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Enrollment
751
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297003363
Lawrence Orr Elementary
4835 Shamrock Dr, Charlotte, NC 28215 · (980) 343-9919 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL751 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
15.1:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
748 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 | 122 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
59%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
37.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
52.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 Lawrence Orr Elementary
Lawrence Orr Elementary's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Orr Elementary this school | 751 | 99.6% | 44.1% |
| Grove Park Elementary School Charlotte | 740 | 99.6% | 44.6% |
| J. H. Gunn Elementary Charlotte | 616 | 99.5% | 45.3% |
| Hickory Grove Elementary Charlotte | 643 | 99.5% | 38.8% |
| Wilburn Elementary Raleigh | 593 | 99.5% | 35.6% |
| South Pine Academy Charlotte | 765 | 99.6% | 26.5% |
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 Lawrence Orr Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #983 of 1,297 | #83 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #824 of 1,296 | #77 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #1,029 of 1,300 | #85 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 751 | #130 of 1,485 | #30 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #795 of 1,377 | #53 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #725 of 1,379 | #62 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #47 of 1,414 | #15 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.4% | #217 of 369 | #24 of 41 |
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
751
-25 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 751 | 49.6 | 15.1:1 | 100% (748) |
| 2023-24 | 749 | 48.4 | 15.5:1 | 100% (746) |
| 2022-23 | 724 | 40.4 | 17.9:1 | 100% (721) |
| 2020-21 | 776 | 43 | 18.1:1 | 100% (773) |
| 2017-18 | 699 | 42.7 | 16.4:1 | 100% (696) |
| 2015-16 | 701 | 39 | 18.0:1 | 100% (698) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lawrence Orr Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (699 to 751); teachers up 16% (42.7 to 49.6).
About Lawrence Orr Elementary
Lawrence Orr Elementary is a large elementary school. Its address is in Charlotte, North Carolina. Enrolled students number 751 students, in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students each.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has a total of 186 schools and 145,014 students, Lawrence Orr Elementary among them.
At 55%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Lawrence Orr Elementary combined. Smaller groups are 31% Black, 7% Asian, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 16% of Mecklenburg County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Lawrence Orr Elementary comes in at 59%.
The school employs the equivalent of 49.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.1:1. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is about 14.9:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Lawrence Orr Elementary is 100%. On average, public schools in Mecklenburg County report 71%.
allk12 grades Lawrence Orr Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Lawrence Orr Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.1% and a predicted 48.4%.
Mecklenburg County has about 1,154,681 residents, and median household income is about $87,005, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County, with a combined enrollment of about 170,407.
The next-closest public school is Windsor Park Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lawrence Orr Elementary. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Lawrence Orr Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 776 to 751 over 4 years. Students per teacher fell from 18.1 in 2020-21 to 15.1 in 2024-25.
Posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater are welcome on this page. 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
- Windsor Park Elementary0.9 mi · 470
- Charlotte East Language Academy1.2 mi · 594
- Movement School Eastland1.3 mi · 523
- Devonshire Elementary1.3 mi · 550
- Commonwealth High1.4 mi · 377
- Cochrane Collegiate Academy1.5 mi · 854
Frequently asked questions
About Lawrence Orr ElementaryHow large is Lawrence Orr Elementary?
Lawrence Orr Elementary enrolls approximately 751 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lawrence Orr Elementary serve?
Lawrence Orr Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lawrence Orr Elementary have?
Lawrence Orr Elementary employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Lawrence Orr Elementary?
Student demographics at Lawrence Orr Elementary are roughly 4% White, 55% Hispanic, 31% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Lawrence Orr Elementary in?
Lawrence Orr Elementary is part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.