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What's the most underrated thing about Montclaire Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001243
Montclaire Elementary
5801 Farmbrook Dr, Charlotte, NC 28210 · (980) 343-3635 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
509 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 | 28 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
31%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
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
31.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
50.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 Montclaire Elementary
Montclaire Elementary's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montclaire Elementary this school | 512 | 99.4% | 43.0% |
| Charlotte East Language Academy Charlotte | 594 | 99.5% | 61.0% |
| Berryhill School Charlotte | 423 | 99.3% | 43.9% |
| Starmount Academy of Excellence Charlotte | 416 | 98.8% | 27.8% |
| Nations Ford Elementary Charlotte | 610 | 99.5% | 25.6% |
| Rock Rest Elementary Monroe | 394 | 99.2% | 65.6% |
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 Montclaire Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,026 of 1,297 | #86 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #890 of 1,296 | #81 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,171 of 1,300 | #98 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #577 of 1,485 | #87 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #318 of 1,377 | #21 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.8% | #1,279 of 1,379 | #131 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #263 of 1,414 | #46 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.6% | #124 of 369 | #9 of 41 |
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
512
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 480
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 512 | 38.2 | 13.4:1 | 99% (509) |
| 2023-24 | 509 | 40.2 | 12.7:1 | 99% (506) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 35.6 | 15.0:1 | 98% (521) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 38 | 13.3:1 | 99% (504) |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 30.2 | 14.6:1 | 96% (423) |
| 2015-16 | 417 | 35 | 11.9:1 | 99% (414) |
| 2010-11 | 462 | 38 | 12.2:1 | 98% (451) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 26 | 18.0:1 | 61% (285) |
| 1990-91 | 480 | 27 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montclaire Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (439 to 512); teachers up 27% (30.2 to 38.2).
About Montclaire Elementary
Montclaire Elementary is an elementary school in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it is part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. The school enrolls 512 students, from pre-K through 5.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has 145,014 students spread across 186 schools.
At Montclaire Elementary, Hispanic students make up 82% of the student body. Smaller groups are 9% Black and 6% White. County-wide, 16% of Mecklenburg County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Montclaire Elementary comes in at 31%.
Montclaire Elementary counts 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.4 students for each one. Among elementary schools in North Carolina, the typical ratio is 14.9:1. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 71% for public schools in Mecklenburg County.
allk12 grades Montclaire Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 48.5% for a school in North Carolina with Montclaire Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Montclaire Elementary posts 43.0%.
County data help place the school in context: in Mecklenburg County, median household income is about $87,005, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Montclaire Elementary is among the 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County.
The next-closest public school is Collinswood Language Academy, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Montclaire Elementary ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 43.0% against a local average of 52.6%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
In 2020-21, Montclaire Elementary enrolled 507; in 2024-25, 512.
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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
Other Montclaire Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Montclaire Elementary. Montclaire Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Montclaire ElementaryLos Altos, CA · 442 students
Nearby schools
- Collinswood Language Academy0.7 mi · 893
- Starmount Academy of Excellence0.9 mi · 416
- Pinewood Elementary1.0 mi · 521
- Huntingtowne Farms Elementary1.4 mi · 776
- Movement School Southwest1.5 mi · 284
- Metrolina Reg Scholars Academy1.6 mi · 396
Frequently asked questions
About Montclaire ElementaryHow large is Montclaire Elementary?
Montclaire Elementary enrolls approximately 512 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Montclaire Elementary serve?
Montclaire Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Montclaire Elementary?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Montclaire Elementary.
How diverse is Montclaire Elementary?
Montclaire Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 82% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Montclaire Elementary?
Montclaire Elementary 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.