Southeast Raleigh Elementary

Southeast Raleigh Elementary, a close-knit elementary campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, overseen by Wake County Schools, teaches 378 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Wake County Schools runs 198 schools in total, collectively educating 163,176 students. Southeast Raleigh Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Southeast Raleigh Elementary reports that Black students make up the majority at 63%. The remainder consists of 30% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Southeast Raleigh Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Wake County (around 42%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Southeast Raleigh Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 34.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Wake County indicate median household income runs about $105,768, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Southeast Raleigh Elementary is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

The closest other public school is Central Wake High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Southeast Raleigh Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 65.4%.

The school occupies an urban site.

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