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Enrollment
730
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001681
Weatherstone Elementary
1000 Olde Weatherstone Way, Cary, NC 27513 · (919) 380-6988 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL730 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% 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
15.1:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
227 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 | 7 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 133 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (134).
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
60.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
78.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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
72.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Weatherstone Elementary
Weatherstone Elementary's state test result (72.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weatherstone Elementary this school | 730 | 31.1% | 72.0% |
| Endhaven Elementary Charlotte | 790 | 36.1% | 67.8% |
| Salem Elementary Apex | 776 | 25.4% | 70.8% |
| Turner Creek Elementary Cary | 638 | 22.6% | 71.9% |
| Bryan Road Elementary Garner | 685 | 34.0% | 72.9% |
| Northwoods Elementary Cary | 579 | 35.1% | 68.7% |
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 Weatherstone Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #186 of 1,297 | #37 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.9% | #141 of 1,296 | #25 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #312 of 1,300 | #65 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 730 | #149 of 1,485 | #30 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #783 of 1,377 | #115 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #116 of 1,379 | #13 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.1% | #1,289 of 1,414 | #88 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #458 of 937 | #55 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
730
-44 (-6%) vs 2020
+7% since 2000-01, when it was 681
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 730 | 48.3 | 15.1:1 | 31% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 718 | 50.2 | 14.3:1 | 30% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 693 | 51 | 13.6:1 | 35% (243) |
| 2020-21 | 774 | 53 | 14.6:1 | 22% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 846 | 53 | 16.0:1 | 28% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 992 | 60 | 16.5:1 | 29% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | 36 | 17.9:1 | 32% (208) |
| 2000-01 | 681 | 64 | 10.6:1 | 27% (181) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Weatherstone Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (846 to 730); teachers down 9% (53 to 48.3).
About Weatherstone Elementary
Weatherstone Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in Cary, North Carolina. The school reports 730 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467 students, so this school is 56% larger than average.
Wake County Schools has a total of 198 schools and 163,176 students, Weatherstone Elementary among them.
Enrollment at Weatherstone Elementary is mixed, with White students the largest group at 40%. The school is also 25% Hispanic, 23% Asian, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. That is lower than the 58% White share among all Wake County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Weatherstone Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
With 48.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Weatherstone Elementary was 15.1:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina average about 14.9:1, a similar figure. Weatherstone Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 31%. Compared with the 42% average for public schools in Wake County, the school's rate is lower.
Weatherstone Elementary is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 71% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with North Carolina schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Weatherstone Elementary's results are 2.7 points above predicted: 72.0% against 69.3%.
In Wake County (population about 1,178,653), median household income is about $105,768, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Weatherstone Elementary is one of 237 public schools in Wake County, which together enroll about 184,790 students.
The closest public school, West Cary Middle, is about 1.2 miles from Weatherstone Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Weatherstone Elementary is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal counts put enrollment at 774 in 2020-21 and 730 in 2024-25, a 6% decrease.
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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 Cary
- Panther Creek HighHigh · 2,609 students
- Green Hope HighHigh · 2,304 students
- Green Level HighHigh · 2,283 students
- Cary HighHigh · 2,044 students
- Triangle Math and Science AcademyCombined · 1,904 students
- Mills Park MiddleMiddle · 1,632 students
Nearby schools
- West Cary Middle1.2 mi · 824
- Northwoods Elementary1.2 mi · 579
- Cardinal Charter Academy1.8 mi · 584
- Cary Elementary1.9 mi · 477
- Kingswood Elementary1.9 mi · 427
- Briarcliff Elementary2.1 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Weatherstone ElementaryHow many students attend Weatherstone Elementary?
Weatherstone Elementary enrolls approximately 730 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Weatherstone Elementary serve?
Weatherstone Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Weatherstone Elementary?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Weatherstone Elementary.
How diverse is Weatherstone Elementary?
Weatherstone Elementary reports a student body of 40% White, 25% Hispanic, 6% Black, 23% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Weatherstone Elementary?
Weatherstone 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.