Lebanon Road Elementary

Lebanon Road Elementary is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in Charlotte, North Carolina, operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, enrolling 488 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 186 schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (145,014 students total), Lebanon Road Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Lebanon Road Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 22% Black, 14% Asian, 7% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Mecklenburg County's rate of about 71%.

After controlling for student poverty, Lebanon Road Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 49.1%, a residual of +0.6 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Mecklenburg County shows the typical household earns roughly $87,005 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Mecklenburg County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), Lebanon Road Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Independence High School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lebanon Road Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 54.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lebanon Road Elementary has fell 35%, going from 748 students in 2018 to 488 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 43% to 22%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Lebanon Road Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.