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Timber Drive Elementary

PublicElementaryGrades PK–5

1601 Timber Drive, Garner, NC 27529 · (919) 773-9500 · Part of Wake County Schools

Garner’s School Grade A− better than 75% of North Carolina school districts

Directions
Students
391
Students per teacher
13:1
Free or reduced lunch
99%
Setting
Suburb
Grades
PK–5
The gist

What stands out about Timber Drive Elementary

  • Its own letter, B−: better results than 47% of North Carolina’s public schools
  • Reading / language arts 5 pts below the state
  • Enrollment up 18.8% since 2020–21
  • Next stop for Garner kids: 2 middle schools

On the path

Where Garner kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–5Timber Drive ElementaryYou are here
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency42%
State average 41.8%
Reading / language arts42%
State average 47.2%

Its own letter, B−, places these results among North Carolina’s 2,529 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

1601 Timber Drive, Garner

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K8
Kindergarten56
Grade 151
Grade 266
Grade 372
Grade 463
Grade 575
Enrollment over time
329’20
302’21
416’22
383’23
391’24

Up 18.8% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 35%Black 33%Hispanic 23%Two or more races 6%Asian 3%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Timber Drive Elementary from Garner families.

Other schools in Wake County Schools

The district →
Olive Chapel Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Apex
A+
1,066 students15:1
Herbert Akins Rd Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Fuquay-Varina
B+
988 students14:1
Alston Ridge Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cary
A
917 students14:1
Buckhorn Creek Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Holly Springs
B+
905 students14:1
Apex Friendship Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Apex
896 students15:1
Holly Grove Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Holly Springs
A
889 students14:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against North Carolina’s other public schools; Garner’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.