Wake Forest Elementary

Summary:

Wake Forest Elementary is a public elementary school serving 342 students in grades PK-5 in Wake Forest, North Carolina, which is part of the Wake County Schools district.

While Wake Forest Elementary has a more diverse student population compared to some nearby schools, with 41.23% White, 35.38% African American, and 15.2% Hispanic students, its academic performance as measured by state assessments is generally lower than the district and state averages. For example, the school's 3rd grade math proficiency rate was 66.1% in 2023-2024, compared to 69.3% for the district and 62.7% for the state. Additionally, 55.56% of Wake Forest Elementary students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a higher percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds than nearby schools like Jones Dairy Elementary (13.75%) and Heritage Elementary (29.26%). However, the school does have a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.7 students per teacher.

Compared to nearby public schools, such as Richland Creek Elementary and Heritage Elementary, as well as local charter schools like Envision Science Academy, Wake Forest Elementary has struggled to maintain its academic performance and ranking over the past several years. Addressing these areas of concern could help the school better serve its diverse student community.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 406 S Main Street
       Wake Forest, NC  27587-2524


(919) 554-8655

District: Wake County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
564th of 1,505 North Carolina Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,352 Help


Students who attend Wake Forest Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Wake Forest Middle School
High:    Wake Early College of Health and Science
    Wake Forest High School
    Wake STEM Early College High School
    Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy
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Student/teacher ratio:  10.7 Help
Number of students:  342

Racial breakdown:

White:
41.2%
African American:
35.4%
Hispanic:
15.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  55.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Wake Forest Elementary ranks better than 62.5% of elementary schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 70th 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 61.09. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Wake Forest Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (41.2%), African American (35.4%), Hispanic (15.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 55.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Wake Forest Elementary is 10.7, which is the 11th best among 115 elementary schools in the Wake County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Wake Forest Elementary is $11,352, which is the 19th highest among 115 elementary schools in the Wake County Schools District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Wake Forest Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Wake Forest Elementary 564th of 1505 North Carolina public elementary schools. (See Wake Forest 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 Wake Forest Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Wake Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 75.96 235th 1276 81.6%
2007 77.40 212th 1293 83.6%
2008 68.76 374th 1324 71.8%
2009 58.99 632nd 1354 53.3%
2010 70.08 392nd 1363 71.2%
2011 74.43 309th 1381 77.6%
2012 64.49 521st 1388 62.5%
2013 84.87 159th 1403 88.7%
2014 81.49 218th 1390 84.3%
2015 73.36 356th 1440 75.3%
2016 69.03 413th 1425 71.0%
2017 56.05 652nd 1429 54.4%
2018 55.83 648th 1434 54.8%
2019 56.44 648th 1473 56.0%
2021 54.68 648th 1489 56.5%
2022 48.18 769th 1514 49.2%
2023 46.32 827th 1502 44.9%
2024 61.09 564th 1505 62.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Wake Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.44 1032nd 1332 22.5%
2019 44.35 805th 1361 40.9%
2021 46.41 664th 1329 50.0%
2022 37.53 889th 1366 34.9%
2023 29.45 1102nd 1437 23.3%
2024 42.21 888th 1450 38.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Wake Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.40 600th 1405 57.3%
2019 49.47 749th 1424 47.4%
2021 50.67 674th 1440 53.2%
2022 40.57 876th 1458 39.9%
2023 41.19 864th 1459 40.8%
2024 50.94 699th 1455 52.0%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Wake Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 54.58 214th 646 66.9%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Wake Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 46.10 490th 612 19.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Wake Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.81 742nd 1413 47.5%
2019 61.53 509th 1430 64.4%
2021 54.36 624th 1444 56.8%
2022 51.98 689th 1464 52.9%
2023 50.79 729th 1461 50.1%
2024 65.84 458th 1464 68.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Wake Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.22 691st 927 25.5%
2019 44.19 532nd 949 43.9%
2021 52.39 320th 896 64.3%
2022 36.35 598th 927 35.5%
2023 28.15 720th 933 22.8%
2024 44.62 504th 924 45.5%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Wake Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 58.88 291st 893 67.4%
2024 58.25 340th 951 64.2%
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Rank History for White students at Wake Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.10 352nd 1178 70.1%
2019 59.87 465th 1183 60.7%
2021 40.50 715th 1172 39.0%
2022 56.37 519th 1194 56.5%
2023 65.52 377th 1183 68.1%
2024 68.97 332nd 1166 71.5%
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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.

