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Alumni: what's one memory from Hidden Valley Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
808
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001224
Hidden Valley Elementary
5100 Snow White Ln, Charlotte, NC 28213 · (980) 343-6810 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL808 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
16.5:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
805 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 | 21 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 123 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 136 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 141 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 142 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 122 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
48%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
18.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
30.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Hidden Valley Elementary
Hidden Valley Elementary's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden Valley Elementary this school | 808 | 99.6% | 24.6% |
| Selma Elementary Selma | 794 | 99.6% | 45.1% |
| Brogden Primary Dudley | 689 | 99.6% | 41.2% |
| South Pine Academy Charlotte | 765 | 99.6% | 26.5% |
| Maureen Joy Charter School Durham | 631 | 99.2% | N/A |
| Briarwood Academy Charlotte | 649 | 99.5% | 45.0% |
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 Hidden Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #1,284 of 1,297 | #115 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #1,255 of 1,296 | #113 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #1,291 of 1,300 | #114 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 808 | #78 of 1,485 | #19 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,118 of 1,377 | #86 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.5% | #1,014 of 1,379 | #104 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #26 of 1,414 | #7 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #544 of 937 | #52 of 72 |
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
808
-31 (-4%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 871
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 808 | 49.1 | 16.5:1 | 100% (805) |
| 2023-24 | 828 | 46.9 | 17.6:1 | 100% (825) |
| 2022-23 | 943 | 62.9 | 15.0:1 | 100% (940) |
| 2020-21 | 839 | 58 | 14.5:1 | 100% (836) |
| 2017-18 | 910 | 67.2 | 13.6:1 | 100% (907) |
| 2015-16 | 976 | 63 | 15.5:1 | 99% (969) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | 50 | 14.0:1 | 98% (681) |
| 2000-01 | 672 | 51 | 13.2:1 | 88% (593) |
| 1990-91 | 871 | 42 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hidden Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (910 to 808); teachers down 27% (67.2 to 49.1).
About Hidden Valley Elementary
Hidden Valley Elementary is a large elementary school in Charlotte, North Carolina. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 808 students. Enrollment is 73% higher than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina, which is about 467.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools enrolls 145,014 students, and its 186 schools include Hidden Valley Elementary.
At Hidden Valley Elementary, Hispanic students make up 65% of the student body. It is also 31% Black. For comparison, the population of Mecklenburg County is roughly 16% Hispanic. Hidden Valley Elementary's diversity index is 48%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 49.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.5:1. That is higher than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 100%. Among public schools in Mecklenburg County, the average eligibility rate is 71%.
The allk12 Grade for Hidden Valley Elementary is F. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 1% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Hidden Valley Elementary scores 23.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 24.6% actual versus 48.4% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Mecklenburg County show that the median household income is $87,005, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Mecklenburg County is home to 226 public schools and about 170,407 public school students.
The nearest public school is Martin Luther King Jr Middle, at about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Hidden Valley Elementary is 5th among 6 schools close by.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 31 fewer students in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher rose from 14.5 to 16.5 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Other Hidden Valley Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Hidden Valley Elementary. Hidden Valley Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Hidden Valley ElementaryMartinez, CA · 831 students
- Hidden Valley ElementarySAVAGE, MN · 472 students
- Hidden Valley ElementarySanta Rosa, CA · 468 students
- Hidden Valley ElementarySan Anselmo, CA · 274 students
- Hidden Valley ElementaryRENO, NV · 222 students
Nearby schools
- Martin Luther King Jr Middle0.5 mi · 844
- Sugar Creek Charter1.0 mi · 1,591
- Highland Renaissance Academy1.4 mi · 443
- Briarwood Academy1.5 mi · 649
- KIPP Charlotte1.6 mi · 813
- Garinger High School1.9 mi · 1,877
Frequently asked questions
About Hidden Valley ElementaryHow many students attend Hidden Valley Elementary?
Hidden Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 808 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Hidden Valley Elementary serve?
Hidden Valley Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Hidden Valley Elementary?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Hidden Valley Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Hidden Valley Elementary?
Student demographics at Hidden Valley Elementary are roughly 2% White, 65% Hispanic, 31% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Hidden Valley Elementary in?
Hidden Valley Elementary is part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.