Greenway Park Elementary

Greenway Park Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Charlotte, North Carolina, part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Current enrollment sits at 511 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 186 schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (145,014 students total), Greenway Park Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Greenway Park Elementary shows that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 34% Black, 11% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Mecklenburg County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Greenway Park Elementary has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Greenway Park Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Mecklenburg County's rate of about 71%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Greenway Park Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 43.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Mecklenburg County indicate median household income runs about $87,005, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Mecklenburg County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), of which Greenway Park Elementary is one.

Charlotte Secondary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Greenway Park Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Greenway Park Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 6%: 483 students in 2018 compared to 511 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 49% to 34% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Greenway Park Elementary typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.