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Alumni: what's one memory from Collinswood Language Academy that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
893
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001204
Collinswood Language Academy
5621 Flagstaff Drive, Charlotte, NC 28210 · (980) 343-5820 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL893 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
16.2:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
376 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 103 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 129 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 89 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 80 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 43% larger than its 8th grade class (72).
Student demographics
56%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
72.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
79.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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
76.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Collinswood Language Academy
Collinswood Language Academy's state test result (76.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collinswood Language Academy this school | 893 | 42.1% | 76.4% |
| FPG Elementary Chapel Hill | 536 | 36.4% | 68.3% |
| South Academy of International Languages Charlotte | 1,259 | 34.1% | 75.9% |
| Brassfield Elementary Raleigh | 613 | 41.9% | 54.8% |
| Carl A Furr Elementary Concord | 782 | 61.0% | 46.5% |
| Adams Elementary Cary | 655 | 61.2% | 56.4% |
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 Collinswood Language Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #118 of 1,297 | #26 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #127 of 1,296 | #24 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #109 of 1,300 | #25 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 893 | #33 of 1,485 | #8 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,067 of 1,377 | #76 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #840 of 1,379 | #73 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #1,210 of 1,414 | #92 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.8% | #172 of 369 | #19 of 41 |
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
893
+79 (+10%) vs 2020
+173% since 1990-91, when it was 327
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 893 | 55 | 16.2:1 | 42% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 839 | 55.3 | 15.2:1 | 45% (381) |
| 2022-23 | 770 | 52.9 | 14.6:1 | 29% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 814 | 50 | 16.3:1 | 28% (230) |
| 2017-18 | 799 | 49 | 16.3:1 | 50% (400) |
| 2015-16 | 758 | 46 | 16.5:1 | 53% (401) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | 40 | 14.7:1 | 57% (337) |
| 2000-01 | 432 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 67% (288) |
| 1990-91 | 327 | 24 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Collinswood Language Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (799 to 893); teachers up 12% (49 to 55).
About Collinswood Language Academy
Collinswood Language Academy is a large elementary school in Charlotte, North Carolina, (ZIP code 28210). It covers kindergarten through 8, with a total enrollment of 893 students. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students each.
Collinswood Language Academy is one of 186 schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, which enrolls 145,014 students in total.
Hispanic students are the majority at Collinswood Language Academy, with 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 26% White, 10% Black, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 16% Hispanic. Collinswood Language Academy's diversity index is 56%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.2 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 42%. Across public schools in Mecklenburg County, the average is 71%.
The allk12 Grade for Collinswood Language Academy is A. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 87% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In North Carolina, Collinswood Language Academy is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 76.4% actual against a predicted 66.0%.
Mecklenburg County has about 1,154,681 residents, and the median household income is $87,005, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Mecklenburg County has 226 public schools and roughly 170,407 students.
Pinewood Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 48.8% proficiency; Collinswood Language Academy posts 76.4%.
For locale, NCES codes Collinswood Language Academy as City: Large.
Enrollment at Collinswood Language Academy grew 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 814 to 893 students.
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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
Quick facts
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- 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
- Pinewood Elementary0.5 mi · 521
- Montclaire Elementary0.7 mi · 512
- Metrolina Reg Scholars Academy1.0 mi · 396
- Movement School Southwest1.4 mi · 284
- Starmount Academy of Excellence1.5 mi · 416
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Virtual School1.7 mi · 619
Frequently asked questions
About Collinswood Language AcademyHow many students attend Collinswood Language Academy?
Collinswood Language Academy enrolls approximately 893 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Collinswood Language Academy serve?
Collinswood Language Academy serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Collinswood Language Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Collinswood Language Academy is approximately 16.2:1 (55 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Collinswood Language Academy?
Collinswood Language Academy reports a student body of 26% White, 60% Hispanic, 10% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Collinswood Language Academy public or private?
Collinswood Language Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.