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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472000198
Pleasant Union Elementary
1900 Pleasant Union Church Roa, Raleigh, NC 27614 · (919) 870-4230 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest 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
14.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
112 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 | 12 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
46%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
72.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
80.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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
79.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Pleasant Union Elementary
Pleasant Union Elementary's state test result (79.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Union Elementary this school | 530 | 21.1% | 79.0% |
| Grand Oak Elementary Huntersville | 549 | 21.3% | 88.6% |
| Pinehurst Elementary Pinehurst | 584 | 18.7% | 87.0% |
| Northern Guilford Elementary Greensboro | 622 | 18.0% | 84.1% |
| Masonboro Elementary Wilmington | 564 | 20.6% | 87.9% |
| Hillsborough Elementary Hillsborough | 435 | 17.5% | 80.1% |
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 Pleasant Union Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #87 of 1,297 | #19 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #122 of 1,296 | #24 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #103 of 1,300 | #23 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #529 of 1,485 | #98 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #692 of 1,377 | #108 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.1% | #1,071 of 1,379 | #133 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.1% | #1,349 of 1,414 | #108 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #412 of 937 | #51 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
530
-40 (-7%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 660
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 530 | 35.9 | 14.8:1 | 21% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 552 | 39 | 14.2:1 | 20% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 542 | 39.3 | 13.8:1 | 22% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 11% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 623 | 38.9 | 16.0:1 | 9% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 38 | 16.6:1 | 13% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 671 | 38 | 17.7:1 | 11% (77) |
| 2000-01 | 660 | 38 | 17.4:1 | 10% (65) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Union Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (623 to 530); teachers down 8% (38.9 to 35.9).
About Pleasant Union Elementary
Pleasant Union Elementary is a public elementary school run by Wake County Schools in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 530 students in 2024-25.
The 198 schools in Wake County Schools enroll 163,176 students altogether, Pleasant Union Elementary among them.
Federal enrollment data show Pleasant Union Elementary is 72% White. The remaining shares are 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Wake County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 46% means there is a 46% chance two randomly chosen students at Pleasant Union Elementary are from different groups.
Staffing at Pleasant Union Elementary comes to 35.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.8:1. The ratio is within a point of the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. On the income side, 21% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 42% average for public schools in Wake County is 21 points higher.
Pleasant Union Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 83% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Pleasant Union Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (79.0%) and its predicted rate (72.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
The school's county is Wake County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $105,768 a year, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Pleasant Union Elementary shares Wake County with 236 other public schools.
Brassfield Elementary is about 2.7 miles from Pleasant Union Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Pleasant Union Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Pleasant Union Elementary comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
A 7% drop took enrollment from 570 in 2020-21 to 530 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Pleasant Union Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Brassfield Elementary2.7 mi · 613
- Magellan Charter2.8 mi · 411
- Baileywick Road Elementary2.9 mi · 352
- Barton Pond Elementary3.2 mi · 515
- Quest Academy3.3 mi · 139
- Sycamore Creek Elementary4.0 mi · 778
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Union ElementaryHow many students attend Pleasant Union Elementary?
Pleasant Union Elementary enrolls approximately 530 students in grades PK-05.
Is Pleasant Union Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pleasant Union Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Pleasant Union Elementary have?
Pleasant Union Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pleasant Union Elementary?
At Pleasant Union Elementary, the student body is approximately 72% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Pleasant Union Elementary in?
Pleasant Union Elementary is part of Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.