NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools NC

Best-Resourced Schools in Rolesville, NC

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

5 public K-12 schools in Rolesville from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools

5,063

Students

43/100

Avg Resource Index

16.8:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Rolesville has more public-school enrollment than 56% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Rolesville High enrolls 45.8% of Rolesville's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

2 of Rolesville's 5 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 20-point gap between Sanford Creek Elementary and Rolesville Charter Academy shows the range hidden by Rolesville's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment: Top 44%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 60th percentile
Teacher staffing: 35th percentile

Rolesville High accounts for 45.8% of all Rolesville public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Rolesville a distant remainder — means Rolesville-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Rolesville school enrollment varies 4.3× across entities

Rolesville school enrollment ranges from 538 students (lowest) to 2,321 students (highest), a spread of 1,783 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Rolesville student-teacher ratio is 16.8:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Rolesville is typically wider than the Rolesville-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

1 of Rolesville's 5 listed schools are charters

20% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Sanford Creek Elementary	52	599	Combined	Wake County Schools
2.	Rolesville Elementary	52	538	Combined	Wake County Schools
3.	Rolesville Middle	44	889	middle	Wake County Schools
4.	Rolesville High	35	2,321	high	Wake County Schools
5.	Rolesville Charter Academy	32	716	elementary	Rolesville Charter Academy

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Rolesville

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

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Which Rolesville school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Sanford Creek Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Rolesville schools in this federal-data comparison at 52/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Rolesville, NC? ▼

Rolesville has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,063 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.