Wiley Elementary

Set in Raleigh, North Carolina, Wiley Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school, part of Wake County Schools. It serves 429 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Wake County Schools comprises 198 schools with combined enrollment of 163,176 students; Wiley Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Wiley Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 23% Black, 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Wiley Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wiley Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.8%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Wake County) shows that median household income runs about $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), Wiley Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Needham Broughton High, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Wiley Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 71.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wiley Elementary has ticked down 4%, going from 446 students in 2018 to 429 in 2025.

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