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Enrollment
657
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297000813
Crown Point Elementary
3335 Sam Newell Rd, Matthews, NC 28105 · (980) 343-6535 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL657 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
654 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 53 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
74%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
48.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
59.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Crown Point Elementary
Crown Point Elementary's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crown Point Elementary this school | 657 | 99.5% | 55.3% |
| River Gate Elementary Charlotte | 693 | 99.6% | 62.3% |
| Berewick Elementary Charlotte | 717 | 99.6% | 51.1% |
| River Bend Elementary Raleigh | 709 | 99.6% | 47.9% |
| Julius I Foust Elementary Greensboro | 661 | 99.5% | 34.9% |
| South Fork Elementary Winston Salem | 503 | 99.4% | 35.2% |
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 Crown Point Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #655 of 1,297 | #56 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #637 of 1,296 | #62 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #668 of 1,300 | #56 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 657 | #242 of 1,485 | #49 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,084 of 1,377 | #81 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.8% | #40 of 1,379 | #3 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #95 of 1,414 | #23 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #880 of 937 | #71 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
657
+155 (+31%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 813
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 657 | 40.3 | 16.3:1 | 100% (654) |
| 2023-24 | 647 | 44 | 14.7:1 | 99% (643) |
| 2022-23 | 650 | 36 | 18.1:1 | 59% (386) |
| 2020-21 | 502 | 31 | 16.2:1 | 46% (229) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 37.3 | 18.0:1 | 57% (385) |
| 2015-16 | 681 | 39 | 17.5:1 | 60% (411) |
| 2010-11 | 769 | 43 | 17.9:1 | 60% (464) |
| 2000-01 | 813 | 43 | 18.9:1 | 42% (344) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crown Point Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (670 to 657); teachers up 8% (37.3 to 40.3).
About Crown Point Elementary
Crown Point Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Matthews, North Carolina. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 657 students enrolled. That is 41% bigger than the average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
In Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, 186 schools enroll a combined 145,014 students.
The biggest share of students at Crown Point Elementary, 35%, is Black. Other reported shares: 31% Hispanic, 16% White, 12% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The diversity index for Crown Point Elementary is 74%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Crown Point Elementary has 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 100% at Crown Point Elementary. The 71% average for public schools in Mecklenburg County is 29 points lower.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Crown Point Elementary outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Crown Point Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in North Carolina is predicted to score 48.4%. Crown Point Elementary scores 55.3%, 6.8 points above that line.
The school's county is Mecklenburg County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $87,005, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Mecklenburg County's 226 public schools enroll about 170,407 students and include Crown Point Elementary.
Mint Hill Middle is the nearest public school to Crown Point Elementary, about 1.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Crown Point Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 657, up from 502 in 2020-21.
Crown Point Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
- Myers Park High SchoolHigh · 3,225 students
- Ardrey Kell High SchoolHigh · 3,036 students
- South Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,534 students
- William Amos Hough HighHigh · 2,518 students
- East Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,422 students
- Palisades High SchoolHigh · 2,332 students
Other schools in Matthews
- Weddington HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Butler High SchoolHigh · 1,791 students
- Weddington MiddleMiddle · 1,324 students
- Socrates AcademyCombined · 1,039 students
- Crestdale MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- Mint Hill MiddleMiddle · 878 students
Other Crown Point Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Crown Point Elementary. Crown Point Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- CROWN POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLJACKSONVILLE, FL · 785 students
- Crown Point ElementarySan Diego, CA · 313 students
Nearby schools
- Mint Hill Middle1.0 mi · 878
- Mint Hill Elementary School1.2 mi · 864
- Piney Grove Elementary1.3 mi · 441
- Greenway Park Elementary1.8 mi · 511
- Charlotte Secondary2.0 mi · 157
- Crestdale Middle2.2 mi · 989
Frequently asked questions
About Crown Point ElementaryHow many students attend Crown Point Elementary?
Crown Point Elementary enrolls approximately 657 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Crown Point Elementary serve?
Crown Point Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Crown Point Elementary?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Crown Point Elementary.
How diverse is Crown Point Elementary?
Crown Point Elementary reports a student body of 16% White, 31% Hispanic, 35% Black, 12% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Crown Point Elementary?
Crown Point Elementary is overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in Mecklenburg County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.