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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Smith Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
596
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001894
Smith Elementary
1101 Maxwell Drive, Raleigh, NC 27603 · (919) 662-2458 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL596 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest 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
13.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
593 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 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 38% larger than its 5th grade class (80).
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
Smith Elementary→North Garner 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
36.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
43.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% 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 Smith Elementary
Smith Elementary's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Elementary this school | 596 | 99.5% | 39.7% |
| Lake Wylie Elementary Charlotte | 633 | 99.5% | 53.5% |
| Hillandale Elementary Durham | 586 | 99.5% | 35.9% |
| Hope Valley Elementary Durham | 539 | 99.4% | 44.8% |
| Creekside Elementary Durham | 554 | 99.5% | 40.2% |
| South Graham Elementary Graham | 518 | 99.4% | 38.7% |
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 Smith Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #1,108 of 1,297 | #114 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #1,071 of 1,296 | #111 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #1,055 of 1,300 | #114 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 596 | #355 of 1,485 | #66 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #219 of 1,377 | #36 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #174 of 1,379 | #25 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #149 of 1,414 | #7 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.9% | #159 of 369 | #20 of 33 |
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
596
+85 (+17%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 550
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 596 | 45.9 | 13.0:1 | 99% (593) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 47.3 | 11.0:1 | 69% (357) |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 46.3 | 11.4:1 | 68% (363) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 41 | 12.5:1 | 55% (280) |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 45 | 11.7:1 | 80% (422) |
| 2015-16 | 627 | 49 | 12.8:1 | 76% (477) |
| 2010-11 | 591 | 47 | 12.6:1 | 68% (399) |
| 2000-01 | 602 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 60% (359) |
| 1990-91 | 550 | 36 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Smith Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (528 to 596); teachers up 2% (45 to 45.9).
About Smith Elementary
Students in Raleigh, North Carolina, attend Smith Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment totals 596 students across pre-K through 5. The school is 28% larger than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Enrollment across the 198 schools in Wake County Schools totals 163,176 students.
No group is above 50% at Smith Elementary; the largest is Hispanic, at 43%. Beyond that, enrollment is 26% Black, 20% White, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 12%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Smith Elementary scores 70%.
Smith Elementary reported 45.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.0:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1, 1.9 more students per teacher than here. There are 593 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 99% of enrollment. That rate is above the 42% average among public schools in Wake County.
On the allk12 Grade, Smith Elementary lands at D, ahead of 14% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The model predicts 48.5% for a school in North Carolina with Smith Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Smith Elementary posts 39.7%.
For Wake County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $105,768, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 237 public schools and about 184,790 students.
Smith Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Garner High, about 1.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Smith Elementary is behind the 49.0% nearby average, ranking 5th of 7.
NCES assigns Smith Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 511 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 596 by 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Smith Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Smith Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 9 states are named Smith Elementary. Smith Elementary is the 6th largest of the 21.
- Smith Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 730 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 650 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolFRISCO, TX · 642 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolSPRING, TX · 624 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolPRINCETON, TX · 623 students
Nearby schools
- Garner High1.0 mi · 1,670
- Swift Creek Elementary1.0 mi · 310
- Vandora Springs Elementary1.7 mi · 582
- Longleaf School of the Arts1.7 mi · 405
- Timber Drive Elementary1.8 mi · 391
- North Garner Middle2.3 mi · 831
Frequently asked questions
About Smith ElementaryHow large is Smith Elementary?
Smith Elementary enrolls approximately 596 students in grades PK-05.
Is Smith Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Smith Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Smith Elementary have?
Smith Elementary employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
How diverse is Smith Elementary?
Smith Elementary reports a student body of 20% White, 43% Hispanic, 26% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Smith Elementary public or private?
Smith Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.