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Enrollment
745
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297003026
Ballantyne Elementary
15425 Scholastic Dr, Charlotte, NC 28277 · (980) 343-0413 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL745 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
16.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
195 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 | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 176 | 24% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 49% smaller than its 5th grade class (176).
Student demographics
72%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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
71.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
84.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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
79.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.9%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Ballantyne Elementary
Ballantyne Elementary's state test result (79.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballantyne Elementary this school | 745 | 26.2% | 79.0% |
| Baucom Elementary Apex | 675 | 21.2% | 77.7% |
| Harrisburg Elementary Harrisburg | 850 | 21.1% | 82.3% |
| Hawk Ridge Elementary Charlotte | 640 | 19.5% | 82.9% |
| Polo Ridge Elementary Charlotte | 634 | 18.5% | 91.0% |
| Salem Elementary Apex | 776 | 25.4% | 70.8% |
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 Ballantyne Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #86 of 1,297 | #21 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.3% | #63 of 1,296 | #16 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #122 of 1,300 | #27 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 745 | #133 of 1,485 | #31 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,151 of 1,377 | #95 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #77 of 1,379 | #9 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.2% | #1,327 of 1,414 | #110 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #557 of 937 | #53 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
745
-170 (-19%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 773
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 745 | 44.8 | 16.6:1 | 26% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 989 | 55.5 | 17.8:1 | 27% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 925 | 54 | 17.1:1 | 18% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 915 | 58 | 15.8:1 | 11% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 836 | 46.3 | 18.1:1 | 14% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 882 | 45 | 19.6:1 | 15% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 773 | 38 | 20.3:1 | 13% (101) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ballantyne Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (836 to 745); teachers down 3% (46.3 to 44.8).
About Ballantyne Elementary
Ballantyne Elementary is a public large elementary school in Charlotte, North Carolina. A total of 745 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467 students, so this school is 60% larger than average.
Ballantyne Elementary is one of the 186 schools that make up Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (145,014 students in total).
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Ballantyne Elementary. The largest is White students, at 38%. The remaining shares are 31% Asian, 15% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 72% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Ballantyne Elementary employs 44.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.6:1. This ratio sits 1.8 above the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 26% in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Mecklenburg County averages 71%, higher than here.
Ballantyne Elementary is graded A by allk12, scoring above 85% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Ballantyne Elementary would score about 70.9%. It scores 79.0%, 8.2 points above that figure.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Mecklenburg County show that the median household income is $87,005, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Ballantyne Elementary is one of 226 public schools in the county.
Elon Park Elementary is the closest public school, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ballantyne Elementary. By average proficiency, Ballantyne Elementary is 4th among 7 schools close by.
The federal government classifies Ballantyne Elementary's location as City: Large.
The school enrolled 745 students in 2024-25, 170 fewer than the 915 it had 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
Related schools
Other schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
- Myers Park High SchoolHigh · 3,225 students
- Ardrey Kell High SchoolHigh · 3,036 students
- South Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,534 students
- William Amos Hough HighHigh · 2,518 students
- East Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,422 students
- Palisades High SchoolHigh · 2,332 students
Other schools in Charlotte
- 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
- Elon Park Elementary1.2 mi · 732
- Harrisburg Elementary1.4 mi · 1,161
- Ardrey Kell High School1.7 mi · 3,036
- Knights View Elementary School1.8 mi · 511
- Hawk Ridge Elementary1.8 mi · 640
- Community House Middle1.8 mi · 1,425
Frequently asked questions
About Ballantyne ElementaryHow large is Ballantyne Elementary?
Ballantyne Elementary enrolls approximately 745 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Ballantyne Elementary serve?
Ballantyne Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Ballantyne Elementary?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Ballantyne Elementary.
How diverse is Ballantyne Elementary?
Ballantyne Elementary reports a student body of 38% White, 10% Hispanic, 15% Black, 31% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Ballantyne Elementary?
Ballantyne Elementary is overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in Mecklenburg County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.