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Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002493
Wildwood Forest Elementary
8401 Wildwood Forest Drive, Raleigh, NC 27616 · (919) 713-0600 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
12.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
548 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 | 27 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
63%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
Wildwood Forest Elementary→East Millbrook 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
38.2%
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 38 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
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 Wildwood Forest Elementary
Wildwood Forest Elementary's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwood Forest Elementary this school | 551 | 99.5% | 40.7% |
| East Garner Elementary Garner | 535 | 99.4% | 43.5% |
| Sumner Elementary Greensboro | 549 | 99.5% | 44.0% |
| Oakdale Elementary Charlotte | 497 | 98.8% | 40.8% |
| Northwood Elementary High Point | 502 | 99.4% | 48.6% |
| Spring Valley Elementary Durham | 543 | 99.3% | 53.5% |
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 Wildwood Forest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #1,083 of 1,297 | #113 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #1,187 of 1,296 | #118 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #1,004 of 1,300 | #111 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #461 of 1,485 | #84 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #121 of 1,377 | #19 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #587 of 1,379 | #86 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #204 of 1,414 | #12 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #352 of 937 | #45 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
551
-79 (-13%) vs 2020
-18% since 2000-01, when it was 673
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 551 | 44.7 | 12.3:1 | 99% (548) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 44.7 | 12.3:1 | 80% (440) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 44.3 | 11.4:1 | 85% (428) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 48 | 13.1:1 | 63% (397) |
| 2017-18 | 665 | 46.5 | 14.3:1 | 62% (410) |
| 2015-16 | 777 | 54 | 14.4:1 | 59% (455) |
| 2010-11 | 742 | 50 | 14.8:1 | 39% (287) |
| 2000-01 | 673 | 38 | 17.7:1 | 18% (120) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wildwood Forest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (665 to 551); teachers down 4% (46.5 to 44.7).
About Wildwood Forest Elementary
Wildwood Forest Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Raleigh, North Carolina, one of the schools in Wake County Schools. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 551 students.
Wake County Schools operates 198 schools. Combined enrollment is 163,176 students.
At 52%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Wildwood Forest Elementary combined. Other students are 30% Hispanic, 10% White, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Wake County residents are about 19% Black. Wildwood Forest Elementary has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Wildwood Forest Elementary operates with 44.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. About 99% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That rate is above the 42% average among public schools in Wake County.
Wildwood Forest Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 16% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Wildwood Forest Elementary scores 40.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 48.5%.
Among Wake County residents, median household income is about $105,768, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 237 public schools in Wake County, with a combined enrollment of about 184,790.
Fox Road Elementary is located about 1.4 miles from Wildwood Forest Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 40.7% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
Wildwood Forest Elementary is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 13%, from 630 to 551.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Wildwood Forest Elementary covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Fox Road Elementary1.4 mi · 430
- Abbotts Creek Elementary1.6 mi · 805
- Durant Road Elementary1.7 mi · 577
- Endeavor Charter School1.9 mi · 799
- River Bend Elementary2.2 mi · 709
- Durant Road Middle2.2 mi · 649
Frequently asked questions
About Wildwood Forest ElementaryHow large is Wildwood Forest Elementary?
Wildwood Forest Elementary enrolls approximately 551 students in grades PK-05.
Is Wildwood Forest Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wildwood Forest Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Wildwood Forest Elementary have?
Wildwood Forest Elementary employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Wildwood Forest Elementary?
Student demographics at Wildwood Forest Elementary are roughly 10% White, 30% Hispanic, 52% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Wildwood Forest Elementary?
Wildwood Forest 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.