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Wake Forest Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wake Forest, Wake County. The school has 342 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 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Wake Forest Elementary enrolls 342 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% White, 35% Black or African American and 15% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 141 | 41% |
| Black or African American | 121 | 35% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 52 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 6.1% |
| Asian | 7 | 2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
190 of the school's 342 students (56%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 184 qualify for free lunch and 6 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.
Wake Forest 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 18, state house district 35.
Wake Forest 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 342 students, Wake Forest 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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