Brentwood Elementary

Summary:

Brentwood Elementary is a public magnet elementary school in Raleigh, North Carolina, serving 389 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Wake County Schools district, which is ranked 59 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating.

Brentwood Elementary has a diverse student population, with a racial makeup that is more balanced compared to nearby schools like Green Elementary and Joyner Elementary, which have a higher percentage of White students. However, the school's academic performance, as measured by End-of-Grade (EOG) test scores, is generally lower than the Wake County and North Carolina state averages. Additionally, Brentwood has a high percentage of students from low-income families, with 71.72% receiving free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, which is higher than nearby schools like Root Elementary and Joyner Elementary.

Brentwood Elementary's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with White students ranking in the top 25-35% of North Carolina elementary schools, while Hispanic and English Language Learner students rank in the bottom 10-20%, indicating significant achievement gaps. The school's spending per student ($12,415 in 2018-2019) is higher than some nearby schools, but lower than others, suggesting that higher spending does not necessarily translate to better academic outcomes. When compared to nearby schools with similar demographic profiles, such as Millbrook Elementary and Wilburn Elementary, Brentwood Elementary's academic challenges appear to be part of a broader trend, indicating that factors beyond just demographics may be contributing to the performance issues.


Detail:

Public, Magnet PK, KG-5

 3426 Ingram Dr
       Raleigh, NC  27604-2536


(919) 850-8720

District: Wake County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
1116th of 1,505 North Carolina Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,415 Help


Students who attend Brentwood Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Centennial Campus Middle
High:    Southeast Raleigh High
    Wake Early College of Health and Science
    Wake STEM Early College High School
    Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy
    More...

