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What's something Wakefield Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
520
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002492
Wakefield Elementary
2400 Wakefield Pines Drive, Raleigh, NC 27614 · (919) 562-3555 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
325 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 | 11 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
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
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
48.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
58.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Wakefield Elementary
Wakefield Elementary's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield Elementary this school | 520 | 62.5% | 53.8% |
| Durant Road Elementary Raleigh | 577 | 58.6% | 54.4% |
| Reedy Creek Elementary Cary | 605 | 67.4% | 54.8% |
| Adams Elementary Cary | 655 | 61.2% | 56.4% |
| Carl A Furr Elementary Concord | 782 | 61.0% | 46.5% |
| Lynn Road Elementary Raleigh | 486 | 57.2% | 53.7% |
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 Wakefield Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #706 of 1,297 | #88 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #666 of 1,296 | #88 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #684 of 1,300 | #90 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #563 of 1,485 | #101 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #231 of 1,377 | #39 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.9% | #147 of 1,379 | #22 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.5% | #1,102 of 1,414 | #34 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #306 of 937 | #35 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
520
-74 (-12%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 542
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 520 | 39.9 | 13.0:1 | 63% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 39 | 12.4:1 | 57% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 38 | 13.1:1 | 52% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 594 | 44 | 13.5:1 | 39% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 642 | 41.5 | 15.5:1 | 47% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 714 | 45 | 15.9:1 | 45% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 762 | 50 | 15.2:1 | 31% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 542 | 34 | 15.9:1 | 20% (106) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wakefield Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (642 to 520); teachers down 4% (41.5 to 39.9).
About Wakefield Elementary
At 2400 Wakefield Pines Drive in Raleigh, North Carolina, Wakefield Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 520 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Wakefield Elementary is among 198 schools run by Wake County Schools, which serves 163,176 students.
At Wakefield Elementary, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 35%. Smaller groups are 31% Black, 27% White, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 12% of Wake County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at Wakefield Elementary are from different groups.
There are 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.0:1. Compared with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 63% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Wake County, the average eligibility rate is 42%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Wakefield Elementary outscored 35%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 59.8% at Wakefield Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 53.8%.
The county, Wake County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $105,768 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Wake County has 237 public schools with about 184,790 students, including Wakefield Elementary.
The closest school to Wakefield Elementary is Wakefield Middle, located about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Wakefield Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
In 2020-21, Wakefield Elementary enrolled 594 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 520.
The Wakefield Elementary discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Wakefield Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Wakefield Elementary. Wakefield Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Wakefield ElementaryTurlock, CA · 601 students
- WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLITTLE ROCK, AR · 493 students
- WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWAKEFIELD, NE · 341 students
- Wakefield Elementary SchoolSHERMAN, TX · 324 students
- Wakefield ElemWakefield, KS · 129 students
Nearby schools
- Wakefield Middle0.1 mi · 803
- Wakefield High0.3 mi · 2,065
- North Forest Pines Elementary1.3 mi · 536
- Forest Pines Drive Elementary1.3 mi · 493
- Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School1.7 mi · 752
- Wake Forest Middle School2.3 mi · 878
Frequently asked questions
About Wakefield ElementaryHow many students attend Wakefield Elementary?
Wakefield Elementary enrolls approximately 520 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Wakefield Elementary serve?
Wakefield Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Wakefield Elementary have?
Wakefield Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Wakefield Elementary?
Student demographics at Wakefield Elementary are roughly 27% White, 35% Hispanic, 31% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Wakefield Elementary?
Wakefield Elementary is overseen by Wake County Schools in Wake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.