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Hortons Creek 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
7615 O'kelly Chapel Rd
Cary, NC 27519
Phone
(919) 694-8660
District
Wake County Schools
County
WAKE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
720
Classroom Teachers
47

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

10

(10 is best)

Better than 95.5% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Hortons Creek Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
85%
54%
81%
48%
89%
61%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
89%
55%
87%
55%
91%
55%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
81%
52%
78%
48%
83%
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
15
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 16 2.2%
Kindergarten 100 13.9%
Grade 1 115 16.0%
Grade 2 118 16.4%
Grade 3 116 16.1%
Grade 4 114 15.8%
Grade 5 141 19.6%
Total 720 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 32.2% 44.7% 46.6%
Black 11.8% 22.8% 26.2%
Hispanic 7.1% 20.1% 21.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 48.4% 12.1% 4.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.4% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 11.7% 36.9% 59.0%
Free lunch eligible 10.1% 33.4% 56.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.5% 3.4% 2.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 1,132,103 10,698,973
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,356.4 217
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.8% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.3% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 35.9% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.7% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 12.2% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 430,497 4,105,232
Single Parent Households With Children 7.5% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.0% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 55.7% 33.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 29.4% 15.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.2% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.0% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.6% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.1% 16.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.4% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 5.3% 9.4%

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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