Wakelon Elementary

Wakelon Elementary, an average-sized K-5 school in Zebulon, North Carolina, operated by Wake County Schools, caters to 679 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 45% larger than typical.

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

Demographically, Wakelon Elementary reports that the largest single group is Black at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 13% White, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 100% of students at Wakelon Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Wake County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Wakelon Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.4%, the actual is 59.1%, a residual of +10.7 points.

Across the wider county, Wake County reports that the typical household earns roughly $105,768 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Wake County's 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), Wakelon Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Zebulon Elementary, around 1.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Wakelon Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wakelon Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 42.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wakelon Elementary has ticked up 24%, going from 548 students in 2018 to 679 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 18% to 13% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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