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Baucom Elementary

Wake County Schools · Wake County

Address
400 Hunter St, Apex, NC 27502
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Grades served
PK-5
NCES school ID
370472001834
675
Students
48.6
Teachers (FTE)
13.9:1
Student–teacher ratio
B
Performance grade
79
Performance score
Met
Academic growth
12.5%
Chronically absent
19.9%
Economically disadvantaged

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Baucom 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 Baucom 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 Baucom Elementary compares

Its 2024–25 performance score of 79 against comparable schools. Percentile is the share of that group scoring lower.

All North Carolina public schools88th percentile
Higher than 88% · rank 279 of 2,483
North Carolina elementary schools92nd percentile
Higher than 92% · rank 107 of 1,419
Wake County Schools76th percentile
Higher than 76% · rank 41 of 189

Chronic absence is lower here than at 84% of the 2,482 North Carolina schools reporting it.

Performance score since 2014

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Score down 1 points since 2014 (80 → 79). Met or exceeded expected growth in 10 of 10 years, exceeding it in 3. No grades were issued for 2020 or 2021.

YearScoreGradeGrowthAchievement
202579BMet80.6
202480BMet81
202382BMet82.3
202278BMet77.8
201981BExceeded79.3
201876BMet77.8
201782BExceeded81
201677BMet78
201580BMet79
201480BExceeded78

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 44%Asian 28.44%Hispanic 13.93%Black 9.04%Two+ Races 3.56%Pacific Isl. 0.59%Native Am. 0.44%
White: 44% (297) Asian: 28.44% (192) Hispanic: 13.93% (94) Black: 9.04% (61) Two+ Races: 3.56% (24) Pacific Isl.: 0.59% (4) Native Am.: 0.44% (3)
White44%
Asian28.44%
Hispanic13.93%
Black9.04%
Two+ Races3.56%
Pacific Isl.0.59%
Native Am.0.44%

Gender Distribution

Total Students: 675
46.22%312 Female
53.78%363 Male

Student counts for Baucom Elementary, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 675 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.

Students

Regular attendance 87.5%Chronically absent 12.5%
Regular attendance: 87.5% (672) Chronically absent: 12.5% (96)
Regular attendance87.5%
Chronically absent12.5%

Student Population

Students Counted: 768
19.9%Economically disadvantaged
14.37%97 English learners

Student indicators for Baucom Elementary, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 768 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 86.14%Beginning 13.86%
Experienced: 86.14% (38) Beginning: 13.86% (6)
Experienced86.14%
Beginning13.86%

Licensing & Certification

Total Teachers: 43.9 FTE
95.9%Fully licensed
4.1%Emergency or provisional
13.68%6 teachers certified

Teacher figures for Baucom 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 43.9 FTE.

NC School Report Card

2024-2025

Student performance by subject

SubjectGrade-level proficientCareer & college ready
Mathematics (grades 3–8)82.8%69.2%
Science (grades 5 & 8)76%57.4%
Reading (grades 3–8)73.6%55.9%

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)17.2%13.6%33.1%36.2%
Reading (grades 3–8)26.4%17.7%29.7%26.2%
Science (grades 5 & 8)24%18.6%41.1%16.3%

Academic growth

MeasureStatusGrowth indexScore
OverallMeets Expected Growth-1.9470.3

Teachers

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

MeasureValue
Total teachers43.87
Experienced teachers37.79 (86%)
Beginning teachers6.08 (14%)
Holding a standard license42.07 (96%)
Emergency or provisional licenses1.8 (4%)
National Board certified6

Students

MeasureValue
Chronically absent (96 of 768)12.5%
Economically disadvantaged19.9%
English learners making progress (of 97)76.3%

School environment

MeasureValue
Devices per student0.77
Library books per student18.01
Students have device accessYes
Devices may go homeYes
Wireless access points per classroom1.94

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.

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First page of the Baucom Elementary report card PDF

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Baucom 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.