Enrollment
429
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001909
Wiley Elementary
301 St. Mary's Street, Raleigh, NC 27605 · (919) 856-7723 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL429 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- BTest 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
12.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
167 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 11 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
68%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
Wiley Elementary→Oberlin 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
60.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
60.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Wiley Elementary
Wiley Elementary's state test result (60.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiley Elementary this school | 429 | 38.9% | 60.8% |
| Rolesville Elementary Rolesville | 538 | 38.8% | 65.8% |
| Penny Road Elementary Cary | 509 | 36.9% | 63.0% |
| Brooks Elementary Raleigh | 471 | 47.1% | 55.5% |
| Lansdowne Elementary Charlotte | 573 | 37.2% | 65.3% |
| Wake Forest Elementary Wake Forest | 444 | 45.9% | 57.6% |
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 Wiley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #477 of 1,297 | #74 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #600 of 1,296 | #81 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #317 of 1,300 | #67 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 429 | #815 of 1,485 | #119 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #111 of 1,377 | #16 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #327 of 1,379 | #47 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.9% | #1,230 of 1,414 | #65 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #829 of 937 | #87 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
429
+51 (+13%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 370
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 429 | 35.1 | 12.2:1 | 39% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 389 | 34.4 | 11.3:1 | 42% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 34.5 | 10.7:1 | 43% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | 31 | 12.2:1 | 35% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 34.9 | 12.8:1 | 34% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 39 | 12.9:1 | 38% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 34 | 13.7:1 | 28% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 410 | 30 | 13.7:1 | 30% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 370 | 32 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wiley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (446 to 429); teachers up 1% (34.9 to 35.1).
About Wiley Elementary
A medium-sized elementary school in Raleigh, North Carolina, Wiley Elementary is part of Wake County Schools. The school serves 429 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Wake County Schools is the district for Wiley Elementary. It has 198 schools and 163,176 students.
At Wiley Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 47%. The school is also 23% Black, 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is lower than the 58% White share among all Wake County residents. Wiley Elementary's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 12.2:1 comes from the school's 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The lunch program counts 39% of students at Wiley Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Wake County average 42%.
Wiley Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 45% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Wiley Elementary would score about 67.0%. It scores 60.8%, 6.2 points below that figure.
In the county around the school, Wake County, the median household income is $105,768, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Wake County is home to 237 public schools and about 184,790 public school students.
Needham Broughton High is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Wiley Elementary comes in 5th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Wiley Elementary is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The school enrolled 429 students in 2024-25, 51 more than the 378 it had in 2020-21.
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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
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- 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
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Other Wiley Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Wiley Elementary. Wiley Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Wiley Elementary SchoolSHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI · 570 students
- Wiley ElementaryHutchinson, KS · 322 students
- Wiley ElemHolcomb, KS · 218 students
- Wiley Elementary SchoolWILEY, CO · 155 students
Nearby schools
- Needham Broughton High0.4 mi · 2,153
- Partnership Elementary0.4 mi · 276
- The Exploris School0.5 mi · 448
- Governor Morehead School for the Blind0.6 mi · 35
- Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy0.6 mi · 337
- Raleigh Charter High School0.8 mi · 552
Frequently asked questions
About Wiley ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Wiley Elementary?
Wiley Elementary enrolls approximately 429 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Wiley Elementary serve?
Wiley Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wiley Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wiley Elementary is approximately 12.2:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Wiley Elementary?
Student demographics at Wiley Elementary are roughly 47% White, 21% Hispanic, 23% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Wiley Elementary?
Wiley 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.