Student/teacher ratio:  10.5 Help
Number of students:  389

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
40.4%
White:
26.7%
African American:
23.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  71.7% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Brentwood Elementary ranks worse than 74.2% of elementary schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 103rd among 115 ranked elementary schools in the Wake County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 29.12. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Brentwood Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (40.4%), White (26.7%), African American (23.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 71.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Brentwood Elementary is 10.5, which is the 7th best among 115 elementary schools in the Wake County Schools District. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Brentwood Elementary is $12,415, which is the 8th highest among 115 elementary schools in the Wake County Schools District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Brentwood Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Brentwood Elementary 1116th of 1505 North Carolina public elementary schools. (See Brentwood Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Wake County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Wake County Schools 59th of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Brentwood Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Brentwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 18.04 1136th 1276 11.0%
2007 17.48 1160th 1293 10.3%
2008 29.36 1017th 1324 23.2%
2009 18.42 1184th 1354 12.6%
2010 17.09 1215th 1363 10.9%
2011 18.07 1227th 1381 11.2%
2012 21.23 1203rd 1388 13.3%
2013 20.84 1171st 1403 16.5%
2014 29.17 1023rd 1390 26.4%
2015 39.64 921st 1440 36.0%
2016 35.86 989th 1425 30.6%
2017 34.08 1015th 1429 29.0%
2018 40.12 922nd 1434 35.7%
2019 30.15 1096th 1473 25.6%
2021 32.25 991st 1489 33.4%
2022 39.30 930th 1514 38.6%
2023 29.49 1097th 1502 27.0%
2024 29.12 1116th 1505 25.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Brentwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.94 221st 421 47.5%
2019 51.87 189th 497 62.0%
2021 33.90 254th 385 34.0%
2022 18.55 460th 485 5.2%
2023 23.46 439th 514 14.6%
2024 33.24 380th 533 28.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Brentwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.72 639th 1332 52.0%
2019 38.63 902nd 1361 33.7%
2021 31.47 931st 1329 29.9%
2022 43.10 781st 1366 42.8%
2023 27.88 1128th 1437 21.5%
2024 26.02 1204th 1450 17.0%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Homeless students at Brentwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 75.56 2nd 14 85.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Brentwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.96 663rd 1405 52.8%
2019 35.79 978th 1424 31.3%
2021 24.67 1104th 1440 23.3%
2022 37.38 939th 1458 35.6%
2023 35.90 950th 1459 34.9%
2024 36.76 971st 1455 33.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Brentwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.67 601st 897 33.0%
2019 39.99 524th 878 40.3%
2021 27.39 516th 646 20.1%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Brentwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 67.99 102nd 582 82.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Brentwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.27 1060th 1413 25.0%
2019 28.36 1122nd 1430 21.5%
2021 39.46 862nd 1444 40.3%
2022 41.22 878th 1464 40.0%
2023 26.26 1131st 1461 22.6%
2024 25.21 1165th 1464 20.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Brentwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.54 133rd 927 85.7%
2019 53.84 386th 949 59.3%
2021 29.47 649th 896 27.6%
2022 40.61 537th 927 42.1%
2023 27.39 729th 933 21.9%
2024 41.66 556th 924 39.8%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Brentwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.93 561st 851 34.1%
2019 32.83 645th 865 25.4%
2021 24.80 705th 843 16.4%
2022 26.76 749th 893 16.1%
2023 21.91 796th 915 13.0%
2024 16.13 893rd 951 6.1%
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Rank History for White students at Brentwood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 52.92 531st 1172 54.7%
2022 70.91 311th 1194 74.0%
2023 65.39 381st 1183 67.8%
2024 64.73 384th 1166 67.1%
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Data source: test scores: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Brentwood Elementary Test Scores
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Data source: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Brentwood Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 346 236 19 6 0 n/a n/a 0 607
1989 305 233 9 3 0 n/a n/a 0 550
1990 286 239 15 4 1 n/a n/a 0 545
1991 302 212 31 2 2 n/a n/a 0 549
1992 307 234 33 5 1 n/a n/a 0 580
1993 348 243 27 9 2 n/a n/a 0 629
1994 342 266 19 11 3 n/a n/a 0 641
1995 291 300 38 25 0 n/a n/a 0 654
1996 291 300 38 25 0 n/a n/a 0 654
1997 242 274 33 16 0 n/a n/a 0 565
1998 230 266 35 23 0 n/a n/a 0 554
1999 199 295 35 24 2 n/a n/a 0 555
2000 155 314 40 27 0 n/a n/a 0 536
2001 143 279 49 42 0 n/a n/a 0 513
2002 118 329 41 102 0 n/a n/a 0 590
2003 118 329 41 102 0 n/a n/a 0 590
2004 85 288 28 102 0 n/a n/a 0 503
2005 77 295 28 148 0 n/a n/a 0 548
2006 71 279 16 199 0 n/a n/a 0 565
2007 58 251 16 217 0 n/a n/a 22 564
2008 47 161 14 218 n/a n/a n/a 18 458
2009 34 169 14 177 0 n/a n/a 0 394
2010 43 185 15 195 0 n/a n/a 0 438
2011 42 178 16 204 0 0 9 0 449
2012 56 200 17 225 0 0 16 0 514
2013 44 175 19 209 0 0 13 0 460
2014 40 145 21 201 3 0 18 0 428
2015 40 135 23 223 6 0 24 0 451
2016 46 129 21 177 3 0 25 0 401
2017 53 130 20 183 2 0 24 0 412
2018 65 124 22 195 2 0 29 0 437
2019 67 109 17 198 2 0 28 0 421
2020 83 115 22 188 4 1 22 0 435
2021 87 107 30 167 1 1 19 0 412
2022 93 87 23 173 1 0 13 0 390
2023 104 93 20 157 1 0 14 0 389

