Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001900
Wake Forest Elementary
406 S Main Street, Wake Forest, NC 27587 · (919) 554-8655 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- BTest 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
11.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
204 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
68%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
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
51.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
60.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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
57.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Wake Forest Elementary
Wake Forest Elementary's state test result (57.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Forest Elementary this school | 444 | 45.9% | 57.6% |
| Brooks Elementary Raleigh | 471 | 47.1% | 55.5% |
| Wiley Elementary Raleigh | 429 | 38.9% | 60.8% |
| Richland Creek Elementary Wake Forest | 558 | 42.3% | 70.5% |
| Parkwood Elementary Jacksonville | 457 | 52.5% | 58.2% |
| Isaac Dickson Elementary Asheville | 390 | 41.0% | 63.9% |
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 Wake Forest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #578 of 1,297 | #80 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #598 of 1,296 | #80 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #578 of 1,300 | #83 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #773 of 1,485 | #117 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #74 of 1,377 | #10 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #330 of 1,379 | #48 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.9% | #1,185 of 1,414 | #50 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #719 of 937 | #79 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
444
+56 (+14%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 990
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 444 | 37.6 | 11.8:1 | 46% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 391 | 35 | 11.2:1 | 50% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 31.8 | 10.7:1 | 56% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 30 | 12.9:1 | 46% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 46% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 541 | 34 | 15.9:1 | 45% (245) |
| 2010-11 | 662 | 41 | 16.1:1 | 35% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 826 | 61 | 13.5:1 | 38% (310) |
| 1990-91 | 990 | 58 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wake Forest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (477 to 444); teachers up 25% (30 to 37.6).
About Wake Forest Elementary
Wake Forest Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in North Carolina, with an address in Wake Forest. A total of 444 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
Wake County Schools has 163,176 students spread across 198 schools.
At Wake Forest Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 48%. The school is also 25% Black, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That is lower than the 58% White share among all Wake County residents. Wake Forest Elementary's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
Wake Forest Elementary's 37.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.8:1. That is lower than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 46%.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Wake Forest Elementary receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in North Carolina with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 64.8%. Wake Forest Elementary scores 57.6%.
Across Wake County, the median household income is $105,768, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. In all, Wake County has 237 public schools and roughly 184,790 students.
The school nearest to Wake Forest Elementary is Wake Forest High School, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Wake Forest Elementary is 4th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Wake Forest Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 444, a 14% rise from 388 in 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 12.9:1 to 11.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Wake Forest
- Wake Preparatory AcademyCombined · 2,617 students
- Wake Forest High SchoolHigh · 2,043 students
- Heritage HighHigh · 1,778 students
- Franklin AcademyCombined · 1,660 students
- Heritage MiddleMiddle · 947 students
- Wake Forest Middle SchoolMiddle · 878 students
Nearby schools
- Wake Forest High School0.6 mi · 2,043
- Wake Forest Charter Academy1.3 mi · 650
- North Wake College and Career Academy1.6 mi · 346
- Envision Science Academy1.7 mi · 759
- Wake Forest Middle School1.8 mi · 878
- Heritage Middle1.9 mi · 947
Frequently asked questions
About Wake Forest ElementaryHow many students attend Wake Forest Elementary?
Wake Forest Elementary enrolls approximately 444 students in grades PK-05.
Is Wake Forest Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wake Forest Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wake Forest Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wake Forest Elementary is approximately 11.8:1 (38 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Wake Forest Elementary?
Wake Forest Elementary reports a student body of 48% White, 15% Hispanic, 25% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Wake Forest Elementary in?
Wake Forest Elementary is part of Wake County Schools.
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