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What's the one class at Walnut Creek Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
574
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472003186
Walnut Creek Elementary
2600 Sunnybrook Rd, Raleigh, NC 27610 · (919) 857-9500 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL574 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.2:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
571 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 | 36 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
60%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
Walnut Creek Elementary→West Lake 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
28.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
36.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Walnut Creek Elementary
Walnut Creek Elementary's state test result (32.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Creek Elementary this school | 574 | 99.5% | 32.7% |
| Gibson Elementary Winston-Salem | 589 | 99.5% | 23.0% |
| Barwell Road Elementary Raleigh | 648 | 99.5% | 48.9% |
| Creech Road Elementary Garner | 549 | 99.5% | 49.8% |
| Petree Elementary Winston-Salem | 519 | 99.4% | 25.4% |
| Sandy Ridge Elementary Durham | 589 | 99.5% | 45.6% |
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 Walnut Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #1,217 of 1,297 | #120 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #1,188 of 1,296 | #119 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #1,217 of 1,300 | #120 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 574 | #406 of 1,485 | #77 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #39 of 1,377 | #6 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #694 of 1,379 | #101 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #176 of 1,414 | #10 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #369 of 369 | #33 of 33 |
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
574
+50 (+10%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 574 | 51.5 | 11.2:1 | 99% (571) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 44.6 | 11.7:1 | 99% (517) |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 44 | 11.3:1 | 99% (494) |
| 2020-21 | 524 | 42 | 12.5:1 | 76% (397) |
| 2017-18 | 573 | 45 | 12.7:1 | 74% (422) |
| 2015-16 | 814 | 52 | 15.7:1 | 73% (595) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walnut Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (573 to 574); teachers up 14% (45 to 51.5).
About Walnut Creek Elementary
Walnut Creek Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school enrolls 574 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467, so this school runs 23% bigger than that.
Wake County Schools has 198 schools and 163,176 students, and Walnut Creek Elementary is one of those schools.
Walnut Creek Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 50%. Other students are 38% Hispanic, 7% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Wake County residents are about 19% Black. Walnut Creek Elementary has a diversity index of 60%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 11.2:1, with 51.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 99%. It compares with 42% for public schools in Wake County.
Walnut Creek Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 6% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Walnut Creek Elementary is 48.5%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.7%.
Across Wake County, median household income is about $105,768, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Wake County number 237 and enroll about 184,790.
Of nearby public schools, PreEminent Charter is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Walnut Creek Elementary comes in 5th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Walnut Creek Elementary had 524 students in 2020-21 and 574 in 2024-25, a 10% increase. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.5:1 to 11.2:1.
Community posts for Walnut Creek Elementary can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Walnut Creek Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Walnut Creek Elementary. Walnut Creek Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Walnut Creek ElementaryMcDonough, GA · 712 students
- Walnut Creek ElementaryGalena, OH · 546 students
- Walnut Creek Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 496 students
- WALNUT CREEK ELEMENTARYPAPILLION, NE · 451 students
- Walnut Creek Elementary SchoolAZLE, TX · 389 students
Nearby schools
- PreEminent Charter0.3 mi · 667
- Southeast Raleigh High0.9 mi · 1,438
- Bugg Elementary1.4 mi · 345
- Central Wake High School1.8 mi · 293
- Southeast Raleigh Elementary1.9 mi · 378
- RISE Southeast Raleigh Charter School1.9 mi · 484
Frequently asked questions
About Walnut Creek ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Walnut Creek Elementary?
Walnut Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 574 students in grades PK-05.
Is Walnut Creek Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Walnut Creek Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Walnut Creek Elementary have?
Walnut Creek Elementary employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Walnut Creek Elementary?
At Walnut Creek Elementary, the student body is approximately 7% White, 38% Hispanic, 50% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Walnut Creek Elementary public or private?
Walnut Creek 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.