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Lacy Elementary

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Lacy Elementary ranks 162 nd of 1490 North Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

162^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,490 North Carolina Elementary Schools

Better than 89% of North Carolina elementary schools

Summary

Lacy Elementary is a public elementary school in Raleigh, North Carolina, serving 658 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Wake County Schools district, which is ranked 60th out of 242 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating.

Lacy Elementary is a high-performing school, consistently ranking in the top 15% of North Carolina elementary schools. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school ranked 162nd out of 1,490 elementary schools and received a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. Lacy's academic performance is particularly strong in Mathematics, with proficiency rates 10-15 percentage points higher than the state and district averages. The school's White and Male student subgroups perform exceptionally well, ranking in the top 10-15% of North Carolina elementary schools.

While Lacy Elementary's overall performance is impressive, the school faces some challenges in addressing disparities in student group performance. The African American and Low Socioeconomic Status (SES) student subgroups at Lacy perform significantly below the state and district averages, ranking in the bottom 40-60% of North Carolina elementary schools. This suggests that the school may need to implement targeted interventions and support programs to ensure equitable educational opportunities for all students. Nearby schools like Partnership Elementary and Brooks Elementary may provide valuable insights into effective practices that Lacy Elementary could learn from to address these disparities.

695

Students ?

14.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,968

Per pupil spending ?

23.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2001 Lake Boone Trail
Raleigh, NC 27607-6766

(919) 881-4920

District: Wake County Schools

Students who attend Lacy Elementary usually attend:

High:	Needham Broughton High
	Wake Early College of Health and Science
	Wake STEM Early College High School
	Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy
	More...
	Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy

Racial breakdown:

White:

72.8%

African American:

13.5%

Hispanic:

9.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 85th percentile in 2015 → 89th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the North Carolina average (75% vs 57% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 11% of North Carolina elementary schools

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Wake County Schools

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school75%

District avg66%

North Carolina avg57%

162^nd of 1,490

North Carolina public elementary schools ?

Top 11%▲ up 4 pts since 2015

From top 15% (2015) to top 11% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

27^th of 115Elementary Schools in the Wake County Schools

60^th of 242Wake County Schools among North Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	85.7	162 of 1490	89.1%	★★★★☆
2024	83.7	191 of 1505	87.3%	★★★★☆
2023	80.7	222 of 1502	85.2%	★★★★☆
2022	83.9	196 of 1514	87.1%	★★★★☆
2021	89.1	135 of 1489	90.9%	★★★★★
2019	78.0	258 of 1473	82.5%	★★★★☆
2018	86.0	147 of 1434	89.7%	★★★★☆
2017	86.1	136 of 1429	90.5%	★★★★★
2016	89.0	101 of 1425	92.9%	★★★★★
2015	81.3	217 of 1440	84.9%	★★★★☆
2014	89.7	105 of 1390	92.4%	★★★★★
2013	90.2	103 of 1403	92.7%	★★★★★
2012	63.5	542 of 1388	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2011	63.0	571 of 1381	58.7%	★★★☆☆
2010	61.5	586 of 1363	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2009	80.6	189 of 1354	86.0%	★★★★☆
2008	91.3	52 of 1324	96.1%	★★★★★
2007	83.5	112 of 1293	91.3%	★★★★★
2006	86.0	98 of 1276	92.3%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	12.4	876 of 918	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.8	908 of 924	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.2	894 of 933	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	22.4	809 of 927	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.4	677 of 896	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.2	924 of 949	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	19.2	833 of 927	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2019	47.4	404 of 878	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	50.7	374 of 897	58.3%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	80.2	214 of 1451	85.3%	★★★★☆
2024	75.1	284 of 1455	80.5%	★★★★☆
2023	76.3	273 of 1459	81.3%	★★★★☆
2022	77.7	265 of 1458	81.8%	★★★★☆
2021	86.4	142 of 1440	90.1%	★★★★★
2019	76.9	264 of 1424	81.5%	★★★★☆
2018	86.0	119 of 1405	91.5%	★★★★★

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	62.0	279 of 710	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	66.0	187 of 669	72.0%	★★★★☆
2023	68.2	88 of 582	84.9%	★★★★☆
2022	59.7	248 of 500	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	72.9	77 of 494	84.4%	★★★★☆
2019	59.7	294 of 612	52.0%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	60.1	321 of 961	66.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	73.3	165 of 893	81.5%	★★★★☆
2019	69.8	196 of 865	77.3%	★★★★☆
2018	47.6	456 of 851	46.4%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	26.4	1192 of 1437	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.8	1320 of 1450	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.1	1309 of 1437	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	23.6	1169 of 1366	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.3	1093 of 1329	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.9	1205 of 1361	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.9	1132 of 1332	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	87.1	130 of 1450	91.0%	★★★★★
2024	87.1	142 of 1464	90.3%	★★★★★
2023	81.9	202 of 1461	86.2%	★★★★☆
2022	87.1	136 of 1464	90.7%	★★★★★
2021	88.6	123 of 1444	91.5%	★★★★★
2019	76.8	263 of 1430	81.6%	★★★★☆
2018	83.6	175 of 1413	87.6%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2024	75.2	99 of 801	87.6%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	92.2	27 of 1172	97.7%	★★★★★
2024	86.5	102 of 1166	91.3%	★★★★★
2023	85.5	115 of 1183	90.3%	★★★★★
2022	87.9	78 of 1194	93.5%	★★★★★
2021	89.7	58 of 1172	95.1%	★★★★★
2019	85.6	105 of 1183	91.1%	★★★★★
2018	90.4	45 of 1178	96.2%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

