Davidson K-8 School

Located at 635 South St, in Davidson, North Carolina, Davidson K-8 School is a heavily attended primary school that teaches 1,185 students (grades K through 8), one of the schools within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 154% larger than the state mean of about 467.

Across the 186 schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (145,014 students total), Davidson K-8 School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Davidson K-8 School logs that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 11% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 45%.

In terms of school funding signals, Davidson K-8 School lists 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Davidson K-8 School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Mecklenburg County's rate of about 71%.

After controlling for student poverty, Davidson K-8 School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.4%, the actual is 85.8%, a residual of +10.4 points.

Around the school, census data for Mecklenburg County shows median household earnings sit near $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Davidson K-8 School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cornelius Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Davidson K-8 School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 73.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Davidson K-8 School has grew 68%, going from 704 students in 2018 to 1,185 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 78% to 74%. Class-load math has fell: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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