Druid Hills Academy

Druid Hills Academy is one of the tight-knit elementary schools in Charlotte, North Carolina, overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, with 288 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 38% leaner than typical.

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

Looking at the student body, Druid Hills Academy shows that the largest single group is Black, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 30% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Mecklenburg County's rate of about 71%.

After controlling for student poverty, Druid Hills Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 48.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Mecklenburg County) logs that median household earnings sit near $87,005, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Mecklenburg County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), of which Druid Hills Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: VERITAS Community School CFA, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Druid Hills Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Druid Hills Academy at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 64.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Druid Hills Academy's enrollment has shrank 41% since 2018, when it stood at 488 (now 288). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 89% to 60%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.