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What advice would you give to incoming students at Wilburn Elementary?
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Enrollment
593
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001908
Wilburn Elementary
3707 Marsh Creek Rd, Raleigh, NC 27604 · (919) 850-8738 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL593 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% 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
13.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
590 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 | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
62%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
33.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
37.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 Wilburn Elementary
Wilburn Elementary's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilburn Elementary this school | 593 | 99.5% | 35.6% |
| J. H. Gunn Elementary Charlotte | 616 | 99.5% | 45.3% |
| Steele Creek Elementary Charlotte | 525 | 99.4% | 54.6% |
| Hunter Elementary Greensboro | 505 | 99.4% | 33.2% |
| Hickory Grove Elementary Charlotte | 643 | 99.5% | 38.8% |
| Holt Elementary Durham | 587 | 99.5% | 42.0% |
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 Wilburn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #1,182 of 1,297 | #117 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #1,174 of 1,296 | #117 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #1,118 of 1,300 | #118 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 593 | #364 of 1,485 | #70 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #401 of 1,377 | #65 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #606 of 1,379 | #90 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #153 of 1,414 | #8 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #501 of 937 | #59 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
593
-43 (-7%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 525
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 593 | 43.2 | 13.7:1 | 99% (590) |
| 2023-24 | 615 | 46.5 | 13.2:1 | 100% (612) |
| 2022-23 | 608 | 40 | 15.2:1 | 86% (523) |
| 2020-21 | 636 | 50 | 12.7:1 | 66% (421) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 52.1 | 13.0:1 | 76% (515) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | 51 | 13.5:1 | 77% (528) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | 44 | 14.3:1 | 67% (419) |
| 2000-01 | 942 | 52 | 18.1:1 | 24% (227) |
| 1990-91 | 525 | 31 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilburn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (676 to 593); teachers down 17% (52.1 to 43.2).
About Wilburn Elementary
Wilburn Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has 593 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in North Carolina have about 467 students on average; enrollment here is 27% higher.
A total of 198 schools make up Wake County Schools, with 163,176 students enrolled.
Hispanic students are 53% of those enrolled at Wilburn Elementary. The remaining shares are 29% Black, 8% White, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Wake County's population at about 12%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 43.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.7:1. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 14.9:1. Of all students at Wilburn Elementary, 99% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Wake County is 42%.
Wilburn Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 8% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Wilburn Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (35.6%) and its predicted rate (48.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
In the wider Wake County area, median household income comes to 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%. Wake County counts 237 public schools with about 184,790 students.
Wilburn Elementary is about 1.4 miles from Brentwood Elementary, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Wilburn Elementary is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 636 students in 2020-21 to 593 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.7:1 to 13.7:1.
On allk12, people connected to Wilburn Elementary can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Nearby schools
- Brentwood Elementary1.4 mi · 385
- River Oaks Middle1.9 mi · 7
- Powell Elementary2.4 mi · 335
- Doral Academy of North Carolina2.4 mi · 592
- East Millbrook Middle2.4 mi · 731
- Wake Early College of Health and Science2.6 mi · 317
Frequently asked questions
About Wilburn ElementaryHow large is Wilburn Elementary?
Wilburn Elementary enrolls approximately 593 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Wilburn Elementary serve?
Wilburn Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wilburn Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wilburn Elementary is approximately 13.7:1 (43 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Wilburn Elementary?
Wilburn Elementary reports a student body of 8% White, 53% Hispanic, 29% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Wilburn Elementary?
Wilburn 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.