Carl A Furr Elementary

Carl A Furr Elementary is an elementary school of sprawling scale in Concord, North Carolina, part of Cabarrus County Schools, caters to 782 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Carl A Furr Elementary sits 67% larger than that benchmark.

Within Cabarrus County Schools, which oversees 44 schools and 35,568 students, Carl A Furr Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Carl A Furr Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% Black, 23% White, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 13% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Carl A Furr Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Carl A Furr Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Cabarrus County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,005 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Carl A Furr Elementary is one of 56 public schools in Cabarrus County (combined enrollment of about 43,278 students).

Nearest neighbor: Jay M Robinson High, around 1.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Carl A Furr Elementary. On composite proficiency, Carl A Furr Elementary comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 54.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 812 students in 2018 compared to 782 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 39% to 23%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.