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Enrollment
649
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001198
Briarwood Academy
1001 Wilann Dr, Charlotte, NC 28215 · (980) 343-6475 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL649 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
646 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 | 21 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 124 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
52%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
37.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
50.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 Briarwood Academy
Briarwood Academy's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briarwood Academy this school | 649 | 99.5% | 45.0% |
| Maureen Joy Charter School Durham | 631 | 99.2% | N/A |
| Newell Elementary Charlotte | 554 | 99.5% | 32.9% |
| Holt Elementary Durham | 587 | 99.5% | 42.0% |
| Esperanza Global Academy Charlotte | 538 | 99.4% | 32.6% |
| Merry Oaks International Academy Charlotte | 601 | 99.5% | 32.3% |
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 Briarwood Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #957 of 1,297 | #81 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #898 of 1,296 | #82 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #1,041 of 1,300 | #86 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 649 | #263 of 1,485 | #51 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,138 of 1,377 | #92 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #960 of 1,379 | #93 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #105 of 1,414 | #24 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #469 of 937 | #46 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
649
-45 (-6%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 774
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 649 | 39.2 | 16.6:1 | 100% (646) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 34.7 | 19.8:1 | 100% (684) |
| 2022-23 | 655 | 44.4 | 14.8:1 | 99% (651) |
| 2020-21 | 694 | 43 | 16.1:1 | 98% (678) |
| 2017-18 | 749 | 48.6 | 15.4:1 | 100% (746) |
| 2015-16 | 742 | 46 | 16.1:1 | 99% (731) |
| 2010-11 | 679 | 48 | 14.2:1 | 92% (628) |
| 2000-01 | 616 | 42 | 14.7:1 | 70% (434) |
| 1990-91 | 774 | 35 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Briarwood Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (749 to 649); teachers down 19% (48.6 to 39.2).
About Briarwood Academy
Briarwood Academy is a medium-sized elementary school in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The school's 649 students are in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 39% higher than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina, which is about 467.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is responsible for 186 schools, Briarwood Academy included, with 145,014 students in all.
By race and ethnicity, Briarwood Academy is 64% Hispanic. The school is also 26% Black, 5% Asian, 2% multiracial, and 2% White. That is higher than the 16% Hispanic share among all Mecklenburg County residents. By the diversity index, Briarwood Academy comes in at 52%.
Teachers at the school number 39.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.6:1. Among elementary schools in North Carolina, the typical ratio is 14.9:1. The school's lunch program data list 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Mecklenburg County, the average is 71%.
allk12 grades Briarwood Academy a C. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Briarwood Academy scores 45.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 48.5%.
Mecklenburg County has these Census figures: median household income is about $87,005, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Briarwood Academy is among the 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County.
The closest other public school is KIPP Charlotte, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Briarwood Academy ranks 2nd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 45.0% against a local average of 32.7%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 649, 6% below the 694 of 2020-21.
The Briarwood Academy community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- KIPP Charlotte0.2 mi · 813
- Martin Luther King Jr Middle1.0 mi · 844
- Cochrane Collegiate Academy1.0 mi · 854
- Devonshire Elementary1.3 mi · 550
- Garinger High School1.3 mi · 1,877
- Hidden Valley Elementary1.5 mi · 808
Frequently asked questions
About Briarwood AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Briarwood Academy?
Briarwood Academy enrolls approximately 649 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Briarwood Academy serve?
Briarwood Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Briarwood Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Briarwood Academy is approximately 16.6:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Briarwood Academy?
Student demographics at Briarwood Academy are roughly 2% White, 64% Hispanic, 26% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Briarwood Academy?
Briarwood Academy 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.