Zebulon Elementary

Set in Zebulon, North Carolina, Zebulon Elementary is an average-sized K-5 school, overseen by Wake County Schools. It enrolls 693 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Zebulon Elementary sits 48% bigger than that benchmark.

Wake County Schools runs 198 schools in total, collectively educating 163,176 students. Zebulon Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Zebulon Elementary reports that 47% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 30% Hispanic, 16% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Wake County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Zebulon Elementary reports 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Zebulon Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Wake County's rate of about 42%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Zebulon Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Wake County) records that 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%. In all, Wake County runs 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), of which Zebulon Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Zebulon Middle, roughly 0.7 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Zebulon Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 47.1%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Zebulon Elementary has edged up 24%, going from 560 students in 2018 to 693 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 33% to 47% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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