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Enrollment
902
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297002397
Blythe Elementary
12202 Hambright Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078 · (980) 343-5770 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL902 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- BTest 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
16.0:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
899 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 136 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 141 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 139 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 162 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 143 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 146 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (136) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (146).
Student demographics
64%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
55.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
62.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% 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 Blythe Elementary
Blythe Elementary's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blythe Elementary this school | 902 | 99.7% | 58.5% |
| Reedy Creek Elementary Charlotte | 850 | 99.6% | 52.1% |
| University Meadows Elementary Charlotte | 737 | 99.6% | 42.0% |
| Southwest Charlotte STEM Academy Charlotte | 884 | 97.9% | N/A |
| Kimmel Farm Elementary Winston-Salem | 760 | 99.6% | 51.3% |
| Paw Creek Elementary Charlotte | 784 | 99.6% | 73.2% |
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 Blythe Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #550 of 1,297 | #52 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #554 of 1,296 | #57 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #438 of 1,300 | #48 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 902 | #29 of 1,485 | #7 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,009 of 1,377 | #66 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.6% | #549 of 1,379 | #46 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #8 of 1,414 | #1 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.6% | #296 of 937 | #34 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
902
+33 (+4%) vs 2020
-18% since 2000-01, when it was 1,099
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 902 | 56.4 | 16.0:1 | 100% (899) |
| 2023-24 | 884 | 54.5 | 16.2:1 | 100% (881) |
| 2022-23 | 915 | 49.2 | 18.6:1 | 45% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 869 | 58 | 15.0:1 | 44% (379) |
| 2017-18 | 1,122 | 67.2 | 16.7:1 | 48% (535) |
| 2015-16 | 1,118 | 65 | 17.2:1 | 48% (536) |
| 2010-11 | 899 | 53 | 17.0:1 | 45% (407) |
| 2000-01 | 1,099 | 46 | 23.9:1 | 40% (435) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blythe Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (1,122 to 902); teachers down 16% (67.2 to 56.4).
About Blythe Elementary
Blythe Elementary is a large elementary school. Its address is in Huntersville, North Carolina. Total enrollment is 902 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. It has 93% more students than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina (about 467).
In Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, 186 schools enroll a combined 145,014 students.
The largest group at Blythe Elementary is Black students, at 53%. Smaller groups are 25% Hispanic, 10% White, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 30% of Mecklenburg County residents are Black. The diversity index for Blythe Elementary is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Blythe Elementary is 16.0:1, based on 56.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Blythe Elementary counts 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Mecklenburg County is 71%.
On the allk12 Grade, Blythe Elementary lands at B, ahead of 62% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
A school with Blythe Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in North Carolina is predicted to score 48.4%. Blythe Elementary scores 58.5%, 10.1 points above that line.
The school is in Mecklenburg County, where the median household earns about $87,005 a year, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Mecklenburg County, 226 public schools serve about 170,407 students.
Of the public schools around it, Blythe Elementary is closest to North Academy of World Languages, about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Blythe Elementary ranks 2nd of 4 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 902, compared with 869 in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 15.0 in 2020-21 to 16.0 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Blythe Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Huntersville
- Lake Norman CharterCombined · 2,222 students
- North Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 1,854 students
- Hopewell High SchoolHigh · 1,851 students
- Bonnie Cone Leadership AcademyCombined · 1,269 students
- Francis Bradley MiddleMiddle · 1,089 students
- Huntersville ElementaryElementary · 867 students
Other Blythe Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Blythe Elementary. Blythe Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Blythe Elementary SchoolBlythe, GA · 333 students
Nearby schools
- North Academy of World Languages0.1 mi · 668
- J. M. Alexander Middle0.2 mi · 799
- North Mecklenburg High School0.3 mi · 1,854
- Lake Norman Charter1.0 mi · 2,222
- Merancas Middle College-CPCC1.2 mi · 176
- Bonnie Cone Classical Academy1.5 mi · 642
Frequently asked questions
About Blythe ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Blythe Elementary?
Blythe Elementary enrolls approximately 902 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Blythe Elementary serve?
Blythe Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Blythe Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Blythe Elementary is approximately 16.0:1 (56 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Blythe Elementary?
Student demographics at Blythe Elementary are roughly 10% White, 25% Hispanic, 53% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Blythe Elementary public or private?
Blythe 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.