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What advice would you give to incoming students at Hornets Nest Elementary?
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Enrollment
601
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297002309
Hornets Nest Elementary
6700 Beatties Ford Rd, Charlotte, NC 28216 · (980) 343-6110 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL601 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% 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
19.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
598 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 | 41 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
55%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
Hornets Nest Elementary→Ranson Middle
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
38.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
34.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 Hornets Nest Elementary
Hornets Nest Elementary's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornets Nest Elementary this school | 601 | 99.5% | 34.0% |
| George C Simkins Jr Elementary Greensboro | 588 | 99.5% | 34.4% |
| River Oaks Academy Charlotte | 555 | 99.5% | 34.2% |
| Montlieu Academy of Technology High Point | 499 | 99.4% | 49.5% |
| Bessemer Elementary Greensboro | 509 | 99.4% | 29.4% |
| David Cox Road Elementary Charlotte | 604 | 99.5% | 38.4% |
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 Hornets Nest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,204 of 1,297 | #102 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #1,210 of 1,296 | #107 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #992 of 1,300 | #79 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 601 | #346 of 1,485 | #63 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #1,340 of 1,377 | #128 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #886 of 1,379 | #80 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #144 of 1,414 | #32 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #826 of 937 | #67 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
601
-3 (0%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 842
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 601 | 31 | 19.4:1 | 100% (598) |
| 2023-24 | 586 | 34.4 | 17.0:1 | 99% (583) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 31.5 | 18.1:1 | 99% (566) |
| 2020-21 | 604 | 35 | 17.3:1 | 100% (601) |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 38.4 | 16.3:1 | 100% (622) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 34 | 18.9:1 | 100% (639) |
| 2010-11 | 852 | 54 | 15.8:1 | 82% (696) |
| 2000-01 | 842 | 40 | 21.1:1 | 31% (265) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hornets Nest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (625 to 601); teachers down 19% (38.4 to 31).
About Hornets Nest Elementary
Charlotte, North Carolina, is home to Hornets Nest Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 601 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll around 467, and this school is 29% larger than that mark.
Hornets Nest Elementary is one of 186 schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, which enrolls 145,014 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Hornets Nest Elementary, about 62 are Black. The rest of enrollment is 24% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% White, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Mecklenburg County, the Black share is about 30%. The diversity index for Hornets Nest Elementary is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Hornets Nest Elementary has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1. At Hornets Nest Elementary, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 71% average for public schools in Mecklenburg County is 29 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Hornets Nest Elementary lands at D, ahead of 7% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Test results at Hornets Nest Elementary are 14.4 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (34.0% actual, 48.5% predicted).
Census data for Mecklenburg County show median household income comes to about $87,005, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 226 public schools and about 170,407 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Academy, is about 2.0 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Hornets Nest Elementary is 6th on average proficiency.
Hornets Nest Elementary falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 601, close to the 604 recorded in 2020-21. The ratio was 17.3:1 in 2020-21 and 19.4:1 in 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Hornets Nest Elementary. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Academy2.0 mi · 91
- Long Creek Elementary2.2 mi · 527
- Statesville Road Elementary2.2 mi · 482
- Ranson Middle2.2 mi · 757
- Winding Springs Elementary2.4 mi · 786
- Oakdale Elementary2.4 mi · 497
Frequently asked questions
About Hornets Nest ElementaryHow many students attend Hornets Nest Elementary?
Hornets Nest Elementary enrolls approximately 601 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hornets Nest Elementary serve?
Hornets Nest Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hornets Nest Elementary?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at Hornets Nest Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hornets Nest Elementary?
At Hornets Nest Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 24% Hispanic, 62% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Hornets Nest Elementary public or private?
Hornets Nest 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.