Huntingtowne Farms Elementary

As a well-populated elementary-level community in Charlotte, North Carolina, Huntingtowne Farms Elementary instructs 776 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. That puts it 66% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, which oversees 186 schools and 145,014 students, Huntingtowne Farms Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Huntingtowne Farms Elementary shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. The remainder reads as 16% Black, 11% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

On the income-and-resources front, Huntingtowne Farms Elementary records 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Mecklenburg County (around 71%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Huntingtowne Farms Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Mecklenburg County indicate median household income runs about $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Mecklenburg County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), of which Huntingtowne Farms Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Starmount Academy of Excellence, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Huntingtowne Farms Elementary. On composite proficiency, Huntingtowne Farms Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.1%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Huntingtowne Farms Elementary has showed little movement, going from 762 students in 2018 to 776 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Huntingtowne Farms Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.