Crown Point Elementary

Crown Point Elementary is a mid-tier K-5 school in Matthews, North Carolina, part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. The school caters to 657 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 41% bigger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools runs 186 schools in total, collectively educating 145,014 students. Crown Point Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Crown Point Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Black (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 31% Hispanic, 16% White, 12% Asian, 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Crown Point Elementary has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Mecklenburg County's rate of about 71%.

With demographic context factored in, Crown Point Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.4%, the actual is 55.3%, a residual of +6.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Mecklenburg County) records that the typical household earns roughly $87,005 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mecklenburg County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), Crown Point Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Mint Hill Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Crown Point Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Crown Point Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 54.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Crown Point Elementary's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 670 (now 657). The White share of enrollment contracted from 23% to 16% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.