Hawk Ridge Elementary

Hawk Ridge Elementary is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in Charlotte, North Carolina, part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, works with 640 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 37% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

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

On the student-mix side, Hawk Ridge Elementary reports that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 30% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Mecklenburg County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Hawk Ridge Elementary records 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 20% of students at Hawk Ridge Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Mecklenburg County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hawk Ridge Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.9%, the actual is 82.9%, a residual of +10.0 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Mecklenburg County indicate the typical household earns roughly $87,005 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Hawk Ridge Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Community House Middle, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hawk Ridge Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 76.4%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hawk Ridge Elementary has fell 27%, going from 877 students in 2018 to 640 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share edged up from 22% to 30%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.