Idlewild Elementary

Idlewild Elementary is one of the well-populated elementary-level communitys in Charlotte, North Carolina, run under Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, with 850 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 82% bigger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Idlewild Elementary is one of 186 schools operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, a district that instructs 145,014 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Idlewild Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% Black, 13% Asian, 8% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Idlewild Elementary has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Mecklenburg County (around 71%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Idlewild Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.2%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Mecklenburg County indicate the typical household earns roughly $87,005 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Idlewild Elementary is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

Nearest neighbor: Esperanza Global Academy, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Idlewild Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Idlewild Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 45.3%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 1,005 students in 2018 compared to 850 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 44% to 51% over that span.

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