Mint Hill Elementary School

Mint Hill Elementary School is a K-5 school of expansive scale in Matthews, North Carolina, operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, teacheing 864 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 85% larger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools runs 186 schools in total, collectively educating 145,014 students. Mint Hill Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Mint Hill Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (30%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 30% Hispanic, 28% Black, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 45% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Mint Hill Elementary School has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Mecklenburg County (around 71%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Mint Hill Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.2%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Mecklenburg County) logs that median household earnings sit near $87,005, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mecklenburg County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), of which Mint Hill Elementary School is one.

Mint Hill Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Mint Hill Elementary School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 54.4%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

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