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Mills Park 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
509 Mills Park Dr
Cary, NC 27519
Phone
(919) 466-1466
District
Wake County Schools
County
WAKE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
702
Classroom Teachers
50

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

10

(10 is best)

Better than 96.0% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Mills Park Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
84%
54%
84%
48%
84%
61%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
90%
55%
91%
55%
88%
55%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
85%
52%
83%
48%
87%
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 14 2.0%
Kindergarten 82 11.7%
Grade 1 107 15.2%
Grade 2 116 16.5%
Grade 3 111 15.8%
Grade 4 141 20.1%
Grade 5 131 18.7%
Total 702 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 31.8% 44.7% 46.6%
Black 3.5% 22.8% 26.2%
Hispanic 11.8% 20.1% 21.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 52.7% 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 13.5% 36.9% 59.0%
Free lunch eligible 11.7% 33.4% 56.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.9% 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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