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Enrollment
679
Elementary
DISTRICT 755 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370053000214
Mount Pleasant Elementary
8555 North Drive, Mount Pleasant, NC 28124 · (704) 260-6210 · Cabarrus County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL679 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
296 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 126 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (126).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
59.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
74.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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
70.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Mount Pleasant Elementary
Mount Pleasant Elementary's state test result (70.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Elementary this school | 679 | 43.6% | 70.7% |
| Northwest Elementary Lexington | 625 | 40.3% | 72.6% |
| Mills River Elementary Mills River | 608 | 40.6% | 73.5% |
| Sherrills Ford Elementary Sherrills Ford | 633 | 42.3% | 67.9% |
| Swansboro Elementary Swansboro | 592 | 38.2% | 71.8% |
| Shawboro Elementary School Shawboro | 625 | 35.7% | 64.2% |
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 Mount Pleasant Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cabarrus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #215 of 1,297 | #6 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #240 of 1,296 | #5 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #350 of 1,300 | #9 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 679 | #204 of 1,485 | #14 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #744 of 1,377 | #21 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.6% | #1,305 of 1,379 | #28 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.6% | #1,196 of 1,414 | #21 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #238 of 369 | #13 of 14 |
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
679
+103 (+18%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 854
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 679 | 45.3 | 15.0:1 | 44% (296) |
| 2023-24 | 701 | 44.2 | 15.8:1 | 48% (333) |
| 2022-23 | 650 | 44.9 | 14.5:1 | 42% (275) |
| 2020-21 | 576 | 39 | 14.8:1 | 31% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 639 | 35.5 | 18.0:1 | 37% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 670 | 34 | 19.7:1 | 38% (254) |
| 2010-11 | 722 | 41 | 17.6:1 | 33% (241) |
| 2000-01 | 890 | 52 | 17.1:1 | 21% (190) |
| 1990-91 | 854 | 47 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Pleasant Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (639 to 679); teachers up 28% (35.5 to 45.3).
About Mount Pleasant Elementary
Located in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, Mount Pleasant Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 679 students. It has 45% more students than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina (about 467).
The Cabarrus County Schools system has 44 schools and 35,568 students.
At Mount Pleasant Elementary, 84% of students are White. It is also 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 4% Black. For comparison, the population of Cabarrus County is roughly 59% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mount Pleasant Elementary scores 29%.
Staffing at Mount Pleasant Elementary comes to 45.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.0:1. That is in line with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Mount Pleasant Elementary counts 44% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Cabarrus County averages 56%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Mount Pleasant Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 74% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Mount Pleasant Elementary is +5.2 points: 70.7% actual, 65.5% predicted.
The county, Cabarrus County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $89,005, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 56, with about 43,278 students.
Mount Pleasant Middle is about 2.8 miles from Mount Pleasant Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Mount Pleasant Elementary holds 2 other public schools. Mount Pleasant Elementary comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 576 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 679 by 2024-25.
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Cabarrus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
236,133
Census ACS
Median income
$89,005
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
43,278 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cabarrus County Schools
- Cox Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,772 students
- Hickory Ridge HighHigh · 1,671 students
- West Cabarrus HighHigh · 1,627 students
- Central Cabarrus HighHigh · 1,369 students
- Harris Road MiddleMiddle · 1,368 students
- Jay M Robinson HighHigh · 1,210 students
Other schools in Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant HighHigh · 894 students
- Mount Pleasant MiddleMiddle · 660 students
Other Mount Pleasant Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 5 states are named Mount Pleasant Elementary. Mount Pleasant Elementary is the largest of the 8.
- Mount Pleasant Elementary SchoolFerguson, NC · 237 students
- Mount Pleasant Elementary SchoolWilmington, DE · 674 students
- MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSMITHTOWN, NY · 479 students
- Mount Pleasant Elementary SchoolLIVINGSTON, NJ · 407 students
- Mount Pleasant Elementary SchoolWEST ORANGE, NJ · 349 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Pleasant Middle2.8 mi · 660
- Mount Pleasant High2.9 mi · 894
- A T Allen Elementary5.9 mi · 626
- Concord Middle6.8 mi · 583
- W M Irvin Elementary6.8 mi · 760
- R Brown McAllister Elementary7.6 mi · 698
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Pleasant ElementaryHow many students attend Mount Pleasant Elementary?
Mount Pleasant Elementary enrolls approximately 679 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Mount Pleasant Elementary serve?
Mount Pleasant Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mount Pleasant Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mount Pleasant Elementary is approximately 15.0:1 (45 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Mount Pleasant Elementary?
Mount Pleasant Elementary reports a student body of 84% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Mount Pleasant Elementary?
Mount Pleasant Elementary is overseen by Cabarrus County Schools in Cabarrus County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.