📍 600 Ortega Rd, Raleigh, Wake County, 27609
Douglas Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Raleigh, Wake County. The school has 519 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 41.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. 55% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Douglas Elementary enrolls 519 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 41.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% White, 24% Hispanic or Latino and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 290 | 56% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 126 | 24% |
| Black or African American | 82 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 2.9% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
201 of the school's 519 students (39%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 182 qualify for free lunch and 19 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.
Douglas Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). 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 15, state house district 34.
Douglas 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 519 students, Douglas 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 - Large