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Ballentine Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1651 North Mc Laurin Lane
Fuquay Varina, NC 27526
Phone
(919) 557-1120
District
Wake County Schools
County
WAKE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
679
Classroom Teachers
50

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

9

(10 is best)

Better than 86.4% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Ballentine Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
78%
54%
72%
48%
83%
61%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
70%
55%
67%
55%
72%
55%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

80 60 40 20 0
68%
52%
62%
48%
73%
56%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
15
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 3 0.4%
Kindergarten 124 18.3%
Grade 1 94 13.8%
Grade 2 117 17.2%
Grade 3 111 16.3%
Grade 4 110 16.2%
Grade 5 120 17.7%
Total 679 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 65.8% 44.7% 46.6%
Black 9.5% 22.8% 26.2%
Hispanic 21.2% 20.1% 21.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.2% 12.1% 4.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.4% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 32.1% 36.9% 59.0%
Free lunch eligible 29.3% 33.4% 56.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.8% 3.4% 2.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 1,132,103 10,835,491
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,356.4 220
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.8% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.3% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 35.9% 32.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.7% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 12.2% 16.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 430,497 4,186,924
Single Parent Households With Children 7.5% 8.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.0% 89.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 55.7% 34.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 29.4% 17.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.2% 16.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.0% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.6% 17.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.1% 16.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.4% 11.4%
$15,000 or less 5.3% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,702 $1,070,889,000 56.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $684 $109,301,000 5.7%
Staff $309 $49,391,000 2.6%
General Administration $60 $9,514,000 0.5%
School Administration $618 $98,715,000 5.2%
Operation $594 $94,985,000 5.0%
Transportation $433 $69,205,000 3.6%
Other $314 $50,106,000 2.6%
Total Support $3,012 $481,217,000 25.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,202 $351,793,000 18.5%
Total Expenditures $11,916 $1,903,899,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,564 $10,129,255,000 56.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $623 $960,884,000 5.4%
Staff $394 $608,502,000 3.4%
General Administration $179 $276,069,000 1.5%
School Administration $651 $1,005,083,000 5.6%
Operation $803 $1,239,070,000 6.9%
Transportation $337 $520,307,000 2.9%
Other $350 $540,157,000 3.0%
Total Support $3,338 $5,150,072,000 28.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,737 $2,680,931,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $11,639 $17,960,258,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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