Eastover Elementary

Eastover Elementary is one of the intimate elementary schools in Charlotte, North Carolina, part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, with 385 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools comprises 186 schools with combined enrollment of 145,014 students; Eastover Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Eastover Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 26% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 45% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Eastover Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Mecklenburg County's rate of about 71%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Eastover Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.0%, the actual is 79.3%, a residual of +10.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Mecklenburg County put the typical household earns roughly $87,005 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Mecklenburg County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), Eastover Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Billingsville Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eastover Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 71.3%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Eastover Elementary's enrollment has fell 15% since 2018, when it stood at 451 (now 385). The White share of enrollment declined from 65% to 59% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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