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Buckhorn Creek Elementary

Wake County Schools · Wake County

Address
5651 Honeycutt Rd, Holly Springs, NC 27540
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Grades served
PK-5
NCES school ID
370472003473
905
Students
63.2
Teachers (FTE)
14.3:1
Student–teacher ratio
B
Performance grade
78
Performance score
Exceeded
Academic growth
15%
Chronically absent
24.5%
Economically disadvantaged

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Buckhorn Creek 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 Buckhorn Creek 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 Buckhorn Creek Elementary compares

Its 2024–25 performance score of 78 against comparable schools. Percentile is the share of that group scoring lower.

All North Carolina public schools87th percentile
Higher than 87% · rank 299 of 2,483
North Carolina elementary schools90th percentile
Higher than 90% · rank 116 of 1,419
Wake County Schools71st percentile
Higher than 71% · rank 46 of 189

Chronic absence is lower here than at 76% of the 2,482 North Carolina schools reporting it.

Performance score since 2019

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Score up 17 points since 2019 (61 → 78). Met or exceeded expected growth in 4 of 5 years, exceeding it in 4. No grades were issued for 2020 or 2021.

YearScoreGradeGrowthAchievement
202578BExceeded74.7
202477BExceeded73.6
202378BExceeded75.2
202273BExceeded69.3
201961CNot Met62.9

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 48.95%Asian 18.9%Hispanic 13.81%Black 12.04%Two+ Races 5.86%Native Am. 0.44%
White: 48.95% (443) Asian: 18.9% (171) Hispanic: 13.81% (125) Black: 12.04% (109) Two+ Races: 5.86% (53) Native Am.: 0.44% (4)
White48.95%
Asian18.9%
Hispanic13.81%
Black12.04%
Two+ Races5.86%
Native Am.0.44%

Gender Distribution

Total Students: 905
46.74%423 Female
53.26%482 Male

Student counts for Buckhorn Creek Elementary, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 905 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.

Students

Regular attendance 85%Chronically absent 15%
Regular attendance: 85% (774) Chronically absent: 15% (137)
Regular attendance85%
Chronically absent15%

Student Population

Students Counted: 911
24.5%Economically disadvantaged
8.51%77 English learners

Student indicators for Buckhorn Creek Elementary, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 911 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 83.6%Beginning 16.4%
Experienced: 83.6% (49) Beginning: 16.4% (10)
Experienced83.6%
Beginning16.4%

Licensing & Certification

Total Teachers: 58.6 FTE
95.56%Fully licensed
4.44%Emergency or provisional
18.79%11 teachers certified

Teacher figures for Buckhorn Creek 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 58.6 FTE.

NC School Report Card

2024-2025

Student performance by subject

SubjectGrade-level proficientCareer & college ready
Mathematics (grades 3–8)81.7%67.2%
Science (grades 5 & 8)76.5%65.1%
Reading (grades 3–8)67%50.3%

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)18.3%14.4%33.8%33.4%
Reading (grades 3–8)33%16.6%31.1%19.2%
Science (grades 5 & 8)23.5%11.4%31.5%33.6%

Academic growth

MeasureStatusGrowth indexScore
OverallExceeds Expected Growth5.4892.4

Teachers

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

MeasureValue
Total teachers58.55
Experienced teachers48.95 (84%)
Beginning teachers9.6 (16%)
Holding a standard license55.95 (96%)
Emergency or provisional licenses2.6 (4%)
National Board certified11

Students

MeasureValue
Chronically absent (137 of 911)15%
Economically disadvantaged24.5%
English learners making progress (of 77)55.8%

School environment

MeasureValue
Devices per student0.59
Library books per student20.15
Students have device accessYes
Devices may go homeYes
Wireless access points per classroom1.4

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 Buckhorn Creek Elementary report card PDF

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Buckhorn Creek 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.