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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Mallard Creek Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
490
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297002198
Mallard Creek Elementary
9801 Mallard Creek Rd, Charlotte, NC 28262 · (980) 343-3980 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
16.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
476 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 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
48%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
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
53.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
63.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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
61.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Mallard Creek Elementary
Mallard Creek Elementary's state test result (61.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mallard Creek Elementary this school | 490 | 97.1% | 61.8% |
| Brightwood Elementary Greensboro | 488 | 99.4% | 42.3% |
| Long Creek Elementary Huntersville | 527 | 99.4% | 45.7% |
| Croft Community School Charlotte | 459 | 99.3% | 56.5% |
| Vinson-Bynum Elementary Wilson | 458 | 99.3% | 59.4% |
| Benjamin J Martin Elementary Fayetteville | 522 | 97.7% | 38.2% |
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 Mallard Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #451 of 1,297 | #48 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #515 of 1,296 | #53 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #506 of 1,300 | #51 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #647 of 1,485 | #91 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,044 of 1,377 | #73 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #1,020 of 1,379 | #105 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.1% | #991 of 1,414 | #82 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #220 of 937 | #28 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
490
-20 (-4%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 1,018
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 490 | 30.4 | 16.1:1 | 97% (476) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 32.7 | 15.9:1 | 99% (517) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 31.5 | 16.7:1 | 60% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 44% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 39.8 | 15.9:1 | 49% (313) |
| 2015-16 | 723 | 39 | 18.5:1 | 48% (346) |
| 2010-11 | 750 | 43 | 17.4:1 | 47% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 724 | 36 | 20.1:1 | 21% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 1,018 | 48 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mallard Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (633 to 490); teachers down 24% (39.8 to 30.4).
About Mallard Creek Elementary
Mallard Creek Elementary is an elementary school in Charlotte, North Carolina, reachable at (980) 343-3980. A federal count lists 490 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, which runs Mallard Creek Elementary, has 186 schools and 145,014 students.
Black students make up a majority at Mallard Creek Elementary, at 70%. Smaller groups are 15% Hispanic, 6% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Mecklenburg County is roughly 30% Black. Mallard Creek Elementary's diversity index is 48%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 30.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.1:1. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina have 14.9:1, compared with 16.1:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 97% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 71% average for public schools in Mecklenburg County is 26 points.
allk12 grades Mallard Creek Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Mallard Creek Elementary is 12.6 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Mecklenburg County show that the median household income is $87,005, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Mallard Creek Elementary is one of 226 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: TMSA Charlotte, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Mallard Creek Elementary places 1st out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Mallard Creek Elementary falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 20 fewer students in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- TMSA Charlotte0.6 mi · 760
- David Cox Road Elementary1.5 mi · 604
- Croft Community School1.9 mi · 459
- Parkside Elementary1.9 mi · 437
- Corvian Community School1.9 mi · 1,376
- Mallard Creek High School2.1 mi · 2,068
Frequently asked questions
About Mallard Creek ElementaryHow many students attend Mallard Creek Elementary?
Mallard Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 490 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Mallard Creek Elementary serve?
Mallard Creek Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Mallard Creek Elementary?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Mallard Creek Elementary.
How diverse is Mallard Creek Elementary?
Mallard Creek Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 15% Hispanic, 70% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Mallard Creek Elementary in?
Mallard Creek Elementary is part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.