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Which teacher or staff member at Greenway Park Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001598
Greenway Park Elementary
8301 Monroe Rd, Charlotte, NC 28212 · (980) 343-5060 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.8:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
508 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
65%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
28.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
57.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Greenway Park Elementary
Greenway Park Elementary's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenway Park Elementary this school | 511 | 99.4% | 43.6% |
| Butler Avenue Elementary Clinton | 469 | 99.4% | N/A |
| Harvey R Newlin Elementary Burlington | 491 | 99.4% | 25.7% |
| South Graham Elementary Graham | 518 | 99.4% | 38.7% |
| WB Wicker Elementary Sanford | 588 | 99.1% | 44.2% |
| Millbrook Elementary Raleigh | 534 | 99.4% | 43.7% |
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 Greenway Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #997 of 1,297 | #85 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #699 of 1,296 | #65 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #1,216 of 1,300 | #105 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #581 of 1,485 | #88 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #75 of 1,377 | #6 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #499 of 1,379 | #42 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #266 of 1,414 | #47 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.8% | #252 of 369 | #31 of 41 |
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
511
-54 (-10%) vs 2020
-39% since 2000-01, when it was 842
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 511 | 43.3 | 11.8:1 | 99% (508) |
| 2023-24 | 544 | 39 | 13.9:1 | 99% (541) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 41.1 | 12.9:1 | 99% (529) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | 44 | 12.8:1 | 99% (562) |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 36 | 13.4:1 | 99% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 99% (556) |
| 2010-11 | 586 | 37 | 15.8:1 | 73% (425) |
| 2000-01 | 842 | 44 | 19.1:1 | 43% (363) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenway Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (483 to 511); teachers up 20% (36 to 43.3).
About Greenway Park Elementary
Greenway Park Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It reported 511 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools operates 186 schools. Combined enrollment is 145,014 students.
The largest group at Greenway Park Elementary is Hispanic students, at 47%. After that, the student body is 34% Black, 11% White, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Mecklenburg County is about 16% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Greenway Park Elementary scores 65%.
A staff of 43.3 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 11.8:1. The gap from the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 3.1 students per teacher. By family income, 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 71% average for public schools in Mecklenburg County is 28 points lower.
Greenway Park Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 23% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Greenway Park Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 43.6%; the prediction is 48.5%.
In Mecklenburg County, home to about 1,154,681 people, median household income comes to about $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 226 public schools in the county, enrolling about 170,407, Greenway Park Elementary among them.
Among nearby public schools, Charlotte Secondary is closest at about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Greenway Park Elementary is 8th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Greenway Park Elementary the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 10%, from 565 to 511. By 2024-25, the school had 11.8 students per teacher, compared with 12.8 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Charlotte Secondary0.4 mi · 157
- Piney Grove Elementary1.4 mi · 441
- East Mecklenburg High School1.5 mi · 2,422
- Rama Road Elementary1.7 mi · 560
- Crown Point Elementary1.8 mi · 657
- McClintock Middle2.0 mi · 1,056
Frequently asked questions
About Greenway Park ElementaryHow large is Greenway Park Elementary?
Greenway Park Elementary enrolls approximately 511 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Greenway Park Elementary serve?
Greenway Park Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Greenway Park Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Greenway Park Elementary is approximately 11.8:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Greenway Park Elementary?
At Greenway Park Elementary, the student body is approximately 11% White, 47% Hispanic, 34% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Greenway Park Elementary?
Greenway Park Elementary is overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in Mecklenburg County.
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