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If you had an hour of school board time for Reedy Creek Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
605
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002491
Reedy Creek Elementary
940 Reedy Creek Road, Cary, NC 27513 · (919) 380-3660 · Wake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
408 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
70%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
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
53.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
58.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Reedy Creek Elementary
Reedy Creek Elementary's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reedy Creek Elementary this school | 605 | 67.4% | 54.8% |
| Wakefield Elementary Raleigh | 520 | 62.5% | 53.8% |
| Bell Fork Elementary Jacksonville | 551 | 74.0% | 48.2% |
| Durant Road Elementary Raleigh | 577 | 58.6% | 54.4% |
| Hunters Creek Elementary Jacksonville | 585 | 71.8% | 50.8% |
| Brier Creek Elementary Raleigh | 642 | 63.9% | 46.4% |
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 Reedy Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #672 of 1,297 | #84 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #660 of 1,296 | #87 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #508 of 1,300 | #80 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #342 of 1,485 | #63 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #382 of 1,377 | #62 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.4% | #175 of 1,379 | #26 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.4% | #1,093 of 1,414 | #32 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #705 of 937 | #78 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
605
-37 (-6%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 747
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 605 | 44.3 | 13.7:1 | 67% (408) |
| 2023-24 | 593 | 45.5 | 13.0:1 | 62% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 577 | 42.5 | 13.6:1 | 58% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 642 | 48 | 13.4:1 | 44% (284) |
| 2017-18 | 651 | 45.3 | 14.4:1 | 54% (352) |
| 2015-16 | 630 | 45 | 14.0:1 | 58% (368) |
| 2010-11 | 556 | 38 | 14.6:1 | 43% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 747 | 56 | 13.3:1 | 27% (205) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Reedy Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (651 to 605); teachers down 2% (45.3 to 44.3).
About Reedy Creek Elementary
Reedy Creek Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Cary, North Carolina. The school counts 605 students across kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 30% above the 467 average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Reedy Creek Elementary is part of a district of 198 schools: Wake County Schools, with 163,176 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Reedy Creek Elementary. The largest is Black students, at 36%. Next come 31% Hispanic, 26% White, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 19% Black among all Wake County residents. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 13.7:1 comes from the school's 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.2 students per teacher below the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 67% in 2024-25. The gap from the 42% average for public schools in Wake County is 25 points.
allk12 grades Reedy Creek Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Reedy Creek Elementary would score about 58.3%. It scores 54.8%, 3.4 points below that figure.
Wake County has these Census figures: the median household income is $105,768, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. In all, Wake County has 237 public schools and roughly 184,790 students.
The school nearest to Reedy Creek Elementary is Reedy Creek Middle, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Reedy Creek Elementary ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Reedy Creek Elementary is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Enrollment is down 6% from 2020-21, when Reedy Creek Elementary had 642 students, to 2024-25, when it had 605.
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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 Cary
- Panther Creek HighHigh · 2,609 students
- Green Hope HighHigh · 2,304 students
- Green Level HighHigh · 2,283 students
- Cary HighHigh · 2,044 students
- Triangle Math and Science AcademyCombined · 1,904 students
- Mills Park MiddleMiddle · 1,632 students
Other Reedy Creek Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Reedy Creek Elementary. Reedy Creek Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Reedy Creek ElementaryCharlotte, NC · 850 students
- REEDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLKISSIMMEE, FL · 431 students
Nearby schools
- Reedy Creek Middle0.2 mi · 805
- Cardinal Charter Academy1.2 mi · 584
- Kingswood Elementary1.5 mi · 427
- West Cary Middle1.7 mi · 824
- Northwoods Elementary1.8 mi · 579
- Cary Elementary2.3 mi · 477
Frequently asked questions
About Reedy Creek ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Reedy Creek Elementary?
Reedy Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 605 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Reedy Creek Elementary serve?
Reedy Creek Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Reedy Creek Elementary?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Reedy Creek Elementary.
How diverse is Reedy Creek Elementary?
Reedy Creek Elementary reports a student body of 26% White, 31% Hispanic, 36% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Reedy Creek Elementary?
Reedy Creek Elementary is overseen by Wake County Schools in Wake County.
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