📍 8808 Old Stage Rd, Raleigh, Wake County, 27603
Vance Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Raleigh, Wake County. The school has 384 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wake County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Vance Elementary enrolls 384 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% White, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 10% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 249 | 65% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 75 | 20% |
| Black or African American | 40 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 3.1% |
| Asian | 8 | 2.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
133 of the school's 384 students (35%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 122 qualify for free lunch and 11 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.
Vance Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 17, state house district 36.
Vance 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 384 students, Vance 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: Rural - Fringe