KIPP Charlotte

Set in Charlotte, North Carolina, KIPP Charlotte is a substantial primary school, run under KIPP: Charlotte. It works with 813 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 74% bigger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

KIPP Charlotte is a school of KIPP: Charlotte, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, KIPP Charlotte records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (81%). Beyond that, the school lists 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Around 99% 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 north of typical.

Zooming out to the county, Mecklenburg County reports that 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 KIPP Charlotte is one.

The closest other public school is Briarwood Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. As a public charter, KIPP Charlotte runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KIPP Charlotte has climbed 12%, going from 723 students in 2018 to 813 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 88% to 81% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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