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Underwood Elementary

Wake County Schools · Wake County

Address
1614 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27608
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Grades served
K-5
NCES school ID
370472001897
405
Students
35.5
Teachers (FTE)
11.4:1
Student–teacher ratio
B
Performance grade
74
Performance score
Met
Academic growth
16.8%
Chronically absent
31.1%
Economically disadvantaged

School calendar

Underwood 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 Underwood 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 Underwood Elementary compares

Its 2024–25 performance score of 74 against comparable schools. Percentile is the share of that group scoring lower.

All North Carolina public schools80th percentile
Higher than 80% · rank 453 of 2,483
North Carolina elementary schools83rd percentile
Higher than 83% · rank 211 of 1,419
Wake County Schools59th percentile
Higher than 59% · rank 71 of 189

Chronic absence is lower here than at 69% of the 2,482 North Carolina schools reporting it.

Performance score since 2014

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Score down 6 points since 2014 (80 → 74). Met or exceeded expected growth in 5 of 10 years, exceeding it in 1. No grades were issued for 2020 or 2021.

YearScoreGradeGrowthAchievement
202574BMet73.5
202479BExceeded75.9
202371BNot Met73
202278BMet77.1
201970BNot Met72.9
201875BNot Met77.2
201772BNot Met74
201678BNot Met83
201581BMet81
201480BMet80

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 58.52%Black 20.99%Hispanic 12.35%Two+ Races 4.44%Asian 3.7%
White: 58.52% (237) Black: 20.99% (85) Hispanic: 12.35% (50) Two+ Races: 4.44% (18) Asian: 3.7% (15)
White58.52%
Black20.99%
Hispanic12.35%
Two+ Races4.44%
Asian3.7%

Gender Distribution

Total Students: 405
46.17%187 Female
53.83%218 Male

Student counts for Underwood Elementary, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 405 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.

Students

Regular attendance 83.2%Chronically absent 16.8%
Regular attendance: 83.2% (352) Chronically absent: 16.8% (71)
Regular attendance83.2%
Chronically absent16.8%

Student Population

Students Counted: 423
31.1%Economically disadvantaged
4.69%19 English learners

Student indicators for Underwood Elementary, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 423 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 86.15%Beginning 13.85%
Experienced: 86.15% (28) Beginning: 13.85% (4)
Experienced86.15%
Beginning13.85%

Licensing & Certification

Total Teachers: 32.4 FTE
94.48%Fully licensed
5.52%Emergency or provisional
15.43%5 teachers certified

Teacher figures for Underwood 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 32.4 FTE.

NC School Report Card

2024-2025

Student performance by subject

SubjectGrade-level proficientCareer & college ready
Mathematics (grades 3–8)74.7%63.7%
Science (grades 5 & 8)73.1%59.7%
Reading (grades 3–8)70.5%56.3%

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)25.3%11.1%34.7%28.9%
Reading (grades 3–8)29.5%14.2%30%26.3%
Science (grades 5 & 8)26.9%13.4%32.8%26.9%

Academic growth

MeasureStatusGrowth indexScore
OverallMeets Expected Growth-1.2973.5

Teachers

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

MeasureValue
Total teachers32.41
Experienced teachers27.92 (86%)
Beginning teachers4.49 (14%)
Holding a standard license30.62 (94%)
Emergency or provisional licenses1.79 (6%)
National Board certified5

Students

MeasureValue
Chronically absent (71 of 423)16.8%
Economically disadvantaged31.1%
English learners making progress (of 19)47.4%

School environment

MeasureValue
Devices per student0.77
Library books per student23.48
Students have device accessYes
Devices may go homeYes
Wireless access points per classroom0.57

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 Underwood Elementary report card PDF

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Underwood 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.