📍 400 Kildaire Farm Road, Cary, Wake County, 27511
Cary Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cary, Wake County. The school has 470 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wake County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 51% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Cary Elementary enrolls 470 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 38 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 23% Hispanic or Latino and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 270 | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 110 | 23% |
| Black or African American | 57 | 12% |
| Asian | 16 | 3.4% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 3.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
185 of the school's 470 students (39%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 165 qualify for free lunch and 20 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cary Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-20, state senate district 16, state house district 11.
Cary Elementary is one of 197 schools in Wake County Schools, based in Cary, North Carolina. The district serves 163,325 students district-wide and employs 10,663 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 470 students, Cary Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 829 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize