📍 10900 Penny Rd, Cary, Wake County, 27518
Penny Road Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cary, Wake County. The school has 495 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wake County Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Penny Road Elementary enrolls 495 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 31 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 15% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 281 | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 100 | 20% |
| Black or African American | 74 | 15% |
| Asian | 20 | 4% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 3.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
180 of the school's 495 students (36%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 167 qualify for free lunch and 13 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.
Penny Road 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-40, state senate district 17, state house district 36.
Penny Road 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 495 students, Penny Road 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
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