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Enrollment
709
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002861
River Bend Elementary
6710 Perry Creek Road, Raleigh, NC 27616 · (919) 431-8010 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL709 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
14.1:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
706 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 | 30 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
71%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
43.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
50.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 River Bend Elementary
River Bend Elementary's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Bend Elementary this school | 709 | 99.6% | 47.9% |
| River Gate Elementary Charlotte | 693 | 99.6% | 62.3% |
| Berewick Elementary Charlotte | 717 | 99.6% | 51.1% |
| Crown Point Elementary Matthews | 657 | 99.5% | 55.3% |
| Reedy Creek Elementary Charlotte | 850 | 99.6% | 52.1% |
| Julius I Foust Elementary Greensboro | 661 | 99.5% | 34.9% |
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 River Bend Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #878 of 1,297 | #98 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #909 of 1,296 | #99 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #822 of 1,300 | #98 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 709 | #171 of 1,485 | #35 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #490 of 1,377 | #80 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #129 of 1,379 | #16 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #65 of 1,414 | #1 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #872 of 937 | #89 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
709
-50 (-7%) vs 2020
+10% since 2010-11, when it was 644
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 709 | 50.5 | 14.1:1 | 100% (706) |
| 2023-24 | 683 | 52.5 | 13.0:1 | 68% (467) |
| 2022-23 | 706 | 51.5 | 13.7:1 | 68% (483) |
| 2020-21 | 759 | 53 | 14.3:1 | 52% (397) |
| 2017-18 | 727 | 48 | 15.2:1 | 63% (457) |
| 2015-16 | 895 | 62 | 14.4:1 | 71% (631) |
| 2010-11 | 644 | 46 | 14.0:1 | 63% (405) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for River Bend Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (727 to 709); teachers up 5% (48 to 50.5).
About River Bend Elementary
River Bend Elementary is a large elementary school with its address in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school's 709 students are in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 52% higher than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina, which is about 467.
Enrollment across the 198 schools in Wake County Schools totals 163,176 students.
Enrollment at River Bend Elementary is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 42%. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% Hispanic, 14% White, 9% Asian, and 6% multiracial. In Wake County overall, about 19% of residents are Black. By the diversity index, River Bend Elementary comes in at 71%.
With 50.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at River Bend Elementary was 14.1:1. The 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 100%. Public schools in Wake County average 42%.
River Bend Elementary is graded C by allk12, scoring above 34% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
River Bend Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 47.9%, compared with a predicted 48.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Wake County residents, median household income is about $105,768, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. River Bend Elementary is one of 237 public schools in Wake County, which together enroll about 184,790 students.
The closest public school to River Bend Elementary is River Bend Middle, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, River Bend Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around River Bend Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 759 to 709.
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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 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 River Bend Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named River Bend Elementary. River Bend Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- River Bend Elementary SchoolCOLLEGE STATION, TX · 519 students
- RIVER BEND ELEM.CHESTERFIELD, MO · 380 students
- River Bend ElementaryElkton, VA · 341 students
Nearby schools
- River Bend Middle0.3 mi · 995
- Fox Road Elementary1.2 mi · 430
- Harris Creek Elementary1.5 mi · 827
- Wildwood Forest Elementary2.2 mi · 551
- East Millbrook Middle2.4 mi · 731
- Doral Academy of North Carolina2.6 mi · 592
Frequently asked questions
About River Bend ElementaryHow large is River Bend Elementary?
River Bend Elementary enrolls approximately 709 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does River Bend Elementary serve?
River Bend Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does River Bend Elementary have?
River Bend Elementary employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
How diverse is River Bend Elementary?
River Bend Elementary reports a student body of 14% White, 28% Hispanic, 42% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees River Bend Elementary?
River Bend 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.