Partnership Elementary are roughly 45% White, 26% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Partnership Elementary public or private?
Partnership 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.