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What's one thing Elon Park Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
732
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297002826
Elon Park Elementary
11425 Ardrey Kell Rd, Charlotte, NC 28277 · (980) 343-1440 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL732 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
16.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
161 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 | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 170 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 48% smaller than its 5th grade class (170).
Student demographics
72%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
75.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
85.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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
81.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Elon Park Elementary
Elon Park Elementary's state test result (81.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elon Park Elementary this school | 732 | 22.0% | 81.8% |
| Hickory Ridge Elementary Harrisburg | 927 | 15.0% | 82.6% |
| Peak Charter Academy Apex | 651 | 14.9% | N/A |
| Knights View Elementary School Charlotte | 511 | 19.4% | N/A |
| Carpenter Elementary Cary | 604 | 28.8% | 71.8% |
| Ballantyne Elementary Charlotte | 745 | 26.2% | 79.0% |
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 Elon Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #55 of 1,297 | #15 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.7% | #52 of 1,296 | #13 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #83 of 1,300 | #22 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 732 | #147 of 1,485 | #36 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #1,165 of 1,377 | #100 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #76 of 1,379 | #8 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.0% | #1,343 of 1,414 | #113 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.2% | #52 of 937 | #15 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
732
-228 (-24%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 936
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 732 | 43.9 | 16.7:1 | 22% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 822 | 50 | 16.4:1 | 16% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 843 | 53.5 | 15.8:1 | 9% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 960 | 60 | 16.0:1 | 8% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 1,113 | 61 | 18.2:1 | 6% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 1,121 | 57 | 19.7:1 | 6% (70) |
| 2010-11 | 936 | 48 | 19.5:1 | 9% (87) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elon Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (1,113 to 732); teachers down 28% (61 to 43.9).
About Elon Park Elementary
Elon Park Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It had 732 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll about 467 students on average.
Elon Park Elementary belongs to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, a district of 186 schools and 145,014 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Elon Park Elementary is Asian, with 39% of students. Enrollment also includes 30% White, 14% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 5% multiracial. The school's Asian share is 33 points above the 6% share among Mecklenburg County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 72%.
Elon Park Elementary lists 43.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.7 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1. About 22% of students at Elon Park Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 71% average among public schools in Mecklenburg County.
Elon Park Elementary earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 89% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Elon Park Elementary falls in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools: 81.8% actual against 72.1% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Mecklenburg County, median household income comes to about $87,005, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 226, with about 170,407 students.
Knights View Elementary School sits about 1.0 miles from Elon Park Elementary. Elon Park Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Elon Park Elementary ranks 4th on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Elon Park Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The school shrank from 960 students in 2020-21 to 732 in 2024-25.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
- Myers Park High SchoolHigh · 3,225 students
- Ardrey Kell High SchoolHigh · 3,036 students
- South Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,534 students
- William Amos Hough HighHigh · 2,518 students
- East Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,422 students
- Palisades High SchoolHigh · 2,332 students
Other schools in Charlotte
- Myers Park High SchoolHigh · 3,225 students
- Ardrey Kell High SchoolHigh · 3,036 students
- South Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,534 students
- East Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,422 students
- Palisades High SchoolHigh · 2,332 students
- Julius L. Chambers High SchoolHigh · 2,225 students
Nearby schools
- Knights View Elementary School1.0 mi · 511
- Ardrey Kell High School1.1 mi · 3,036
- Harrisburg Elementary1.2 mi · 1,161
- Ballantyne Elementary1.2 mi · 745
- Community House Middle1.4 mi · 1,425
- Hawk Ridge Elementary1.7 mi · 640
Frequently asked questions
About Elon Park ElementaryHow many students attend Elon Park Elementary?
Elon Park Elementary enrolls approximately 732 students in grades KG-05.
Is Elon Park Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Elon Park Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Elon Park Elementary have?
Elon Park Elementary employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Elon Park Elementary?
Student demographics at Elon Park Elementary are roughly 30% White, 14% Hispanic, 13% Black, 39% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Elon Park Elementary public or private?
Elon Park Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
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