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Data source: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction

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Reviews:
by a citizen
Saturday, September 21, 2019

Open Quote A school where everyone knows each other and takes care of one another! Close Quote


by a citizen
Thursday, May 26, 2016

Open Quote I understand there is a Math teacher there who thrives on belittling students rather than encouraging learning. This teacher will pick out certain child(ren) and continuously figuratively dangle him/her in front of the class to actually tell everyone how "stupid" they he/she is. This "teacher" it seems it only teaching children how to BULLY. She CERTAINLY is NOT "encouraging the love of learning"...which I feel teachers are on the front line of the future of our country's successes. To not be able to control herself sufficiently in a classroom indicates she should never ever have started teaching and should absolutely never be allowed to teach again!!! When the Administration of a school allows this to happen all year, year after year, they are CONDONING the action and they too are to blame for the actions. It not only affects the individual child it sends a message to the ENTIRE classroom of students how nasty, prejudiced, out of control, selfish and obnoxious ANY teacher can be. It is a REFLECTION on EVERYONE in academia...including the Administration and even the School Board!!! SHAME SHAME ON EVERY ONE IN THAT SCHOOL - ALL THE TEACHERS ARE CONDONING this too...SHAME! Close Quote



Enrollment information for Wake Forest Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 625 201 5 1 2 n/a n/a 0 834
1989 674 216 6 0 2 n/a n/a 0 898
1990 732 223 3 5 2 n/a n/a 0 965
1991 770 212 3 4 1 n/a n/a 0 990
1992 789 224 2 9 2 n/a n/a 0 1026
1993 712 218 1 11 1 n/a n/a 0 943
1994 762 227 9 10 1 n/a n/a 0 1009
1995 843 223 17 15 4 n/a n/a 0 1102
1996 843 223 17 15 4 n/a n/a 0 1102
1997 727 205 21 19 2 n/a n/a 0 974
1998 741 236 23 18 5 n/a n/a 0 1023
1999 731 252 21 14 7 n/a n/a 0 1025
2000 609 230 19 12 5 n/a n/a 0 875
2001 560 236 14 12 4 n/a n/a 0 826
2002 562 275 14 22 3 n/a n/a 0 876
2003 562 275 14 22 3 n/a n/a 0 876
2004 629 306 15 18 4 n/a n/a 0 972
2005 539 152 9 13 2 n/a n/a 0 715
2006 572 113 19 25 4 n/a n/a 0 733
2007 572 72 16 27 4 n/a n/a 31 722
2008 502 99 11 45 3 n/a n/a 39 699
2009 482 224 17 58 2 n/a n/a 0 783
2010 409 169 21 45 2 n/a n/a 0 646
2011 414 134 18 58 3 0 35 0 662
2012 372 149 21 66 1 0 44 0 653
2013 353 123 17 58 1 0 39 0 591
2014 346 124 17 54 1 2 36 0 580
2015 308 148 11 62 6 2 31 0 568
2016 284 142 10 70 5 2 28 0 541
2017 247 130 14 61 3 2 22 0 479
2018 233 154 9 54 3 1 23 0 477
2019 209 138 12 46 2 0 17 0 424
2020 212 161 13 55 3 0 17 0 461
2021 175 132 11 47 1 0 22 0 388
2022 164 135 10 49 0 0 15 0 373
2023 141 121 7 52 0 0 21 0 342

