Grove Park Elementary School

Grove Park Elementary School is one of the sizable primary schools in Charlotte, North Carolina, run under Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, with 740 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 58% above typical.

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

On the student-mix side, Grove Park Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 34% Black, 8% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

Looking at school resources, Grove Park Elementary School lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Mecklenburg County (around 71%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Grove Park Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.6%.

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. Grove Park Elementary School is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

The closest other public school is Northridge Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grove Park Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.9%.

Grove Park Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

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