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What advice would you give to incoming students at Highland Creek Elementary?
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Enrollment
477
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297002877
Highland Creek Elementary
7242 Highland Creek Pkwy, Charlotte, NC 28269 · (980) 343-1065 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
16.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
201 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
71%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
63.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
68.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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
67.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Highland Creek Elementary
Highland Creek Elementary's state test result (67.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Creek Elementary this school | 477 | 42.1% | 67.3% |
| Wake Forest Charter Academy Wake Forest | 650 | 44.8% | N/A |
| Wake Forest Elementary Wake Forest | 444 | 45.9% | 57.6% |
| Carolina Forest Elementary Jacksonville | 570 | 47.9% | 66.0% |
| Richland Creek Elementary Wake Forest | 558 | 42.3% | 70.5% |
| Irwin Academic Center Charlotte | 371 | 33.4% | 78.0% |
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 Highland Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #289 of 1,297 | #39 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #365 of 1,296 | #42 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #263 of 1,300 | #39 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 477 | #678 of 1,485 | #95 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #1,176 of 1,377 | #103 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #169 of 1,379 | #15 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #1,209 of 1,414 | #91 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #273 of 937 | #31 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
477
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-62% since 2010-11, when it was 1,258
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 477 | 28.5 | 16.7:1 | 42% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 472 | 31.3 | 15.1:1 | 41% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 29.8 | 14.8:1 | 30% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 483 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 24% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 599 | 36.6 | 16.4:1 | 25% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 690 | 37 | 18.6:1 | 27% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 1,258 | 63 | 20.0:1 | 21% (266) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (599 to 477); teachers down 22% (36.6 to 28.5).
About Highland Creek Elementary
Highland Creek Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Charlotte, North Carolina. It educates 477 students in kindergarten through 5.
The 186 schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, including Highland Creek Elementary, enroll 145,014 students.
Enrollment at Highland Creek Elementary is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 41%. After that, the student body is 31% White, 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Census figures show Mecklenburg County is about 30% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Highland Creek Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
The count of teachers at Highland Creek Elementary is 28.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 16.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, lower than at this school. Around 42% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Mecklenburg County average 71%.
allk12 grades Highland Creek Elementary a B. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In North Carolina, Highland Creek Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 67.3% actual against a predicted 66.0%.
Across Mecklenburg County, median household income is about $87,005, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Highland Creek Elementary is among the 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County.
Of nearby public schools, Ridge Road Middle is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 67.3% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 6 nearby schools.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Highland Creek Elementary had 483 students in 2020-21 and 477 in 2024-25, nearly the same. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.6:1 to 16.7:1.
Discussions about Highland Creek Elementary may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Ridge Road Middle0.1 mi · 840
- Mallard Creek High School1.0 mi · 2,068
- Corvian Community School1.2 mi · 1,376
- Parkside Elementary1.2 mi · 437
- Cox Mill Elementary2.0 mi · 1,086
- Mallard Creek STEM Academy2.1 mi · 961
Frequently asked questions
About Highland Creek ElementaryHow large is Highland Creek Elementary?
Highland Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 477 students in grades KG-05.
Is Highland Creek Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Highland Creek Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Highland Creek Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Highland Creek Elementary is approximately 16.7:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Highland Creek Elementary?
At Highland Creek Elementary, the student body is approximately 31% White, 14% Hispanic, 41% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Highland Creek Elementary public or private?
Highland Creek Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.