Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001253
Bruns Avenue Elementary
501 S. Bruns Ave, Charlotte, NC 28208 · (980) 343-5495 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
18.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
412 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
42%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
22.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
30.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Bruns Avenue Elementary
Bruns Avenue Elementary's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruns Avenue Elementary this school | 415 | 99.3% | 27.9% |
| Stocks Elementary Tarboro | 389 | 96.1% | 32.3% |
| RISE Southeast Raleigh Charter School Raleigh | 484 | 97.7% | N/A |
| A.C.E. Academy Harrisburg | 421 | 97.9% | N/A |
| Clarke Elementary Henderson | 364 | 99.2% | 28.3% |
| Lucile Souders Elementary Fayetteville | 399 | 99.2% | 38.6% |
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 Bruns Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #1,260 of 1,297 | #111 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #1,256 of 1,296 | #114 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #1,269 of 1,300 | #108 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #853 of 1,485 | #107 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #1,303 of 1,377 | #121 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.9% | #1,147 of 1,379 | #118 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #423 of 1,414 | #60 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.3% | #57 of 937 | #16 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
415
+50 (+14%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 415 | 22.7 | 18.3:1 | 99% (412) |
| 2023-24 | 360 | 22.8 | 15.8:1 | 99% (357) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 21.9 | 14.9:1 | 99% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 365 | 30 | 12.2:1 | 99% (362) |
| 2017-18 | 622 | 53.4 | 11.7:1 | 100% (619) |
| 2015-16 | 738 | 53 | 13.9:1 | 100% (735) |
| 2010-11 | 522 | 36 | 14.5:1 | 98% (509) |
| 2000-01 | 365 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 72% (262) |
| 1990-91 | 450 | 23 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bruns Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (622 to 415); teachers down 57% (53.4 to 22.7).
About Bruns Avenue Elementary
As a medium-sized elementary school, Bruns Avenue Elementary serves students in Charlotte, North Carolina. The student body numbers 415 students, from pre-K through 5.
In Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, 186 schools enroll a combined 145,014 students.
Black students make up a majority at Bruns Avenue Elementary, at 73%. The next largest groups are 21% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. In Mecklenburg County overall, about 30% of residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 42%, meaning two students picked at random have a 42% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 22.7 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 18.3:1. That is 3.4 students per teacher above the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Bruns Avenue Elementary is 99%. On average, public schools in Mecklenburg County report 71%.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Bruns Avenue Elementary receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Bruns Avenue Elementary is -20.7 points, in the bottom 10% of North Carolina. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 27.9%, and the predicted rate is 48.5%.
County data help place the school in context: in Mecklenburg County, the median household income is $87,005, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mecklenburg County is home to 226 public schools and about 170,407 public school students.
The nearest other public school, Irwin Academic Center, is about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Bruns Avenue Elementary is 6th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Bruns Avenue Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 415 students in 2024-25, 50 more than the 365 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.2:1 in 2020-21 to 18.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Bruns Avenue ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Bruns Avenue Elementary?
Bruns Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 415 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bruns Avenue Elementary serve?
Bruns Avenue Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Bruns Avenue Elementary?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at Bruns Avenue Elementary.
How diverse is Bruns Avenue Elementary?
Bruns Avenue Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 21% Hispanic, 73% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Bruns Avenue Elementary in?
Bruns Avenue Elementary is part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
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