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Barton Pond Elementary

Wake County Schools · Wake County

Address
12004 Strickland Road, Raleigh, NC 27613
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Grades served
PK-5
NCES school ID
370472003625
515
Students
35.8
Teachers (FTE)
14.4:1
Student–teacher ratio
A
Performance grade
87
Performance score
Exceeded
Academic growth
5.7%
Chronically absent
13.7%
Economically disadvantaged

School calendar

Barton Pond Elementary's own events for the year — school events, holidays, breaks and teacher workdays — with a printable PDF and a calendar file you can subscribe to.

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Attendance zone

Wake County Schools

The area Wake County Schools assigns to Barton Pond Elementary. Zones change, and addresses near a boundary are often decided case by case - confirm with the district before making plans.

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Zone boundary published by Wake County Schools as “base_attendance_areas_all”, last updated 2026-07-01.

How Barton Pond Elementary compares

Its 2024–25 performance score of 87 against comparable schools. Percentile is the share of that group scoring lower.

All North Carolina public schools94th percentile
Higher than 94% · rank 128 of 2,483
North Carolina elementary schools97th percentile
Higher than 97% · rank 32 of 1,419
Wake County Schools90th percentile
Higher than 90% · rank 18 of 189

Chronic absence is lower here than at 96% of the 2,482 North Carolina schools reporting it.

Performance score since 2023

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Score up 12 points since 2023 (75 → 87). Met or exceeded expected growth in 3 of 3 years, exceeding it in 2. No grades were issued for 2020 or 2021.

YearScoreGradeGrowthAchievement
202587AExceeded86.8
202487AExceeded86.3
202375BMet76.1

Rankings and trends are calculated by Back To School NC from NC DPI report card results; NC DPI publishes each school's own figures but not its standing among peers. See Wake County Schools for district totals.

Student Demographics

White 72.43%Hispanic 9.51%Black 8.93%Two+ Races 6.02%Asian 2.91%Pacific Isl. 0.19%
White: 72.43% (373) Hispanic: 9.51% (49) Black: 8.93% (46) Two+ Races: 6.02% (31) Asian: 2.91% (15) Pacific Isl.: 0.19% (1)
White72.43%
Hispanic9.51%
Black8.93%
Two+ Races6.02%
Asian2.91%
Pacific Isl.0.19%

Gender Distribution

Total Students: 515
50.49%260 Female
49.51%255 Male

Student counts for Barton Pond Elementary, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 515 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.

Students

Regular attendance 94.3%Chronically absent 5.7%
Regular attendance: 94.3% (501) Chronically absent: 5.7% (30)
Regular attendance94.3%
Chronically absent5.7%

Student Population

Students Counted: 531
13.7%Economically disadvantaged
3.11%16 English learners

Student indicators for Barton Pond Elementary, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 531 students DPI counted. A student is chronically absent after missing 10% or more of the days enrolled; the other measures overlap it and each other.

Teachers

Experienced 87.53%Beginning 12.47%
Experienced: 87.53% (28) Beginning: 12.47% (4)
Experienced87.53%
Beginning12.47%

Licensing & Certification

Total Teachers: 32.2 FTE
100%Fully licensed
0%Emergency or provisional
37.3%12 teachers certified

Teacher figures for Barton Pond Elementary, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Counts are full-time equivalents, not headcount. Licensing and certification percentages are each out of 32.2 FTE.

NC School Report Card

2024-2025

Student performance by subject

SubjectGrade-level proficientCareer & college ready
Science (grades 5 & 8)91.3%78.8%
Mathematics (grades 3–8)88.3%74.3%
Reading (grades 3–8)84%63.8%

Grade-level proficient is levels 3–5; career and college ready is the higher bar of levels 4–5.

Achievement levels

SubjectNot ProficientLevel 3Level 4Level 5
Mathematics (grades 3–8)11.7%14%39.7%34.6%
Reading (grades 3–8)16%20.2%31.1%32.7%
Science (grades 5 & 8)8.8%12.5%43.8%35%

Academic growth

MeasureStatusGrowth indexScore
OverallExceeds Expected Growth2.4986.2

Teachers

Reported as full-time-equivalent staff, so figures carry decimals.

MeasureValue
Total teachers32.17
Experienced teachers28.16 (88%)
Beginning teachers4.01 (12%)
Holding a standard license32.17 (100%)
Emergency or provisional licenses0 (0%)
National Board certified12

Students

MeasureValue
Chronically absent (30 of 531)5.7%
Economically disadvantaged13.7%
English learners making progress (of 16)81.3%

School environment

MeasureValue
Devices per student0.61
Library books per student24.57
Students have device accessYes
Devices may go homeYes
Wireless access points per classroom1.07

Federal & state designations

DesignationApplies
Low-performing schoolNo
Recurring low-performingNo
CSI — low performingNo
CSI — low graduation rateNo
TSI — at riskNo
TSI — consistently underperformingNo

CSI is Comprehensive Support and Improvement; TSI is Targeted Support and Improvement, both federal ESSA categories.

First page of the Barton Pond Elementary report card PDF

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Barton Pond Elementary's 2024-2025 report card as an interactive PDF — bookmarked sections, donut and bar charts for performance, attendance and achievement levels, and the NC DPI and NCES sources cited with working links.

Enrollment and staffing come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), U.S. Department of Education for 2024-2025; performance, attendance and economic-need figures are the state's NC School Report Card for the same year. Contact the school to confirm current details.