📍 8921 Pippin Rd, Zebulon, Wake County, 27597
Wakelon Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Zebulon, Wake County. The school has 578 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wake County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Wakelon Elementary enrolls 578 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% Black or African American, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 14% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 268 | 46% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 193 | 33% |
| White | 80 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 5.2% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
416 of the school's 578 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 370 qualify for free lunch and 46 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.
Wakelon Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 18, state house district 35.
Wakelon 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 578 students, Wakelon 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: Town - Fringe