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South Lakes Elementary

Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526

Phone: (919) 694-8066

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public • Grades PK,KG,1,2,3,4,5 • 759 students

South Lakes Elementary, a public school located in Fuquay-Varina, NC, serves grades PK-5 in the Wake County School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 8 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

South Lakes Elementary is a public school located in Fuquay-Varina, NC. 759 students attend South Lakes Elementary.

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Category	Rating	Details
Test Scores	7/10	The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 North Carolina End-of-Course Tests data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, and using 2025 North Carolina End-of-Grade Tests data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
Student Growth	8/10	The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2024 Student growth data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

Posted: March 3, 2026

South Lakes Elementary is truly a wonderful school with caring teachers and a very supportive environment. The staff are kind, patient, and genuinely focused on each childs growth both academically and emotionally. The teachers communicate well with parents and make sure students feel encouraged and confident.

Posted: March 3, 2026

Posted: April 29, 2025

As a recent transplant from South Florida, it was very important which school we wanted our girls to enroll in. Being that the South Florida school system is horrible we specifically moved to North Carolina so our children could live in a safer and more productive environment. Moving to a new place virtually knowing nobody wasnt easy, but we really got lucky with SLE.

The first person we met at SLE was Mrs Short, the principal of SLE at the time. She invited us in with such a warm smile and positive attitude. The first thing I noticed about her was her enthusiastic personality. I can tell she really loved her job and the children whom she was in charge of educating. This was a breath of fresh air coming from a place where most of the educators were sulky, miserable, and lackluster. She showed us where are eldest daughters classroom was and introduced us to Mrs Raftice. Once again, I was highly impressed with her demeanor and approach with her style of teaching. At that point I became very optimistic of my childrens future at SLE.

About a couple months into my childrens time there I met the office staff. Christy and Tamara were the first two I met. They are so awesome! They work very hard and are extremely helpful. Theyre such wonderful people and now I consider to be my friends. The way they care about the kids is priceless beyond measure. Its because of the teachers and staff that decided to keep my children in SLE even though Bowling Road Elementary is literally behind my neighborhood.

Id recommend SLE to any newcomers to Fuquay or anyone looking for a great school for their children. Im looking forward to another year with the SLE family.

Posted: August 27, 2024

This school has the worst administrators I have ever witnessed. They are disrespectful bullies who threaten others to achieve what they want. They treat their staff horribly, they belittle, threaten, micromanage, and speak rudely to and about them in front of parents and other staff members. The principal also refuses special services for children with learning disabilities, despite claiming to have a special ed background. She claims students will outgrow some of their disabilities. The AP tries to isolate students in his office, offering to let them play with toys and relax in his office, doesnt that set off alarms for every concerned parent and teacher? The guidance counselors are also horrible, they serve no purpose and do not act in the best interest of any student at that school. Unsure what it is they do all day. The superintendent has been contacted multiple times with multiple examples of the bad behavior, threats, and bullying tactics these administrators employ and has refused to intervene. The bad teachers outweigh the good ones at this school, pitting students against students, showing themselves unprepared to teach lessons, insisting students do computer lessons so they dont have to teach, etc this school needs a hard reset, as does most of Wake County.

Posted: August 27, 2024

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#	Name	Type	City	State	Distance
1	Eagle Ridge	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Raleigh	NC	7.1 mi
2	Winston Pointe	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Clayton	NC	13.7 mi
3	Hedingham	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Raleigh	NC	19.3 mi
4	Forest Oaks	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Bunnlevel	NC	22.6 mi
5	Anderson Creek Club	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Spring Lake	NC	23.8 mi
6	The Summit	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Sanford	NC	24.7 mi
7	Sunset Ridge	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Sanford	NC	25 mi
8	Ellerslie Subdivision	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Fayetteville	NC	25.4 mi
9	Overhills Creek	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Spring Lake	NC	25.4 mi
10	Castlebrooke	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Linden	NC	25.7 mi
11	Forest Ridge	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Cameron	NC	28.1 mi
12	Carolina Seasons	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Cameron	NC	28.5 mi
13	Kings Grant	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Fayetteville	NC	29.1 mi
14	Deerfield	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Spring Lake	NC	29.5 mi
15	Inverness	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Fayetteville	NC	30.6 mi
16	Patriot Park Village	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Fayetteville	NC	30.6 mi
17	Stonegate Apartments	Apartment Complex	Spring Lake	NC	30.9 mi
18	Kinwood	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Fayetteville	NC	31.4 mi
19	College Lakes	Area of Town	Fayetteville	NC	31.9 mi
20	Woodlake	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Vass	NC	34.9 mi

#	Name	City	State	Distance
1	North Ramsey Road	Fayetteville	NC	27 mi
2	Spring Lake	Spring Lake	NC	31.2 mi
3	Spring Lake by Ft Bragg Base	Spring Lake	NC	31.5 mi
4	Princeton	Princeton	NC	33.8 mi
5	Eastwood Ave & Kentberry Ct.	Fayetteville	NC	34.2 mi

Base	Distance
Raleigh National Guard	16 mi.
Pope Field	31.8 mi.
Fort Bragg	38.7 mi.
Seymour Johnson AFB	46.5 mi.

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