Wendell Elementary

Wendell Elementary is a K-5 school of medium-sized scale in Wendell, North Carolina, one of the schools within Wake County Schools, caters to 458 students in grades K through 5.

Wendell Elementary is one of 198 schools operated by Wake County Schools, a district that caters to 163,176 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Wendell Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 33% Black, 24% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 58% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Wendell Elementary logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Wake County's rate of about 42%.

After controlling for student poverty, Wendell Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 45.1%, a residual of -3.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Wake County reports that median household earnings sit near $105,768, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Wake County's 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), Wendell Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Carver Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wendell Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.1%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Wendell Elementary's enrollment has edged down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 582 (now 458). The White share of enrollment shrank from 45% to 34% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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