Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001213
Druid Hills Academy
2801 Lucena Ave, Charlotte, NC 28206 · (980) 343-5515 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
9.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
285 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 7 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 30% larger than its 8th grade class (23).
Student demographics
54%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
38.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
54.1%
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 54 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
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Druid Hills Academy
Druid Hills Academy's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Druid Hills Academy this school | 288 | 99.0% | 48.4% |
| W G Pearson Elementary Durham | 319 | 97.2% | 48.7% |
| Reid Park Academy Charlotte | 317 | 99.1% | 31.9% |
| Ashley Park PreK-8 School Charlotte | 338 | 99.1% | 38.5% |
| Marie G Davis School Charlotte | 328 | 98.8% | 37.3% |
| Vaughan Academy of Technology Charlotte | 309 | 99.0% | 67.4% |
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 Druid Hills Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #857 of 1,297 | #75 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #790 of 1,296 | #74 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #1,000 of 1,300 | #80 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #1,209 of 1,485 | #124 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #3 of 1,377 | #2 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.2% | #897 of 1,379 | #82 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #670 of 1,414 | #70 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.0% | #19 of 937 | #7 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
288
-87 (-23%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 431
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 288 | 29.6 | 9.7:1 | 99% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 237 | 28.3 | 8.4:1 | 99% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 270 | 29.5 | 9.2:1 | 99% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 34 | 11.0:1 | 99% (372) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 44.1 | 11.1:1 | 99% (485) |
| 2015-16 | 567 | 46 | 12.3:1 | 99% (564) |
| 2010-11 | 381 | 33 | 11.6:1 | 94% (359) |
| 2000-01 | 376 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 58% (218) |
| 1990-91 | 431 | 20 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Druid Hills Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (488 to 288); teachers down 33% (44.1 to 29.6).
About Druid Hills Academy
In Charlotte, North Carolina, Druid Hills Academy is a small elementary school. The school serves 288 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in North Carolina is roughly 467 students; this school is 38% smaller than that.
Druid Hills Academy is part of a district of 186 schools: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, with 145,014 students.
Black students make up a majority at Druid Hills Academy, at 60%. The remaining students are 31% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% White. Census figures show Mecklenburg County is about 30% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 9.7:1 comes from the school's 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The lunch program counts 99% of students at Druid Hills Academy as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 71% for public schools in Mecklenburg County.
allk12 grades Druid Hills Academy a C+. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In North Carolina, Druid Hills Academy is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 48.4% actual against a predicted 48.6%.
Mecklenburg County census figures show that the median household income is $87,005, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Mecklenburg County is home to 226 public schools and about 170,407 public school students.
Nearest public school: VERITAS Community School CFA, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Druid Hills Academy is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 23% enrollment decrease, from 375 in 2020-21 to 288 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.0:1 to 9.7:1.
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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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- VERITAS Community School CFA0.3 mi · 147
- Lincoln Heights Montessori1.0 mi · 244
- Williams Secondary Montessori1.2 mi · 401
- Highland Renaissance Academy1.2 mi · 443
- Walter G. Byers School1.3 mi · 303
- Sugar Creek Charter1.5 mi · 1,591
Frequently asked questions
About Druid Hills AcademyHow large is Druid Hills Academy?
Druid Hills Academy enrolls approximately 288 students in grades PK-08.
Is Druid Hills Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Druid Hills Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Druid Hills Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Druid Hills Academy is approximately 9.7:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Druid Hills Academy?
At Druid Hills Academy, the student body is approximately 2% White, 31% Hispanic, 60% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Druid Hills Academy?
Druid Hills Academy 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.