Allenbrook Elementary

Allenbrook Elementary operates as a tight-knit elementary campus in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the schools within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Current enrollment sits at 267 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Allenbrook Elementary sits 43% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 186 schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (145,014 students total), Allenbrook Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Allenbrook Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Black (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 36% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 4% multiracial, 4% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Mecklenburg County (around 71%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Allenbrook Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 62.7%.

In the surrounding community, Mecklenburg County reports that median household earnings sit near $87,005, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Allenbrook Elementary is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

Nearest neighbor: Thomasboro Academy, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Allenbrook Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Allenbrook Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 41.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Allenbrook Elementary's enrollment has edged down 48% since 2018, when it stood at 514 (now 267). Black enrollment moved from 73% to 46% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Allenbrook Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.