Enrollment
405
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001897
Underwood Elementary
1614 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27608 · (919) 856-7663 · Wake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
11.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
121 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
59%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
Underwood Elementary→Oberlin 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
70.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
74.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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
72.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Underwood Elementary
Underwood Elementary's state test result (72.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Underwood Elementary this school | 405 | 29.9% | 72.7% |
| Hawks Nest STEAM Academy Gastonia | 356 | 36.0% | 78.0% |
| Eastover Elementary Charlotte | 385 | 32.2% | 79.3% |
| McDougle Elementary Chapel Hill | 497 | 31.4% | 70.2% |
| Shamrock Gardens Elementary Charlotte | 532 | 32.1% | 65.5% |
| Leesville Road Elementary Raleigh | 528 | 27.7% | 81.4% |
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 Underwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #169 of 1,297 | #34 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #226 of 1,296 | #40 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #129 of 1,300 | #29 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #885 of 1,485 | #122 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #48 of 1,377 | #7 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #719 of 1,379 | #105 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.9% | #1,303 of 1,414 | #93 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #323 of 937 | #39 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
405
-19 (-4%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 405 | 35.5 | 11.4:1 | 30% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 390 | 38 | 10.3:1 | 27% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 38 | 10.0:1 | 28% (105) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | 35 | 12.1:1 | 22% (95) |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 37 | 13.4:1 | 24% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 514 | 39 | 13.2:1 | 22% (114) |
| 2010-11 | 469 | 34 | 13.8:1 | 27% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 358 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 36% (130) |
| 1990-91 | 456 | 35 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Underwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (496 to 405); teachers down 4% (37 to 35.5).
About Underwood Elementary
Underwood Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school had 405 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Wake County Schools is made up of 198 schools with 163,176 students in all.
White students account for 59% of enrollment at Underwood Elementary. Other groups include 21% Black, 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 4% Asian. County-wide, about 58% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Underwood Elementary comes in at 59%.
The school has about 11.4 students per teacher and 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, higher than at this school. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 12 points below the 42% average for public schools in Wake County.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Underwood Elementary receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, Underwood Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 72.7%; the prediction is 69.7%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Wake County show that 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. Underwood Elementary is one of 237 public schools in Wake County, which together enroll about 184,790 students.
The closest other public school is Raleigh Charter High School, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Underwood Elementary's average proficiency of 72.7% compares with 65.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The student count in 2024-25 was 405, 4% below the 424 of 2020-21.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Underwood Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Underwood Elementary. Underwood Elementary is the 4th largest of the 8.
- Underwood Elementary SchoolANDREWS, TX · 638 students
- UNDERWOOD ELEM.LEE'S SUMMIT, MO · 511 students
- Underwood Elementary SchoolUnderwood, IA · 424 students
- Underwood Elementary SchoolFlorence, AL · 343 students
- Underwood ElementaryWauwatosa, WI · 315 students
Nearby schools
- Raleigh Charter High School0.4 mi · 552
- Partnership Elementary0.9 mi · 276
- Needham Broughton High0.9 mi · 2,153
- Oberlin Middle1.1 mi · 1,049
- Joyner Elementary1.1 mi · 569
- Wiley Elementary1.2 mi · 429
Frequently asked questions
About Underwood ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Underwood Elementary?
Underwood Elementary enrolls approximately 405 students in grades KG-05.
Is Underwood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Underwood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Underwood Elementary have?
Underwood Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Underwood Elementary?
At Underwood Elementary, the student body is approximately 59% White, 12% Hispanic, 21% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Underwood Elementary public or private?
Underwood Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wake County Schools.
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