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If you had an hour of school board time for David Cox Road Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
604
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297000868
David Cox Road Elementary
4215 David Cox Rd, Charlotte, NC 28269 · (980) 343-6540 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL604 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
601 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 | 48 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
51%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
37.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
42.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
38.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 David Cox Road Elementary
David Cox Road Elementary's state test result (38.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Cox Road Elementary this school | 604 | 99.5% | 38.4% |
| Cliffdale Elementary Fayetteville | 613 | 97.9% | 37.8% |
| PreEminent Charter Raleigh | 667 | 99.6% | N/A |
| William T Brown Elementary Spring Lake | 562 | 98.2% | 40.5% |
| George C Simkins Jr Elementary Greensboro | 588 | 99.5% | 34.4% |
| Movement School Eastland Charlotte | 523 | 99.2% | N/A |
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 David Cox Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #1,136 of 1,297 | #96 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #1,091 of 1,296 | #93 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #1,026 of 1,300 | #82 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 604 | #343 of 1,485 | #61 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,150 of 1,377 | #94 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.0% | #971 of 1,379 | #96 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #142 of 1,414 | #30 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.5% | #233 of 369 | #28 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
604
-96 (-14%) vs 2020
-21% since 2000-01, when it was 767
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 604 | 36.3 | 16.6:1 | 100% (601) |
| 2023-24 | 678 | 38.5 | 17.6:1 | 100% (675) |
| 2022-23 | 697 | 35.8 | 19.4:1 | 99% (688) |
| 2020-21 | 700 | 40 | 17.5:1 | 100% (697) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 36.9 | 15.4:1 | 99% (559) |
| 2015-16 | 668 | 42 | 15.9:1 | 100% (667) |
| 2010-11 | 861 | 51 | 16.9:1 | 60% (516) |
| 2000-01 | 767 | 44 | 17.4:1 | 22% (167) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for David Cox Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (567 to 604); teachers down 2% (36.9 to 36.3).
About David Cox Road Elementary
David Cox Road Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. The school serves 604 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students.
The district for David Cox Road Elementary is Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, with 186 schools and 145,014 students.
David Cox Road Elementary is 66% Black by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% White. In Mecklenburg County overall, about 30% of residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at David Cox Road Elementary is 36.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 16.6:1. That is 1.8 students per teacher above the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Around 100% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Mecklenburg County averages 71%, lower than here.
allk12 grades David Cox Road Elementary a D. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 38.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 48.5%.
Census estimates describe Mecklenburg County this way: the median household income is $87,005, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides David Cox Road Elementary, Mecklenburg County has 225 other public schools.
The school nearest to David Cox Road Elementary is Croft Community School, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, David Cox Road Elementary ranks 4th in a group of 4 nearby schools.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, David Cox Road Elementary's enrollment dropped 14%, to 604.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at David Cox Road Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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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- Croft Community School0.7 mi · 459
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Frequently asked questions
About David Cox Road ElementaryHow large is David Cox Road Elementary?
David Cox Road Elementary enrolls approximately 604 students in grades PK-05.
Is David Cox Road Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
David Cox Road Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at David Cox Road Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at David Cox Road Elementary is approximately 16.6:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at David Cox Road Elementary?
At David Cox Road Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 22% Hispanic, 66% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees David Cox Road Elementary?
David Cox Road 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.