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Enrollment
601
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297002167
Merry Oaks International Academy
3508 Draper Ave, Charlotte, NC 28205 · (980) 343-6422 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL601 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
598 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
46%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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
21.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
37.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Merry Oaks International Academy
Merry Oaks International Academy's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merry Oaks International Academy this school | 601 | 99.5% | 32.3% |
| Maureen Joy Charter School Durham | 631 | 99.2% | N/A |
| Devonshire Elementary Charlotte | 550 | 99.5% | 31.6% |
| Forest Park Elementary Winston Salem | 522 | 99.4% | 39.5% |
| Siler City Elementary Siler City | 591 | 99.5% | 46.3% |
| Hall-Woodward Elementary Winston Salem | 532 | 99.4% | 38.7% |
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 Merry Oaks International Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #1,225 of 1,297 | #106 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,181 of 1,296 | #102 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #1,274 of 1,300 | #109 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 601 | #345 of 1,485 | #62 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #711 of 1,377 | #44 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.0% | #1,074 of 1,379 | #111 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #143 of 1,414 | #31 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #863 of 937 | #70 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
601
-41 (-6%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 547
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 601 | 40.5 | 14.8:1 | 100% (598) |
| 2023-24 | 632 | 45.4 | 13.9:1 | 100% (629) |
| 2022-23 | 642 | 44 | 14.6:1 | 100% (639) |
| 2020-21 | 642 | 39 | 16.5:1 | 100% (639) |
| 2017-18 | 617 | 43.9 | 14.1:1 | 98% (603) |
| 2015-16 | 679 | 44 | 15.4:1 | 97% (661) |
| 2010-11 | 611 | 44 | 13.9:1 | 97% (592) |
| 2000-01 | 513 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 79% (405) |
| 1990-91 | 547 | 27 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Merry Oaks International Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (617 to 601); teachers down 8% (43.9 to 40.5).
About Merry Oaks International Academy
Merry Oaks International Academy is a public elementary school in Charlotte, North Carolina. Total enrollment is 601 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in North Carolina have about 467 students on average; enrollment here is 29% higher.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools operates 186 schools. Combined enrollment is 145,014 students.
More than half of the students at Merry Oaks International Academy are Hispanic (70%). The rest of enrollment is 22% Black, 4% White, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Mecklenburg County's population at about 16%. The diversity index for Merry Oaks International Academy is 46%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Merry Oaks International Academy has a ratio of 14.8:1. The 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is close to this figure. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 100%. Among public schools in Mecklenburg County, the average eligibility rate is 71%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Merry Oaks International Academy outscored 5%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Merry Oaks International Academy are 16.2 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (32.3% actual, 48.5% predicted).
Mecklenburg County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $87,005 a year, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Mecklenburg County number 226, with about 170,407 students.
Eastway Middle, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Merry Oaks International Academy is 5th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Merry Oaks International Academy is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 6% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 14.8 students per teacher, compared with 16.5 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 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
- Eastway Middle0.6 mi · 849
- Shamrock Gardens Elementary1.1 mi · 532
- Winterfield Elementary1.1 mi · 461
- Chantilly Montessori1.2 mi · 316
- Windsor Park Elementary1.3 mi · 470
- Commonwealth High1.5 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About Merry Oaks International AcademyHow many students attend Merry Oaks International Academy?
Merry Oaks International Academy enrolls approximately 601 students in grades PK-05.
Is Merry Oaks International Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Merry Oaks International Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Merry Oaks International Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Merry Oaks International Academy is approximately 14.8:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Merry Oaks International Academy?
Merry Oaks International Academy reports a student body of 4% White, 70% Hispanic, 22% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Merry Oaks International Academy?
Merry Oaks International Academy is overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in Mecklenburg County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.