Reedy Creek Elementary

Located at 940 Reedy Creek Road, in Cary, North Carolina, Reedy Creek Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack primary school that enrolls 605 students (grades K through 5), part of Wake County Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 30% bigger than the state mean of about 467.

Wake County Schools comprises 198 schools with combined enrollment of 163,176 students; Reedy Creek Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Reedy Creek Elementary lists that the largest single group is Black at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 31% Hispanic, 26% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wake County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Reedy Creek Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.3%, the actual is 54.8%, a residual of -3.4 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Wake County shows the typical household earns roughly $105,768 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Wake County runs 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), of which Reedy Creek Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Reedy Creek Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Reedy Creek Elementary at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 66.4%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Reedy Creek Elementary has fell 7%, going from 651 students in 2018 to 605 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share expanded from 28% to 36%.

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