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Enrollment
391
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002356
Timber Drive Elementary
1601 Timber Drive, Garner, NC 27529 · (919) 773-9500 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL391 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
388 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 | 8 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
43.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
48.4%
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 48 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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Timber Drive Elementary
Timber Drive Elementary's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timber Drive Elementary this school | 391 | 99.2% | 46.5% |
| Long Mill Elementary Youngsville | 433 | 99.3% | 54.1% |
| Billingsville Elementary Charlotte | 356 | 99.2% | N/A |
| Spring Hope Elementary Spring Hope | 378 | 97.9% | 49.7% |
| Banks Elementary Kinston | 436 | 99.3% | 62.8% |
| Youngsville Elementary Youngsville | 425 | 99.3% | 69.5% |
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 Timber Drive Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #916 of 1,297 | #103 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #946 of 1,296 | #101 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #827 of 1,300 | #101 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 391 | #926 of 1,485 | #124 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #151 of 1,377 | #23 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #140 of 1,379 | #19 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #469 of 1,414 | #24 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.2% | #68 of 937 | #5 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
391
+62 (+19%) vs 2020
-52% since 2000-01, when it was 818
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 391 | 31.2 | 12.5:1 | 99% (388) |
| 2023-24 | 383 | 31.9 | 12.0:1 | 66% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 34.1 | 12.2:1 | 62% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 329 | 26 | 12.7:1 | 33% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 577 | 37 | 15.6:1 | 50% (291) |
| 2015-16 | 633 | 39 | 16.2:1 | 50% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 766 | 51 | 15.0:1 | 49% (376) |
| 2000-01 | 818 | 46 | 17.8:1 | 8% (65) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Timber Drive Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (577 to 391); teachers down 16% (37 to 31.2).
About Timber Drive Elementary
Timber Drive Elementary is an elementary school in Garner, North Carolina, reachable at (919) 773-9500. There are 391 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
Enrollment across the 198 schools in Wake County Schools totals 163,176 students.
The student body at Timber Drive Elementary has no majority group. White students lead at 35%. The remaining shares are 33% Black, 23% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Wake County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Timber Drive Elementary, there are about 12.5 students; the school has 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 99%. It compares with 42% for public schools in Wake County.
In North Carolina, Timber Drive Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 46.5% actual against a predicted 48.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Wake County show that the median household earns about $105,768 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Wake County has 237 public schools with about 184,790 students, including Timber Drive Elementary.
Vandora Springs Elementary is the nearest public school to Timber Drive Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Timber Drive Elementary ranks 5th on proficiency.
Timber Drive Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 329 to 391, a 19% gain.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Timber Drive Elementary. 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 Garner
- South Garner HighHigh · 1,835 students
- Garner HighHigh · 1,670 students
- East Garner MiddleMiddle · 1,109 students
- Polenta ElementaryElementary · 1,010 students
- West View ElementaryElementary · 969 students
- Cleveland MiddleMiddle · 936 students
Nearby schools
- Vandora Springs Elementary0.7 mi · 582
- Aversboro Elementary1.2 mi · 381
- Garner High1.4 mi · 1,670
- Swift Creek Elementary1.6 mi · 310
- Smith Elementary1.8 mi · 596
- North Garner Middle2.2 mi · 831
Frequently asked questions
About Timber Drive ElementaryHow large is Timber Drive Elementary?
Timber Drive Elementary enrolls approximately 391 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Timber Drive Elementary serve?
Timber Drive Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Timber Drive Elementary have?
Timber Drive Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Timber Drive Elementary?
At Timber Drive Elementary, the student body is approximately 35% White, 23% Hispanic, 33% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Timber Drive Elementary public or private?
Timber Drive 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.