📍 2400 Wakefield Pines Drive, Raleigh, Wake County, 27614
Wakefield Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Raleigh, Wake County. The school has 499 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 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. 40% of students are proficient in reading. 39% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Wakefield Elementary enrolls 499 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 38 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 35% Black or African American, 34% White and 24% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 174 | 35% |
| White | 169 | 34% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 119 | 24% |
| Asian | 17 | 3.4% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 2.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
257 of the school's 499 students (52%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 245 qualify for free lunch and 12 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.
Wakefield Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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.
Wakefield 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 499 students, Wakefield 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
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