Wildwood Forest Elementary

Set in Raleigh, North Carolina, Wildwood Forest Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school, one of the schools within Wake County Schools. It teaches 551 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within Wake County Schools, which oversees 198 schools and 163,176 students, Wildwood Forest Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Wildwood Forest Elementary lists that 52% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 10% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Wake County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Wildwood Forest Elementary lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Wildwood Forest Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at Wildwood Forest Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Wake County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Wildwood Forest Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Wake County indicate median household earnings sit near $105,768, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Wake County's 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), Wildwood Forest Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Fox Road Elementary, roughly 1.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wildwood Forest Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.5%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wildwood Forest Elementary has declined 17%, going from 665 students in 2018 to 551 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment grew from 40% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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