Marie G Davis School

Located at 3351 Griffith St, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Marie G Davis School is a tight-knit elementary-level community that caters to 328 students (grades K through 8), run under Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. That puts it 30% below the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Marie G Davis School is one of 186 schools operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, a district that hosts 145,014 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Marie G Davis School lists that Black students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, 2% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Mecklenburg County's rate of about 71%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Marie G Davis School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.7%, the actual is 37.3%, a residual of -11.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Mecklenburg County indicate 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), Marie G Davis School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Charles H. Parker Academic Center, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Marie G Davis School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Marie G Davis School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 63.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Marie G Davis School has ticked down 36%, going from 510 students in 2018 to 328 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 58% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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