84.9—percent of Wake County students who passed end of grade tests in 2009-2010 academic year (Wake County Public School system)

3.8—percentage that passing rate of low-income students in Wake County improved on end of grade reading exams in 2009-2010 academic year (Ibid)

2.5— percentage that passing rate of low-income students in Wake County improved end of grade math exams in 2009-2010 academic year (Ibid)

9.8—percentage of increase of overall proficiency of low-income students on eight end of course tests in 2009-2010 academic year (Ibid)

40-number of years of research suggesting that all students do better in economically mixed schools than in high poverty schools. (Richard Kahlenburg, Great Schools in Wake Forum, March 20, 2010)

3-percentage of Wake County students bused for diversity (Healthy Schools Task Force Executive Summary)

20-length in minutes of the average bus ride for students in Wake County schools under current student assignment policy (N.C. Department of Public Instruction)

91-percentage of Wake County elementary school students who attend a school within five miles of their home (Wake County Public School system)

99-percentage of all Wake County students who attend school within 10 miles of their home (Ibid)

48-number of schools opened in Wake County since 2000 to meet the demands of population growth (Wake County Public School system)

48,000-number of seats created by the new schools opened since 2000 (Wake County Public School system)

46,000-number of reassignments made since 2000 (Great Schools in Wake Fact Sheet-Transportation)

84-rank of Wake County Schools per pupil spending among state's 115 school districts (Wake County Public Schools)

573,510-number of registered voters in Wake County (Wake County Board of Elections)

18,266-number of votes received in October 2009 election by the four candidates elected to the Wake County School Board who joined with incumbent member Ron Margiotta to create the Gang of Five (Ibid)

3.1-percentage of votes received by the four Gang of Five candidates who claim a sweeping mandate from voters (Wake County Board of Elections)

94.5—percentage of Wake County parents who said they were satisfied with their child's school in a 2010 survey conducted by the Wake County School system to fulfill a campaign promise from the Gang of Five (Wake County Schools' calendar survey)

0—number of times members of the Gang of Five have mentioned the survey since last spring