Dilworth Elementary

Dilworth Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the schools within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. The school caters to 411 students in grades pre-K through 2.

Within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, which oversees 186 schools and 145,014 students, Dilworth Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Dilworth Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 45%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Roughly 15% of students at Dilworth Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Mecklenburg County (around 71%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Across the wider county, Mecklenburg County reports that the typical household earns roughly $87,005 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Dilworth Elementary is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

The closest other public school is Dilworth Elementary School Latta Campus, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dilworth Elementary has rose 21%, going from 340 students in 2018 to 411 in 2025. The White share of enrollment increased from 3% to 69% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.

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