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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 27513

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Schools

2,925

Students

Districts

Top rankedWeatherstone Elementary199^th of 1,492 North Carolina elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Weatherstone Elementary up 64 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Kingswood Elementary 12.6 students per teacher

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Summary:

Zip code 27513 in Cary, North Carolina, is home to five elementary schools serving grades PK–5, or K–8 at Cardinal Charter Academy, with enrollments ranging from 427 to 730 students. Four of the schools are part of Wake County Schools, a 4-star district ranked 60th of 246 in the state, while Cardinal Charter Academy belongs to the Cardinal Charter district, ranked 61st. Together, the group includes Weatherstone Elementary, Reedy Creek Elementary, Cardinal Charter Academy, Northwoods Elementary, and Kingswood Elementary.

Weatherstone Elementary is the clear academic leader: it ranks 199th of 1,492 schools (87th percentile, 4 stars) and posts the strongest EOG results in the zip code, with an overall proficiency average near 77.8%, including 5th-grade math at 91.3% and science at 86.4%. Reedy Creek Elementary is the most challenged school, ranking 780th (48th percentile, 2 stars) with the lowest overall EOG average (57.9%), the highest free/reduced-lunch rate (67.44%), and the highest chronic absenteeism (27.3%). Northwoods Elementary is the most balanced 4-star option, ranking 349th (77th percentile) while matching the Wake County Schools average of 69.7% in EOG proficiency and holding chronic absenteeism to just 16.9%. Kingswood Elementary and Cardinal Charter Academy occupy the middle tier at almost identical state ranks (571st and 570th, 62nd percentile, 3 stars).

Even so, the gap between the highest and lowest performers is striking: Weatherstone's overall proficiency is nearly 20 points higher than Reedy Creek's, and that gap closely tracks economic need and absenteeism, not spending. In fact, Weatherstone has the lowest per-pupil spending ($8,983) among Wake County Schools in this group, while Kingswood spends the most ($11,660) yet lands in the middle academically. Grade-level trends also matter: Weatherstone's math proficiency climbs from 70.0% in 3rd grade to 91.3% in 5th grade, whereas Cardinal Charter's math starts strong at 82.1% in 3rd grade but drops to 61.8% by 5th grade, and its state rank slipped from the 74th to the 62nd percentile in a single year. The takeaway for parents is that zip code 27513 is not a single "school quality" zone; each school has a distinct combination of test performance, demographics, and attendance patterns worth weighing side by side.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOG Mathematics (2026)						EOG Reading (2026)						EOG Science (2026)		Vaccination (2025-26)		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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Vaccination: Kindergartners up to date on all required vaccines	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Cardinal Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1020 St. Charles Place	Cary	27513	Wake County	Cardinal Charter	Yes	No	No	Yes	(919) 653-5000	584	13	45.1	47.4%	153 (26.2%)	198 (33.9%)	120 (20.5%)	68 (11.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (7.2%)	60.3	570^th of 1492 public elementary schools	61.8%		70.5	382^nd of 1490 public elementary schools	74.4%	188	82.1	63.6	61.8	66.7	47.4	64.1	64.1	54.5	60.0	60.6	56.4	68.4	58.2	84.6	95.5%	2.3%
Weatherstone Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1000 Olde Weatherstone Way	Cary	27513	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 380-6988	730	48	15.1	31.1%	294 (40.3%)	47 (6.4%)	184 (25.2%)	170 (23.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (4.7%)	83.5	199^th of 1492 public elementary schools	86.7%		79	263^rd of 1490 public elementary schools	82.3%	64	70.0	88.8	91.3				59.1	76.0	72.8				86.4				$8,983	$480	$8,503
Kingswood Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	200 E. Johnson Street	Cary	27513	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 460-3481	427	34	12.6	42.4%	123 (28.8%)	80 (18.7%)	116 (27.2%)	83 (19.4%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.9%)	60.2	571^st of 1492 public elementary schools	61.7%		66.7	452^nd of 1490 public elementary schools	69.7%	119	60.8	70.1	67.2				55.7	59.7	63.8				70.7		90.9%	3%	$11,660	$901	$10,759
Northwoods Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8850 Chapel Hill Road	Cary	27513	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 460-3491	579	43	13.5	35.1%	179 (30.9%)	85 (14.7%)	117 (20.2%)	165 (28.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.5%)	73.7	349^th of 1492 public elementary schools	76.6%		77.3	289^th of 1490 public elementary schools	80.6%	60	68.8	72.0	70.5				64.5	67.1	71.6				76.1		97.2%	2.8%	$10,215	$549	$9,666
Reedy Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	940 Reedy Creek Road	Cary	27513	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 380-3660	605	44	13.6	67.4%	159 (26.3%)	218 (36.0%)	186 (30.7%)	23 (3.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (2.6%)	47.2	780^th of 1492 public elementary schools	47.7%		48	779^th of 1490 public elementary schools	47.7%	1	68.8	55.2	57.0				57.0	53.4	55.0				59.0				$10,097	$906	$9,191

Cities Near Zip Code 27513

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Cary	0.28 mi	34	49^th
Morrisville	2.77 mi	6	15^th
Apex	3.62 mi	23	19^th
Raleigh	4.54 mi	108	171^st
Durham	7.18 mi	74	317^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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