Apex Friendship Elementary
Apex, NC · Elementary School · Grades -1-5
Apex Friendship Elementary is a elementary school in Apex, NC with 782 students enrolled and a 70% proficiency rate. Part of Wake County Schools. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Apex Friendship Elementary is a elementary school located in Apex, North Carolina. The school serves 782 students in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 70% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
6% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Apex Friendship Elementary is part of the Wake County Schools in North Carolina.
How This School Compares
Apex Friendship Elementary has 782 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Wake County Schools (811 students). Its 70% proficiency rate is 16 percentage points above the district average of 54%. Compared to the North Carolina state average of 43%, the school performs 27 points higher. With a 14.0:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
Apex Friendship Elementary has 782 students enrolled in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1.
According to EDFacts data, 70% of students at Apex Friendship Elementary meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Apex Friendship Elementary is part of the Wake County Schools in Apex, North Carolina. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.