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Enrollment
529
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297002676
Joseph W Grier Academy
8330 Grier Rd, Charlotte, NC 28215 · (980) 343-5671 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% 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.
- C-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
16.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
526 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 | 25 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
61%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
35.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
43.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
39.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 Joseph W Grier Academy
Joseph W Grier Academy's state test result (39.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph W Grier Academy this school | 529 | 99.4% | 39.2% |
| Walnut Creek Elementary Raleigh | 574 | 99.5% | 32.7% |
| Oakhurst STEAM Academy Charlotte | 523 | 99.2% | 50.8% |
| Forestville Road Elementary Knightdale | 570 | 99.5% | 47.7% |
| Millbrook Elementary Raleigh | 534 | 99.4% | 43.7% |
| Griffith Elementary Winston Salem | 621 | 99.5% | 48.0% |
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 Joseph W Grier Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #1,116 of 1,297 | #92 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #1,080 of 1,296 | #92 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #1,079 of 1,300 | #91 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #530 of 1,485 | #80 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,079 of 1,377 | #79 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #660 of 1,379 | #56 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #239 of 1,414 | #41 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.1% | #83 of 937 | #18 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
529
-232 (-30%) vs 2020
-39% since 2010-11, when it was 869
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 529 | 32.5 | 16.3:1 | 99% (526) |
| 2023-24 | 593 | 35.3 | 16.8:1 | 99% (590) |
| 2022-23 | 691 | 38.4 | 18.0:1 | 100% (688) |
| 2020-21 | 761 | 49 | 15.5:1 | 100% (758) |
| 2017-18 | 768 | 53.1 | 14.5:1 | 99% (759) |
| 2015-16 | 800 | 51 | 15.7:1 | 100% (799) |
| 2010-11 | 869 | 51 | 17.0:1 | 79% (686) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joseph W Grier Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (768 to 529); teachers down 39% (53.1 to 32.5).
About Joseph W Grier Academy
At 8330 Grier Rd in Charlotte, North Carolina, Joseph W Grier Academy operates as a medium-sized elementary school. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 529 students.
Joseph W Grier Academy is a school in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. The district has 186 schools and 145,014 students.
Enrollment at Joseph W Grier Academy is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 45%. The school is also 42% Hispanic, 6% White, 5% Asian, and 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 30% Black share among all Mecklenburg County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Joseph W Grier Academy belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
Teachers at the school number 32.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.3:1. The 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is lower than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Joseph W Grier Academy is 99%. The 71% average for public schools in Mecklenburg County is 28 points lower.
Joseph W Grier Academy is graded D by allk12, scoring above 14% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Joseph W Grier Academy would score about 48.5%. It scores 39.2%, 9.3 points below that figure.
In Mecklenburg County (population about 1,154,681), median household income is about $87,005, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The public schools of Mecklenburg County number 226 and enroll about 170,407.
The next-closest public school is Cato Middle College High School, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Joseph W Grier Academy's average proficiency of 39.2% compares with 41.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Joseph W Grier Academy saw enrollment fall 30% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Cato Middle College High School0.4 mi · 173
- Northridge Middle0.6 mi · 1,014
- Grove Park Elementary School0.7 mi · 740
- Vaughan Academy of Technology1.3 mi · 309
- Devonshire Elementary1.9 mi · 550
- Cochrane Collegiate Academy2.0 mi · 854
Frequently asked questions
About Joseph W Grier AcademyHow many students attend Joseph W Grier Academy?
Joseph W Grier Academy enrolls approximately 529 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Joseph W Grier Academy serve?
Joseph W Grier Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Joseph W Grier Academy have?
Joseph W Grier Academy employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Joseph W Grier Academy?
At Joseph W Grier Academy, the student body is approximately 6% White, 42% Hispanic, 45% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Joseph W Grier Academy in?
Joseph W Grier Academy is part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.