Rolesville Elementary

Rolesville Elementary is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in Rolesville, North Carolina, one of the schools within Wake County Schools, instructing 538 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Wake County Schools, which oversees 198 schools and 163,176 students, Rolesville Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Rolesville Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 22% Black, 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Rolesville Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.8%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Wake County put median household income runs about $105,768, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Wake County's 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), Rolesville Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Sanford Creek Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Rolesville Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 62.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 615 students in 2018 compared to 538 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 13% to 18%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.