📍 109 Ridge St, Knightdale, Wake County, 27545
Knightdale Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Knightdale, Wake County. The school has 550 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wake County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. 39% of students are proficient in reading. 33% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Knightdale Elementary enrolls 550 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 44 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Black or African American, 32% Hispanic or Latino and 17% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 229 | 42% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 178 | 32% |
| White | 93 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 5.5% |
| Asian | 19 | 3.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
411 of the school's 550 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 368 qualify for free lunch and 43 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.
Knightdale Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-20, state senate district 14, state house district 39.
Knightdale 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 550 students, Knightdale 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: Suburb - Large
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