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What's one thing Albemarle Road Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
711
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001186
Albemarle Road Elementary
7800 Riding Trail Rd, Charlotte, NC 28212 · (980) 343-6414 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL711 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
708 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Albemarle Road Elementary→Albemarle Road Middle
Based on published attendance-zone data from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
35.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
46.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Albemarle Road Elementary
Albemarle Road Elementary's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albemarle Road Elementary this school | 711 | 99.6% | 40.3% |
| Holt Elementary Durham | 587 | 99.5% | 42.0% |
| Lawrence Orr Elementary Charlotte | 751 | 99.6% | 44.1% |
| Briarwood Academy Charlotte | 649 | 99.5% | 45.0% |
| Esperanza Global Academy Charlotte | 538 | 99.4% | 32.6% |
| Idlewild Elementary Charlotte | 850 | 99.6% | 57.2% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Albemarle Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #1,092 of 1,297 | #91 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,007 of 1,296 | #87 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #1,067 of 1,300 | #90 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 711 | #168 of 1,485 | #39 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #1,172 of 1,377 | #102 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #902 of 1,379 | #83 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #62 of 1,414 | #21 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.4% | #51 of 937 | #14 of 72 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
711
-84 (-11%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 790
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 13.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 711 | 42.5 | 16.7:1 | 100% (708) |
| 2023-24 | 719 | 47.3 | 15.2:1 | 100% (716) |
| 2022-23 | 755 | 49.7 | 15.2:1 | 98% (738) |
| 2020-21 | 795 | 57 | 13.9:1 | 100% (792) |
| 2017-18 | 1,084 | 76.4 | 14.2:1 | 99% (1,071) |
| 2015-16 | 1,131 | 74 | 15.3:1 | 100% (1,128) |
| 2010-11 | 958 | 66 | 14.5:1 | 89% (852) |
| 2000-01 | 650 | 45 | 14.4:1 | 52% (337) |
| 1990-91 | 790 | 36 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Albemarle Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (1,084 to 711); teachers down 44% (76.4 to 42.5).
About Albemarle Road Elementary
Albemarle Road Elementary is a large elementary school found in Charlotte, North Carolina. Enrollment totals 711 students across kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 52% above the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Albemarle Road Elementary sits within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, which has 186 schools and 145,014 students.
Federal enrollment data show Albemarle Road Elementary is 63% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 22% Black, 11% Asian, and 3% White. The school's Hispanic share is 47 points above the 16% share among Mecklenburg County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
Its staff includes 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.7 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 14.9:1. Albemarle Road Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 100%. Among public schools in Mecklenburg County, the average eligibility rate is 71%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Albemarle Road Elementary outscored 15%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Albemarle Road Elementary scores 40.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 48.4%.
For the population of Mecklenburg County, the median household earns about $87,005 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Albemarle Road Elementary shares Mecklenburg County with 225 other public schools.
Albemarle Road Elementary's nearest public school is Albemarle Road Middle (about 0.1 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 45.9%; Albemarle Road Elementary's is 40.3%, ranking 4th of 7.
Albemarle Road Elementary is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 11%. By 2024-25, the school had 16.7 students per teacher, compared with 13.9 in 2020-21.
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Mecklenburg County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,154,681
Census ACS
Median income
$87,005
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
170,407 students
Quick facts
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- Myers Park High SchoolHigh · 3,225 students
- Ardrey Kell High SchoolHigh · 3,036 students
- South Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,534 students
- East Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,422 students
- Palisades High SchoolHigh · 2,332 students
- Julius L. Chambers High SchoolHigh · 2,225 students
Nearby schools
- Albemarle Road Middle0.1 mi · 945
- Esperanza Global Academy0.6 mi · 538
- Idlewild Elementary1.1 mi · 850
- Charlotte East Language Academy1.3 mi · 594
- Piney Grove Elementary1.7 mi · 441
- Movement School Eastland1.7 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About Albemarle Road ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Albemarle Road Elementary?
Albemarle Road Elementary enrolls approximately 711 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Albemarle Road Elementary serve?
Albemarle Road Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Albemarle Road Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Albemarle Road Elementary is approximately 16.7:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Albemarle Road Elementary?
At Albemarle Road Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 63% Hispanic, 22% Black, 11% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Albemarle Road Elementary public or private?
Albemarle Road Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
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