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 Wake Forest Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 834 43.0 19.3 22.2
1989 898 43.0 20.8 26.2
1990 965 40.0 24.1 21.8
1991 990 58.0 17.0 21.2
1992 1026 58.0 17.6 17.9
1993 943 58.0 16.3 27.4
1994 1009 65.0 15.5 27
1995 1102 65.0 17.0 24.2
1996 1102 65.0 17.0 24.2
1997 974 60.0 16.2 25.8
1998 1023 64.0 16.0 25.2
1999 1025 60.0 17.1 35.4
2000 875 60.0 14.6 36.3
2001 826 61.0 13.5 37.5
2002 876 55.0 15.9 32.4
2003 876 55.0 15.9 32.4
2004 972 55.0 17.7 32.2
2005 715 63.0 11.3 18.6
2006 733 51.0 14.4 14.6
2007 722 n/a n/a 14.8
2008 699 46.8 14.9 n/a
2009 783 51.6 15.2 n/a
2010 646 40.8 15.8 35.9
2011 662 41.1 16.0 35.5
2012 653 40.7 16.0 42.3
2013 591 42.0 14.0 36.7
2014 580 39.5 14.6 38.8
2015 568 38.0 14.9 40.1
2016 541 35.0 15.4 45.3
2017 479 31.5 15.2 43
2018 477 30.0 15.9 46.3
2019 424 29.2 14.5 50.7
2020 461 31.6 14.5 49.5
2021 388 30.5 12.7 45.6
2022 373 32.5 11.4 35.4
2023 342 31.8 10.7 55.6

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 Wake Forest Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 834 43.0 19.3 22.2
1989 898 43.0 20.8 26.2
1990 965 40.0 24.1 21.8
1991 990 58.0 17.0 21.2
1992 1026 58.0 17.6 17.9
1993 943 58.0 16.3 27.4
1994 1009 65.0 15.5 27
1995 1102 65.0 17.0 24.2
1996 1102 65.0 17.0 24.2
1997 974 60.0 16.2 25.8
1998 1023 64.0 16.0 25.2
1999 1025 60.0 17.1 35.4
2000 875 60.0 14.6 36.3
2001 826 61.0 13.5 37.5
2002 876 55.0 15.9 32.4
2003 876 55.0 15.9 32.4
2004 972 55.0 17.7 32.2
2005 715 63.0 11.3 18.6
2006 733 51.0 14.4 14.6
2007 722 n/a n/a 14.8
2008 699 46.8 14.9 n/a
2009 783 51.6 15.2 n/a
2010 646 40.8 15.8 35.9
2011 662 41.1 16.0 35.5
2012 653 40.7 16.0 42.3
2013 591 42.0 14.0 36.7
2014 580 39.5 14.6 38.8
2015 568 38.0 14.9 40.1
2016 541 35.0 15.4 45.3
2017 479 31.5 15.2 43
2018 477 30.0 15.9 46.3
2019 424 29.2 14.5 50.7
2020 461 31.6 14.5 49.5
2021 388 30.5 12.7 45.6
2022 373 32.5 11.4 35.4
2023 342 31.8 10.7 55.6

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 Wake Forest Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,126 (9.9%) $10,226 (90.1%) $11,352

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Wake Forest Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 648th of 1473 Elementary schoolsRanks 827th of 1502 Elementary schools
 11.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Wake Forest Elementary)74.755.4
 19.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Wake County Schools)69.467.4
 2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)64.361.1
 3.2%
3rd Grade Reading (Wake Forest Elementary)63.347.7
 15.6%
   3rd Grade Reading (Wake County Schools)6658.7
 7.3%
   3rd Grade Reading (North Carolina)56.848
 8.8%
4th Grade Mathematics (Wake Forest Elementary)64.555.8
 8.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Wake County Schools)6565
   4th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)57.355.3
 2%
4th Grade Reading (Wake Forest Elementary)65.858.1
 7.7%
   4th Grade Reading (Wake County Schools)63.265.7
 2.5%
   4th Grade Reading (North Carolina)57.355.3
 2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Wake Forest Elementary)54.847.9
 6.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Wake County Schools)6665.6
 0.4%
   5th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)60.255.9
 4.3%
5th Grade Reading (Wake Forest Elementary)52.447.9
 4.5%
   5th Grade Reading (Wake County Schools)60.659.1
 1.5%
   5th Grade Reading (North Carolina)54.648
 6.6%
5th Grade Science (Wake Forest Elementary)63.152.1
 11%
   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 Students424342
 19.3%
African American138121
 12.3%
American Indian20
 100%
Asian127
 41.7%
Hispanic4652
 13%
Pacific Islander00
White209141
 32.5%
Two or More Races1721
 23.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients50.7%55.6%
 4.8%


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Students at Wake Forest Elementary are 41% White, 35% African American, 15% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Wake Forest Elementary ranks 564th of 1505 North Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 342 students attended Wake Forest Elementary.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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