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What's the one class at J.V. Washam Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
818
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297002891
J.V. Washam Elementary
9611 Westmoreland Rd, Cornelius, NC 28031 · (980) 343-1071 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL818 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% 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.
- BBeats 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
17.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
190 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 | 131 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 124 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 158 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 136 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 154 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (131) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (154).
Student demographics
51%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
J.V. Washam Elementary→Bailey 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
68.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
87.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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
77.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 J.V. Washam Elementary
J.V. Washam Elementary's state test result (77.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.V. Washam Elementary this school | 818 | 23.2% | 77.8% |
| Sycamore Creek Elementary Raleigh | 778 | 25.6% | 74.8% |
| McDeeds Creek Elementary Southern Pines | 707 | 21.1% | 81.1% |
| Chatham Grove Elementary Pittsboro | 683 | 18.0% | 77.7% |
| Lacy Elementary Raleigh | 695 | 23.7% | 74.5% |
| Moyock Elementary Moyock | 740 | 21.1% | 67.8% |
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 J.V. Washam Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #99 of 1,297 | #23 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #46 of 1,296 | #11 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #157 of 1,300 | #32 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 818 | #68 of 1,485 | #16 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #1,268 of 1,377 | #115 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.2% | #968 of 1,379 | #95 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.2% | #1,338 of 1,414 | #112 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.1% | #184 of 937 | #24 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
818
-99 (-11%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 1,006
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 818 | 46.5 | 17.6:1 | 23% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 810 | 48.3 | 16.8:1 | 23% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 810 | 52.5 | 15.4:1 | 16% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 917 | 60 | 15.3:1 | 14% (127) |
| 2017-18 | 1,078 | 53 | 20.3:1 | 17% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 985 | 50 | 19.7:1 | 20% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 1,006 | 54 | 18.6:1 | 21% (209) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J.V. Washam Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (1,078 to 818); teachers down 12% (53 to 46.5).
About J.V. Washam Elementary
Students in Cornelius, North Carolina, attend J.V. Washam Elementary, a large elementary school. It reported 818 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
J.V. Washam Elementary is run by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, whose 186 schools enroll 145,014 students.
Of every 100 students at J.V. Washam Elementary, about 67 are White. It is also 16% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Mecklenburg County's residents are about 45% White, 22 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 51%.
The school lists 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 23% of the student body. On average, public schools in Mecklenburg County report 71%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, J.V. Washam Elementary outscored 82%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
J.V. Washam Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 77.8% and a predicted 71.8%.
The county, Mecklenburg County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $87,005, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 226 public schools and about 170,407 students.
Cornelius Elementary is about 1.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of J.V. Washam Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. J.V. Washam Elementary is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 99 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 15.3 to 17.6 over 4 years.
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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 Cornelius
- William Amos Hough HighHigh · 2,518 students
- Bailey MiddleMiddle · 1,315 students
- Cornelius ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Lakeside Charter AcademyElementary · 221 students
Nearby schools
- Cornelius Elementary1.1 mi · 542
- Bailey Middle1.7 mi · 1,315
- Lakeside Charter Academy1.7 mi · 221
- Davidson K-8 School2.0 mi · 1,185
- William Amos Hough High2.2 mi · 2,518
- Grand Oak Elementary2.8 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About J.V. Washam ElementaryHow many students attend J.V. Washam Elementary?
J.V. Washam Elementary enrolls approximately 818 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does J.V. Washam Elementary serve?
J.V. Washam Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does J.V. Washam Elementary have?
J.V. Washam Elementary employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the student diversity at J.V. Washam Elementary?
Student demographics at J.V. Washam Elementary are roughly 67% White, 16% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees J.V. Washam Elementary?
J.V. Washam Elementary is overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in Mecklenburg County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.