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What advice would you give to incoming students at Hickory Grove Elementary?
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Enrollment
643
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001223
Hickory Grove Elementary
6709 Pence Rd, Charlotte, NC 28215 · (980) 343-6464 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL643 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
20.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
640 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 | 110 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
62%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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
34.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
41.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 Hickory Grove Elementary
Hickory Grove Elementary's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Grove Elementary this school | 643 | 99.5% | 38.8% |
| J. H. Gunn Elementary Charlotte | 616 | 99.5% | 45.3% |
| Grove Park Elementary School Charlotte | 740 | 99.6% | 44.6% |
| Wilburn Elementary Raleigh | 593 | 99.5% | 35.6% |
| Beaverdam Elementary Raleigh | 678 | 99.6% | 47.9% |
| Lawrence Orr Elementary Charlotte | 751 | 99.6% | 44.1% |
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 Hickory Grove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #1,122 of 1,297 | #94 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #1,117 of 1,296 | #97 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #1,102 of 1,300 | #92 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 643 | #275 of 1,485 | #53 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #1,351 of 1,377 | #129 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #631 of 1,379 | #53 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #108 of 1,414 | #25 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.1% | #246 of 369 | #30 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
643
-19 (-3%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 875
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 643 | 31.7 | 20.3:1 | 100% (640) |
| 2023-24 | 597 | 36.9 | 16.2:1 | 99% (594) |
| 2022-23 | 605 | 31.6 | 19.2:1 | 100% (602) |
| 2020-21 | 662 | 41 | 16.1:1 | 100% (659) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 39.3 | 15.4:1 | 98% (594) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 35 | 17.7:1 | 100% (615) |
| 2010-11 | 935 | 65 | 14.4:1 | 86% (806) |
| 2000-01 | 765 | 38 | 20.1:1 | 32% (247) |
| 1990-91 | 875 | 44 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hickory Grove Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (606 to 643); teachers down 19% (39.3 to 31.7).
About Hickory Grove Elementary
Hickory Grove Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Its enrollment is 643 students, spread over pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll around 467, and this school is 38% above that mark.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools counts 145,014 students in its 186 schools, and Hickory Grove Elementary is one of them.
No group is above 50% at Hickory Grove Elementary; the largest is Hispanic, at 50%. Other reported shares: 36% Black, 7% Asian, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. Mecklenburg County's residents are about 16% Hispanic, 34 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hickory Grove Elementary scores 62%.
Hickory Grove Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.3:1, with 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 100% at Hickory Grove Elementary. Public schools in Mecklenburg County average 71%.
Hickory Grove Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 13% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Hickory Grove Elementary is 9.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Mecklenburg County show that the median household earns about $87,005 a year, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Mecklenburg County has 226 public schools with about 170,407 students, including Hickory Grove Elementary.
American Leadership Academy Charlotte sits about 1.1 miles from Hickory Grove Elementary. Hickory Grove Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 40.4% proficiency; Hickory Grove Elementary posts 38.8%.
Hickory Grove Elementary falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 643, from 662 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 16.1:1 to 20.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
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Other schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
- Myers Park High SchoolHigh · 3,225 students
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- East Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,422 students
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- 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
Other Hickory Grove Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Hickory Grove Elementary. Hickory Grove Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Hickory Grove Elementary SchoolDunlap, IL · 865 students
- Hickory Grove Elementary SchoolBrookville, PA · 409 students
Nearby schools
- American Leadership Academy Charlotte1.1 mi · 277
- Lawrence Orr Elementary1.5 mi · 751
- J. H. Gunn Elementary2.0 mi · 616
- Albemarle Road Middle2.0 mi · 945
- Devonshire Elementary2.1 mi · 550
- Charlotte East Language Academy2.1 mi · 594
Frequently asked questions
About Hickory Grove ElementaryHow many students attend Hickory Grove Elementary?
Hickory Grove Elementary enrolls approximately 643 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hickory Grove Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hickory Grove Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hickory Grove Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hickory Grove Elementary is approximately 20.3:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hickory Grove Elementary?
At Hickory Grove Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 50% Hispanic, 36% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Hickory Grove Elementary in?
Hickory Grove Elementary is part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.