Blythe Elementary

Set in Huntersville, North Carolina, Blythe Elementary is a substantial primary school, part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. It instructs 902 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 93% larger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Blythe Elementary records that the largest single group is Black at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 25% Hispanic, 10% White, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Mecklenburg County's rate of about 71%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Blythe Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.4%; this one delivers 58.5%.

In the surrounding community, Mecklenburg County reports that median household income runs about $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Mecklenburg County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), Blythe Elementary is one campus in the mix.

North Academy of World Languages is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Blythe Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 50.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Blythe Elementary has declined 20%, going from 1,122 students in 2018 to 902 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 25% to 10% across the same window.

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