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Enrollment
726
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001238
Matthews Elementary
200 E McDowell St, Matthews, NC 28105 · (980) 343-3940 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL726 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
16.6:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
225 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 | 123 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 131 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (131).
Student demographics
58%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
Matthews Elementary→Crestdale Middle
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
69.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
73.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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
72.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Matthews Elementary
Matthews Elementary's state test result (72.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthews Elementary this school | 726 | 31.0% | 72.2% |
| Poplin Elementary Indian Trail | 756 | 35.6% | 77.2% |
| Middle Creek Elementary Apex | 636 | 34.3% | 70.0% |
| North Ridge Elementary Raleigh | 730 | 35.5% | 69.8% |
| Ballentine Elementary Fuquay Varina | 742 | 28.6% | 76.7% |
| Belmont Central Elementary Belmont | 693 | 33.9% | 69.0% |
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 Matthews Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #183 of 1,297 | #32 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #261 of 1,296 | #37 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #136 of 1,300 | #29 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 726 | #155 of 1,485 | #37 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,140 of 1,377 | #93 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #784 of 1,379 | #69 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.0% | #1,291 of 1,414 | #105 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #214 of 937 | #26 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
726
-117 (-14%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 1,134
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 726 | 43.8 | 16.6:1 | 31% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 738 | 43.2 | 17.1:1 | 33% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 809 | 46.3 | 17.5:1 | 26% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 843 | 54 | 15.6:1 | 20% (171) |
| 2017-18 | 941 | 49.2 | 19.1:1 | 29% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 969 | 49 | 19.8:1 | 34% (329) |
| 2010-11 | 993 | 52 | 19.1:1 | 25% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 875 | 48 | 18.2:1 | 15% (128) |
| 1990-91 | 1,134 | 53 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Matthews Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (941 to 726); teachers down 11% (49.2 to 43.8).
About Matthews Elementary
Matthews Elementary is a large elementary school serving families in Matthews, North Carolina. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 726 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average enrollment is about 467.
The 186 schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools enroll 145,014 students altogether, Matthews Elementary among them.
The largest group at Matthews Elementary is White students, at 61%. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Mecklenburg County residents are about 45% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.
The school had 43.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1. The gap from the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 1.7 students per teacher. The school reported 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Compared with the 71% average for public schools in Mecklenburg County, the school's rate is lower.
Matthews Elementary holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 72% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Matthews Elementary falls in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools: 72.2% actual against 69.4% predicted.
In the wider Mecklenburg County area, median household income comes to about $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mecklenburg County counts 226 public schools with about 170,407 students.
Crestdale Middle, about 1.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 66.9%; Matthews Elementary's is 72.2%, ranking 3rd of 6.
NCES assigns Matthews Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 726, compared with 843 in 2020-21.
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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 Matthews
- Weddington HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Butler High SchoolHigh · 1,791 students
- Weddington MiddleMiddle · 1,324 students
- Socrates AcademyCombined · 1,039 students
- Crestdale MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- Mint Hill MiddleMiddle · 878 students
Other Matthews Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Matthews Elementary. Matthews Elementary is the largest of the 5.
- MATTHEWS ELEM.GRAIN VALLEY, MO · 422 students
- Matthews Elementary SchoolNorthport, AL · 401 students
- MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPINE BLUFF, AR · 367 students
- MATTHEWS ELEMENTARYMATTHEWS, MO · 139 students
Nearby schools
- Crestdale Middle1.1 mi · 989
- Elizabeth Lane Elementary1.4 mi · 702
- Levine Middle College High Sch1.8 mi · 216
- Butler High School1.9 mi · 1,791
- Providence High School2.3 mi · 2,167
- Matthews Charter Academy2.5 mi · 771
Frequently asked questions
About Matthews ElementaryHow many students attend Matthews Elementary?
Matthews Elementary enrolls approximately 726 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Matthews Elementary serve?
Matthews Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Matthews Elementary have?
Matthews Elementary employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Matthews Elementary?
Student demographics at Matthews Elementary are roughly 61% White, 17% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Matthews Elementary public or private?
Matthews Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
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