Enrollment
267
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001190
Allenbrook Elementary
1430 Allenbrook Dr, Charlotte, NC 28208 · (980) 343-6004 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
264 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 34 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
65%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
Allenbrook Elementary→Ranson 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
48.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
65.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Allenbrook Elementary
Allenbrook Elementary's state test result (62.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allenbrook Elementary this school | 267 | 98.9% | 62.7% |
| Cyrus P Frazier Elementary Greensboro | 327 | 99.1% | 42.5% |
| Fayetteville Street Elementary Durham | 261 | 97.3% | 39.6% |
| Johnson Street Global Studies High Point | 389 | 97.9% | 47.3% |
| Edwin A Alderman Elementary Greensboro | 392 | 99.2% | 55.5% |
| Reid Park Academy Charlotte | 317 | 99.1% | 31.9% |
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 Allenbrook Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #427 of 1,297 | #45 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #474 of 1,296 | #52 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #658 of 1,300 | #54 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 267 | #1,259 of 1,485 | #127 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #1,164 of 1,377 | #99 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.6% | #494 of 1,379 | #40 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #715 of 1,414 | #72 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -48.1% | #9 of 937 | #5 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
267
-12 (-4%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 267 | 16 | 16.7:1 | 99% (264) |
| 2023-24 | 276 | 17 | 16.2:1 | 99% (273) |
| 2022-23 | 255 | 19.5 | 13.1:1 | 99% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 279 | 18 | 15.5:1 | 99% (276) |
| 2017-18 | 514 | 34.1 | 15.1:1 | 99% (511) |
| 2015-16 | 534 | 35 | 15.3:1 | 99% (531) |
| 2010-11 | 383 | 29 | 13.2:1 | 98% (376) |
| 2000-01 | 321 | 27 | 11.9:1 | 65% (210) |
| 1990-91 | 434 | 33 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Allenbrook Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 48% (514 to 267); teachers down 53% (34.1 to 16).
About Allenbrook Elementary
Allenbrook Elementary is a small elementary school in North Carolina, with an address in Charlotte. It serves 267 students in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in North Carolina is roughly 467 students; this school is 43% smaller than that.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools oversees Allenbrook Elementary and 185 other schools, with 145,014 students in total.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Allenbrook Elementary. The largest is Black students, at 46%. The remaining students are 36% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 4% White. Census figures show Mecklenburg County is about 30% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 16 full-time equivalents, or about 16.7 students per teacher. This ratio sits 1.8 above the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 99%. The average for public schools in Mecklenburg County is 71%.
The allk12 Grade for Allenbrook Elementary is B+. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 74% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Allenbrook Elementary is 14.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (62.7% versus 48.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
In the county around the school, Mecklenburg County, the median household income is $87,005, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County, enrolling about 170,407 students in all.
The school nearest to Allenbrook Elementary is Thomasboro Academy, at a distance of about 1.0 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 41.3%; Allenbrook Elementary's is 62.7%, ranking 1st of 7.
The federal government classifies Allenbrook Elementary's location as City: Large.
Federal data show a 4% enrollment decrease, from 279 in 2020-21 to 267 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.5:1 to 16.7:1.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About Allenbrook ElementaryHow many students attend Allenbrook Elementary?
Allenbrook Elementary enrolls approximately 267 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Allenbrook Elementary serve?
Allenbrook Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Allenbrook Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Allenbrook Elementary is approximately 16.7:1 (16 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Allenbrook Elementary?
Allenbrook Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 36% Hispanic, 46% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Allenbrook Elementary public or private?
Allenbrook Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.