Willow Springs Elementary

Located at 6800 Dwight Rowland Rd, in Willow Spring, North Carolina, Willow Springs Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary-level community that works with 826 students (grades K through 5), part of Wake County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 77% bigger than typical.

Willow Springs Elementary is one of 198 schools operated by Wake County Schools, a district that caters to 163,176 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Willow Springs Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial. Compared to Wake County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Wake County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Willow Springs Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.5%, the actual is 74.7%, a residual of +5.3 points.

In the area at large, census data for Wake County shows the typical household earns roughly $105,768 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Willow Springs Elementary is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

The closest other public school is South Lakes Elementary, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Willow Springs Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.1%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Willow Springs Elementary has ticked down 25%, going from 1,104 students in 2018 to 826 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 76% to 59% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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