Bonnie Cone Classical Academy

Bonnie Cone Classical Academy is a mid-sized elementary school located in Huntersville, North Carolina. It offers kindergarten through 6 and has 642 students enrolled. Elementary schools in North Carolina have about 467 students on average; enrollment here is 37% higher.

Bonnie Cone Classical Academy operates as its own local education agency.

More than half of the students at Bonnie Cone Classical Academy are Black (62%). Other reported shares: 14% Hispanic, 10% White, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 30% Black among all Mecklenburg County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.

Teacher count: 34.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 18.4:1. Compared with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 63%.

American Community Survey estimates for Mecklenburg County show that median household income comes to about $87,005, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 226, with about 170,407 students.

Measured in a straight line, Mallard Creek STEM Academy is about 0.7 miles from Bonnie Cone Classical Academy. The five-mile area around Bonnie Cone Classical Academy holds at least 8 other public schools.

NCES describes the area around Bonnie Cone Classical Academy as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. As a charter school, Bonnie Cone Classical Academy is publicly funded and operates under a charter.

The school's student count decreased 15% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.

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