Enrollment
335
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001888
Powell Elementary
1130 Marlborough Rd, Raleigh, NC 27610 · (919) 856-7737 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL335 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
9.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
159 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 28% larger 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Powell Elementary→Martin 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
58.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
52.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Powell Elementary
Powell Elementary's state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powell Elementary this school | 335 | 47.5% | 52.4% |
| E M Yoder Elementary Mebane | 336 | 51.5% | 60.1% |
| Wake Forest Elementary Wake Forest | 444 | 45.9% | 57.6% |
| Ira B Jones Elementary Asheville | 369 | 54.5% | 51.6% |
| Rand Road Elementary Garner | 394 | 52.5% | 63.6% |
| Pathways Elementary Hillsborough | 371 | 54.4% | 71.3% |
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 Powell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #745 of 1,297 | #93 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #825 of 1,296 | #95 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #378 of 1,300 | #73 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 335 | #1,103 of 1,485 | #133 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #5 of 1,377 | #1 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #369 of 1,379 | #56 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.5% | #1,178 of 1,414 | #46 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #875 of 937 | #90 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
335
+43 (+15%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 454
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 335 | 34.3 | 9.8:1 | 47% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 286 | 32.9 | 8.7:1 | 53% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 284 | 31.2 | 9.1:1 | 54% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 292 | 31 | 9.4:1 | 41% (121) |
| 2017-18 | 343 | 30.9 | 11.1:1 | 57% (197) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 32 | 13.1:1 | 66% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 436 | 35 | 12.5:1 | 52% (228) |
| 2000-01 | 530 | 39 | 13.6:1 | 44% (235) |
| 1990-91 | 454 | 29 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Powell Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (343 to 335); teachers up 11% (30.9 to 34.3).
About Powell Elementary
Powell Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 335 students. Elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students, which makes this school 28% below average.
Wake County Schools has a total of 198 schools and 163,176 students, Powell Elementary among them.
Of every 100 students at Powell Elementary, about 44 are White, the largest group. Other students are 33% Black, 15% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. That is lower than the 58% White share among all Wake County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Powell Elementary is 9.8:1, based on 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Powell Elementary counts 47% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Powell Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 64.3%.
American Community Survey estimates for Wake County show that the median household earns about $105,768 a year, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Wake County has 237 public schools with about 184,790 students, including Powell Elementary.
Enloe High sits about 0.8 miles from Powell Elementary. Powell Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 74.2% proficiency; Powell Elementary posts 52.4%.
The NCES locale for Powell Elementary is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 15%, from 292 to 335.
The discussion board for Powell Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Other Powell Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Powell Elementary. Powell Elementary is the 6th largest of the 6.
- Powell ElementaryCentreville, VA · 872 students
- Powell ElementaryPowell, TN · 852 students
- Powell Elementary SchoolTHE WOODLANDS, TX · 830 students
- Powell Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 514 students
- Powell Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 418 students
Nearby schools
- Enloe High0.8 mi · 2,643
- Longview0.8 mi · 18
- Phillips High0.9 mi · 123
- Conn Elementary1.1 mi · 595
- Wake Early College of Health and Science1.3 mi · 317
- Poe Elementary1.5 mi · 324
Frequently asked questions
About Powell ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Powell Elementary?
Powell Elementary enrolls approximately 335 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Powell Elementary serve?
Powell Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Powell Elementary?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at Powell Elementary.
How diverse is Powell Elementary?
Powell Elementary reports a student body of 44% White, 15% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Powell Elementary?
Powell Elementary is overseen by Wake County Schools in Wake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.