White (2025)98th percentile+9 vs school

Male (2025)91st percentile~ school

Special Education (2024)88th percentile~ school

Female (2025)85th percentile-4 vs school

Hispanic (2025)67th percentile-23 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)61st percentile-28 vs school

Disabled (2019)54th percentile-28 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)17th percentile-72 vs school

African American (2025)5th percentile-85 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Science82%+20 vs state

Mathematics75%+15 vs state

Reading71%+19 vs state

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What people are saying

by a student
Friday, February 4, 2011

when i was in kinderarten, it was the end of the school and every one was so sad so are teachers promised us they will be in are heart and they still are thanx to ms.paratay and mrs.black!good luck i miss you a alot!i am now in florida by the way im schazak!plz send somthin back i wanna be in kindergarten again with you guys! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOG Mathematics (2025)			EOG Reading (2025)			EOG Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lacy Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2001 Lake Boone Trail	Raleigh	27607	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 881-4920	695	48	14.5	23.7%	506 (72.8%)	94 (13.5%)	67 (9.6%)	17 (2.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.4%)	85.7	162^nd of 1490 public elementary schools	89.1%		83.7	191^st of 1505 public elementary schools	87.3%	29	78.9	69.7	76.7	69.9	69.7	74.2	81.7	$9,968	$302	$9,666
Olds Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	204 Dixie Trail	Raleigh	27607	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 856-7699	244	20	12.0	32.4%	160 (65.6%)	42 (17.2%)	20 (8.2%)	17 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	74.5	326^th of 1490 public elementary schools	78.1%		77.1	294^th of 1505 public elementary schools	80.5%	32	80.0	69.6	67.4	62.5	67.4	62.8	62.8	$11,339	$870	$10,469
Stough Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	4210 Edwards Mill Road	Raleigh	27612	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 881-4950	550	41	13.2	33.3%	287 (52.2%)	108 (19.6%)	54 (9.8%)	51 (9.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (8.7%)	79	262^nd of 1490 public elementary schools	82.4%		77.9	282^nd of 1505 public elementary schools	81.3%	20	84.3	65.9	65.1	69.7	70.5	68.6	68.6	$11,641	$528	$11,112
Root Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3202 Northampton Street	Raleigh	27609	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 881-4940	469	36	13.0	34.8%	308 (65.7%)	67 (14.3%)	81 (17.3%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	77.9	281^st of 1490 public elementary schools	81.1%		78.4	273^rd of 1505 public elementary schools	81.9%	8	71.2	72.6	70.3	64.4	74.0	60.8	71.6	$10,203	$586	$9,617
Underwood Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-5	1614 Glenwood Avenue	Raleigh	27608	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 856-7663	405	36	11.4	29.9%	237 (58.5%)	85 (21.0%)	50 (12.3%)	15 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.4%)	84.8	178^th of 1490 public elementary schools	88.1%		87	151^st of 1505 public elementary schools	90.0%	27	78.9	71.9	75.4	68.4	75.0	70.8	75.4	$11,726	$564	$11,163
Partnership Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-5	601 Devereux Street	Raleigh	27605	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 856-8200	276	27	10.2	38.8%	125 (45.3%)	63 (22.8%)	72 (26.1%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (4.0%)	79.3	255^th of 1490 public elementary schools	82.9%		83	205^th of 1505 public elementary schools	86.4%	50	61.8	69.6	79.5	61.8	73.2	68.2	88.6	$12,073	$582	$11,491
Brooks Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	700 Northbrook Drive	Raleigh	27609	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 881-1350	471	37	12.8	47.1%	243 (51.6%)	97 (20.6%)	91 (19.3%)	20 (4.2%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.4%)	53.4	683^rd of 1490 public elementary schools	54.2%		44.6	844^th of 1505 public elementary schools	43.9%	161	67.9	64.4	42.6	53.1	57.5	54.5	50.0	$9,556	$383	$9,173
York Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5201 Brookhaven Drive	Raleigh	27612	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 881-4960	563	40	14.0	46.4%	260 (46.2%)	115 (20.4%)	151 (26.8%)	18 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.0%)	61	547^th of 1490 public elementary schools	63.3%		67.6	450^th of 1505 public elementary schools	70.1%	97	57.1	72.4	62.8	44.0	64.9	59.3	66.3	$10,560	$712	$9,848
Wiley Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	301 St. Mary's Street	Raleigh	27605	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 856-7723	429	35	12.2	38.9%	202 (47.1%)	97 (22.6%)	91 (21.2%)	12 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.1%)	61.4	540^th of 1490 public elementary schools	63.8%		65.9	475^th of 1505 public elementary schools	68.4%	65	63.2	62.7	54.8	60.3	65.7	54.8	62.9	$11,295	$640	$10,655
Joyner Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	2300 Lowden St.	Raleigh	27608	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 856-7650	569	43	13.3	33.7%	306 (53.8%)	141 (24.8%)	77 (13.5%)	12 (2.1%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	29 (5.1%)	69.4	402^nd of 1490 public elementary schools	73.0%		69.5	418^th of 1505 public elementary schools	72.2%	16	73.8	68.0	58.5	63.1	69.8	59.6	61.3	$9,492	$422	$9,070

Frequently Asked Questions about Lacy Elementary

What district is Lacy Elementary in?

Wake County Schools

What is the racial makeup of Lacy Elementary?

Students at Lacy Elementary are 73% White, 14% African American, 10% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more races.

How many students attend Lacy Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 695 students attended Lacy Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Lacy Elementary attend?

Students who attend Lacy Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Needham Broughton High
High : Wake Early College of Health and Science
High : Wake STEM Early College High School
High : Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy
High : Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy

Is Lacy Elementary a good school?

Lacy Elementary ranks 162^nd of 1490 North Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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