Grand Oak Elementary

Grand Oak Elementary is a primary school of mid-tier scale in Huntersville, North Carolina, one of the schools within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, educateing 549 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, Grand Oak Elementary lists that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 13% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 45% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Grand Oak Elementary lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Mecklenburg County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Grand Oak Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 88.6%.

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 roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mecklenburg County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), Grand Oak Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Torrence Creek Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grand Oak Elementary at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 74.9%.

Grand Oak Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Grand Oak Elementary's enrollment has edged down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 601 (now 549). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 75% to 67%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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