Charles H. Parker Academic Center

Charles H. Parker Academic Center, a moderately sized primary school in Charlotte, North Carolina, overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, works with 472 students, covering grades K through 5.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools comprises 186 schools with combined enrollment of 145,014 students; Charles H. Parker Academic Center is among them.

On demographics, Charles H. Parker Academic Center logs that the most-represented group is Black (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 23% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 7% White, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Charles H. Parker Academic Center has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Mecklenburg County's rate of about 71%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Charles H. Parker Academic Center tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.7%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Mecklenburg County shows median household earnings sit near $87,005, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mecklenburg County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), of which Charles H. Parker Academic Center is one.

Marie G Davis School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Charles H. Parker Academic Center. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Charles H. Parker Academic Center ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.3%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Charles H. Parker Academic Center's enrollment has contracted 13% since 2018, when it stood at 540 (now 472). Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 23% across the same window.

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