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If you could change one rule at Irwin Academic Center, what would it be?
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Enrollment
371
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297000682
Irwin Academic Center
329 N. Irwin Ave, Charlotte, NC 28202 · (980) 343-5480 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest 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
14.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
124 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 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
65%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
76.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
79.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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
78.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Irwin Academic Center
Irwin Academic Center's state test result (78.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irwin Academic Center this school | 371 | 33.4% | 78.0% |
| Highland Creek Elementary Charlotte | 477 | 42.1% | 67.3% |
| Lincoln Heights Montessori Charlotte | 244 | 38.9% | 79.7% |
| Highland Mill Montessori Charlotte | 341 | 22.0% | 79.1% |
| The Downtown School Winston Salem | 453 | 24.9% | 74.6% |
| Doral Academy of North Carolina Raleigh | 592 | 30.7% | N/A |
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 Irwin Academic Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #96 of 1,297 | #22 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #126 of 1,296 | #23 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #76 of 1,300 | #20 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #993 of 1,485 | #112 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #470 of 1,377 | #28 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #462 of 1,379 | #39 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.4% | #1,271 of 1,414 | #101 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #488 of 937 | #47 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
371
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
+27% since 2000-01, when it was 293
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 371 | 26.5 | 14.0:1 | 33% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 381 | 24 | 15.9:1 | 36% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 26.2 | 15.4:1 | 24% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 373 | 26 | 14.3:1 | 19% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 25.8 | 16.5:1 | 26% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 29 | 17.5:1 | 26% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 322 | 19 | 16.9:1 | 20% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 293 | 15 | 19.5:1 | 16% (47) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Irwin Academic Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (425 to 371); teachers up 3% (25.8 to 26.5).
About Irwin Academic Center
Irwin Academic Center is a small elementary school in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. It educates 371 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 21% smaller than the 467 average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Irwin Academic Center is part of a district of 186 schools: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, with 145,014 students.
At 53%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Irwin Academic Center combined. Smaller groups are 22% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 8% multiracial. County-wide, 30% of Mecklenburg County residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Irwin Academic Center belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
A ratio of 14.0:1 comes from the school's 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 33% in 2024-25. Across public schools in Mecklenburg County, the average is 71%.
Irwin Academic Center is graded A by allk12, scoring above 86% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Irwin Academic Center lands between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 78.0%; the prediction is 68.6%.
Irwin Academic Center is located in Mecklenburg County, where median household income is about $87,005, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County, with a combined enrollment of about 170,407.
Walter G. Byers School is the public school closest to Irwin Academic Center, about 0.7 miles away. Irwin Academic Center has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Irwin Academic Center ranks 2nd of 7 nearby schools, at 78.0% versus a 56.3% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 373 to 371.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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
- Walter G. Byers School0.7 mi · 303
- Bruns Avenue Elementary0.8 mi · 415
- Oaklawn Language Academy0.9 mi · 531
- First Ward Creative Arts Academy1.2 mi · 421
- Metro School1.3 mi · 258
- Northwest School of the Arts1.4 mi · 993
Frequently asked questions
About Irwin Academic CenterWhat is the total enrollment at Irwin Academic Center?
Irwin Academic Center enrolls approximately 371 students in grades KG-05.
Is Irwin Academic Center an elementary, middle, or high school?
Irwin Academic Center is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Irwin Academic Center?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Irwin Academic Center.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Irwin Academic Center?
At Irwin Academic Center, the student body is approximately 22% White, 10% Hispanic, 53% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Irwin Academic Center public or private?
Irwin Academic Center 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.