Matthews Elementary

Matthews Elementary is a primary school of large scale in Matthews, North Carolina, part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, enrolling 726 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Matthews Elementary sits 55% above that benchmark.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools comprises 186 schools with combined enrollment of 145,014 students; Matthews Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Matthews Elementary shows that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 17% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 45%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 31% of students at Matthews Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Mecklenburg County's rate of about 71%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Matthews Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.4%, the actual is 72.2%, a residual of +2.9 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Mecklenburg County indicate median household earnings sit near $87,005, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mecklenburg County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), Matthews Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Crestdale Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Matthews Elementary at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 66.9%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 23%: 941 students in 2018 compared to 726 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 18% to 12% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.