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If you could change one rule at Elizabeth Traditional Elem, what would it be?
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Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001217
Elizabeth Traditional Elem
1601 Park Dr, Charlotte, NC 28204 · (980) 343-5475 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
406 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
55%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
62.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
63.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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
65.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% 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 Elizabeth Traditional Elem
Elizabeth Traditional Elem's state test result (65.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Traditional Elem this school | 409 | 99.3% | 65.1% |
| M B Hubbard Elementary Battleboro | 412 | 99.0% | 50.5% |
| Croft Community School Charlotte | 459 | 99.3% | 56.5% |
| Vinson-Bynum Elementary Wilson | 458 | 99.3% | 59.4% |
| Englewood Elementary Rocky Mount | 383 | 99.2% | 53.8% |
| Parkside Elementary Charlotte | 437 | 99.3% | 60.5% |
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 Elizabeth Traditional Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #347 of 1,297 | #43 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #530 of 1,296 | #54 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #272 of 1,300 | #41 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #871 of 1,485 | #109 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #523 of 1,377 | #30 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #883 of 1,379 | #79 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #434 of 1,414 | #61 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.5% | #251 of 937 | #29 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
409
-81 (-17%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 547
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 409 | 28.8 | 14.2:1 | 99% (406) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 31.5 | 13.6:1 | 99% (425) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 31.8 | 13.3:1 | 56% (238) |
| 2020-21 | 490 | 35 | 14.0:1 | 44% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 30 | 17.4:1 | 48% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 32 | 16.9:1 | 50% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 32 | 16.9:1 | 34% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 530 | 31 | 17.1:1 | 25% (133) |
| 1990-91 | 547 | 27 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elizabeth Traditional Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (521 to 409); teachers down 4% (30 to 28.8).
About Elizabeth Traditional Elem
Elizabeth Traditional Elem is a mid-sized elementary school in North Carolina, located in Charlotte. Enrollment stands at 409 students, covering kindergarten through 5.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools system has 186 schools and 145,014 students.
More than half of the students at Elizabeth Traditional Elem are Black (64%). Other reported shares: 16% Hispanic, 11% White, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 30% Black among all Mecklenburg County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 55%.
Its ratio of 14.2:1 is based on 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 99%. On average, public schools in Mecklenburg County report 71%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Elizabeth Traditional Elem outscored 81%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.5% for Elizabeth Traditional Elem. The school posts 65.1%, 16.5 points above the prediction.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Mecklenburg County show that median household income comes to about $87,005, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 226, with about 170,407 students.
Elizabeth Traditional Elem's closest public school neighbor is Central Piedmont Early College, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Elizabeth Traditional Elem, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 65.1% is above the 62.8% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 81 students, from 490 to 409.
Elizabeth Traditional Elem has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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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Frequently asked questions
About Elizabeth Traditional ElemHow large is Elizabeth Traditional Elem?
Elizabeth Traditional Elem enrolls approximately 409 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Elizabeth Traditional Elem serve?
Elizabeth Traditional Elem serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Elizabeth Traditional Elem have?
Elizabeth Traditional Elem employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
How diverse is Elizabeth Traditional Elem?
Elizabeth Traditional Elem reports a student body of 11% White, 16% Hispanic, 64% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Elizabeth Traditional Elem?
Elizabeth Traditional Elem 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.