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Forestville Road Elementary

Wake County Schools · Wake County

Address
100 Lawson Ridge Road, Knightdale, NC 27545
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Grades served
PK-5
NCES school ID
370472002742
570
Students
46.5
Teachers (FTE)
12.3:1
Student–teacher ratio
D
Performance grade
53
Performance score
Met
Academic growth
24%
Chronically absent
64.6%
Economically disadvantaged

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Forestville Road 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 Forestville Road 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 Forestville Road Elementary compares

Its 2024–25 performance score of 53 against comparable schools. Percentile is the share of that group scoring lower.

All North Carolina public schools25th percentile
Higher than 25% · rank 1,782 of 2,483
North Carolina elementary schools26th percentile
Higher than 26% · rank 997 of 1,419
Wake County Schools14th percentile
Higher than 14% · rank 161 of 189

Chronic absence is lower here than at 43% of the 2,482 North Carolina schools reporting it.

Performance score since 2014

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Score down 9 points since 2014 (62 → 53). Met or exceeded expected growth in 7 of 10 years, exceeding it in 2. No grades were issued for 2020 or 2021.

YearScoreGradeGrowthAchievement
202553DMet48
202457CExceeded49.3
202357CMet50.3
202254DExceeded45.6
201945DNot Met41.8
201848DNot Met45.6
201754DNot Met51
201658CMet56
201563CMet58
201462CMet57

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

Hispanic 40.18%Black 37.19%White 13.33%Two+ Races 4.91%Asian 3.68%Native Am. 0.7%
Hispanic: 40.18% (229) Black: 37.19% (212) White: 13.33% (76) Two+ Races: 4.91% (28) Asian: 3.68% (21) Native Am.: 0.7% (4)
Hispanic40.18%
Black37.19%
White13.33%
Two+ Races4.91%
Asian3.68%
Native Am.0.7%

Gender Distribution

Total Students: 570
49.3%281 Female
50.7%289 Male

Student counts for Forestville Road Elementary, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 570 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.

Students

Regular attendance 76%Chronically absent 24%
Regular attendance: 76% (446) Chronically absent: 24% (141)
Regular attendance76%
Chronically absent24%

Student Population

Students Counted: 587
64.6%Economically disadvantaged
20.7%118 English learners

Student indicators for Forestville Road Elementary, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 587 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 69.02%Beginning 30.98%
Experienced: 69.02% (29) Beginning: 30.98% (13)
Experienced69.02%
Beginning30.98%

Licensing & Certification

Total Teachers: 41.4 FTE
100%Fully licensed
0%Emergency or provisional
2.41%1 teachers certified

Teacher figures for Forestville Road 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 41.4 FTE.

NC School Report Card

2024-2025

Student performance by subject

SubjectGrade-level proficientCareer & college ready
Science (grades 5 & 8)64.3%33.3%
Mathematics (grades 3–8)47.3%23.1%
Reading (grades 3–8)39.4%20.5%

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)52.7%24.2%16.3%6.8%
Reading (grades 3–8)60.6%18.9%13.3%7.2%
Science (grades 5 & 8)35.7%31%25%8.3%

Academic growth

MeasureStatusGrowth indexScore
OverallMeets Expected Growth-1.8470.8

Teachers

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

MeasureValue
Total teachers41.42
Experienced teachers28.59 (69%)
Beginning teachers12.83 (31%)
Holding a standard license41.42 (100%)
Emergency or provisional licenses0 (0%)
National Board certified1

Students

MeasureValue
Chronically absent (141 of 587)24%
Economically disadvantaged64.6%
English learners making progress (of 118)68.6%

School environment

MeasureValue
Devices per student0.67
Library books per student26.69
Students have device accessYes
Devices may go homeYes
Wireless access points per classroom0.91

Federal & state designations

DesignationApplies
Low-performing schoolYes
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 Forestville Road Elementary report card PDF

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Forestville Road 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.