Montclaire Elementary

Montclaire Elementary, a mid-sized elementary-level community in Charlotte, North Carolina, part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, works with 512 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Montclaire Elementary is one of 186 schools operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, a district that hosts 145,014 students overall.

Demographically, Montclaire Elementary reports that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 9% Black, 6% White. By comparison, Mecklenburg County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Mecklenburg County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Montclaire Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Mecklenburg County put median household earnings sit near $87,005, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Montclaire Elementary is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

Collinswood Language Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Montclaire Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Montclaire Elementary's enrollment has grew 17% since 2018, when it stood at 439 (now 512). Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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