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Brentwood Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 607 28.0 21.6 13.2
1989 550 28.0 19.6 14.7
1990 545 25.0 21.8 13.9
1991 549 33.0 16.6 13.8
1992 580 33.0 17.5 14.3
1993 629 38.0 16.6 19.9
1994 641 38.0 16.9 18.4
1995 654 38.0 17.2 25.4
1996 654 38.0 17.2 25.4
1997 565 35.0 16.1 34.7
1998 554 37.0 15.0 26.5
1999 555 31.0 17.9 43.6
2000 536 32.0 16.8 40.7
2001 513 35.0 14.7 49.3
2002 590 43.0 13.7 55.6
2003 590 43.0 13.7 55.6
2004 503 43.0 11.7 64.2
2005 548 42.0 13.0 74.1
2006 565 54.0 10.5 70.8
2007 564 n/a n/a 70.5
2008 458 36.4 12.6 n/a
2009 394 32.3 12.2 n/a
2010 438 37.5 11.6 76.5
2011 449 38.7 11.5 70.4
2012 514 42.0 12.2 74.9
2013 460 41.2 11.1 77
2014 428 40.6 10.5 77.1
2015 451 38.0 11.8 78.3
2016 401 34.0 11.7 75.8
2017 412 33.1 12.4 76.2
2018 437 37.2 11.7 75.7
2019 421 35.0 12.0 74.8
2020 435 34.5 12.6 71.5
2021 412 37.0 11.1 58.3
2022 390 39.0 10.0 44.4
2023 389 37.0 10.5 71.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Brentwood Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 607 28.0 21.6 13.2
1989 550 28.0 19.6 14.7
1990 545 25.0 21.8 13.9
1991 549 33.0 16.6 13.8
1992 580 33.0 17.5 14.3
1993 629 38.0 16.6 19.9
1994 641 38.0 16.9 18.4
1995 654 38.0 17.2 25.4
1996 654 38.0 17.2 25.4
1997 565 35.0 16.1 34.7
1998 554 37.0 15.0 26.5
1999 555 31.0 17.9 43.6
2000 536 32.0 16.8 40.7
2001 513 35.0 14.7 49.3
2002 590 43.0 13.7 55.6
2003 590 43.0 13.7 55.6
2004 503 43.0 11.7 64.2
2005 548 42.0 13.0 74.1
2006 565 54.0 10.5 70.8
2007 564 n/a n/a 70.5
2008 458 36.4 12.6 n/a
2009 394 32.3 12.2 n/a
2010 438 37.5 11.6 76.5
2011 449 38.7 11.5 70.4
2012 514 42.0 12.2 74.9
2013 460 41.2 11.1 77
2014 428 40.6 10.5 77.1
2015 451 38.0 11.8 78.3
2016 401 34.0 11.7 75.8
2017 412 33.1 12.4 76.2
2018 437 37.2 11.7 75.7
2019 421 35.0 12.0 74.8
2020 435 34.5 12.6 71.5
2021 412 37.0 11.1 58.3
2022 390 39.0 10.0 44.4
2023 389 37.0 10.5 71.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Brentwood Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,590 (12.8%) $10,825 (87.2%) $12,415

Data source: North Carolina Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Brentwood Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1096th of 1473 Elementary schoolsRanks 1097th of 1502 Elementary schools
 1.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Brentwood Elementary)67.233.8
 33.4%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Wake County Schools)69.467.4
 2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)64.361.1
 3.2%
3rd Grade Reading (Brentwood Elementary)49.345.6
 3.7%
   3rd Grade Reading (Wake County Schools)6658.7
 7.3%
   3rd Grade Reading (North Carolina)56.848
 8.8%
4th Grade Mathematics (Brentwood Elementary)53.138.1
 15%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Wake County Schools)6565
   4th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)57.355.3
 2%
4th Grade Reading (Brentwood Elementary)40.647.6
 7%
   4th Grade Reading (Wake County Schools)63.265.7
 2.5%
   4th Grade Reading (North Carolina)57.355.3
 2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Brentwood Elementary)44.143.9
 0.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Wake County Schools)6665.6
 0.4%
   5th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)60.255.9
 4.3%
5th Grade Reading (Brentwood Elementary)36.840.9
 4.1%
   5th Grade Reading (Wake County Schools)60.659.1
 1.5%
   5th Grade Reading (North Carolina)54.648
 6.6%
5th Grade Science (Brentwood Elementary)57.451.5
 5.9%
   5th Grade Science (Wake County Schools)71.370.6
 0.7%
   5th Grade Science (North Carolina)72.665.3
 7.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students421389
 7.6%
African American10993
 14.7%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian1720
 17.6%
Hispanic198157
 20.7%
Pacific Islander00
White67104
 55.2%
Two or More Races2814
 50%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients74.8%71.7%
 3.1%


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Brentwood Elementary ranks 1116th of 1505 North Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 389 students attended Brentwood Elementary.

Students at Brentwood Elementary are 40% Hispanic, 27% White, 24% African American, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more races.


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