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What's something Mountain Island Lake Academy does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
766
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297002640
Mountain Island Lake Academy
7905 Pleasant Grove Rd, Charlotte, NC 28216 · (980) 343-6948 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL766 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% 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.
- C-Beats 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
18.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
763 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 | 36 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 78 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 13% smaller than its 8th grade class (78).
Student demographics
53%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
40.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
37.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 40 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 Mountain Island Lake Academy
Mountain Island Lake Academy's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Island Lake Academy this school | 766 | 99.6% | 40.6% |
| Stoney Creek Elementary Charlotte | 850 | 99.6% | 36.8% |
| Renaissance West STEAM Academy Charlotte | 737 | 99.6% | 49.4% |
| Southwest Charlotte STEM Academy Charlotte | 884 | 97.9% | N/A |
| University Meadows Elementary Charlotte | 737 | 99.6% | 42.0% |
| Research Triangle Charter Durham | 710 | 99.6% | N/A |
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 Mountain Island Lake Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #1,085 of 1,297 | #90 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #1,178 of 1,296 | #101 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #941 of 1,300 | #76 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 766 | #113 of 1,485 | #28 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #1,320 of 1,377 | #123 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #927 of 1,379 | #86 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #41 of 1,414 | #13 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #539 of 937 | #51 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
766
+44 (+6%) vs 2020
+20% since 2010-11, when it was 638
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 766 | 41.2 | 18.6:1 | 100% (763) |
| 2023-24 | 802 | 36.6 | 21.9:1 | 100% (799) |
| 2022-23 | 775 | 44.3 | 17.5:1 | 64% (493) |
| 2020-21 | 722 | 49 | 14.7:1 | 47% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 864 | 52.1 | 16.6:1 | 99% (859) |
| 2015-16 | 872 | 45 | 19.4:1 | 58% (509) |
| 2010-11 | 638 | 45 | 14.2:1 | 50% (319) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain Island Lake Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (864 to 766); teachers down 21% (52.1 to 41.2).
About Mountain Island Lake Academy
Mountain Island Lake Academy is an elementary school located in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County. The school counts 766 students across pre-K through 8. The school's enrollment is 64% bigger than the 467 average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Mountain Island Lake Academy sits within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, which has 186 schools and 145,014 students.
By race and ethnicity, Mountain Island Lake Academy is 64% Black. After that, the student body is 23% Hispanic, 5% White, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Mecklenburg County is about 30% Black. Mountain Island Lake Academy has a diversity index of 53%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Mountain Island Lake Academy counts 41.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 18.6 students for each one. Among elementary schools in North Carolina, the typical ratio is 14.9:1. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Mecklenburg County, the average eligibility rate is 71%.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Mountain Island Lake Academy receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Mountain Island Lake Academy's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (40.6%) and its predicted rate (48.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
Within Mecklenburg County, median household income is about $87,005, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County, with a combined enrollment of about 170,407.
The next-closest public school is Movement School Northwest, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 54.1% on proficiency, and Mountain Island Lake Academy is below that at 40.6%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Mountain Island Lake Academy had 722 students in 2020-21 and 766 in 2024-25, a 6% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.7:1 in 2020-21 to 18.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Other schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
- Myers Park High SchoolHigh · 3,225 students
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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
- Movement School Northwest0.6 mi · 208
- Coulwood STEM Academy1.0 mi · 632
- Paw Creek Elementary1.5 mi · 784
- Oakdale Elementary1.9 mi · 497
- Turning Point Academy2.7 mi · 144
- River Oaks Academy2.8 mi · 555
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain Island Lake AcademyHow large is Mountain Island Lake Academy?
Mountain Island Lake Academy enrolls approximately 766 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Mountain Island Lake Academy serve?
Mountain Island Lake Academy serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Mountain Island Lake Academy have?
Mountain Island Lake Academy employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mountain Island Lake Academy?
At Mountain Island Lake Academy, the student body is approximately 5% White, 23% Hispanic, 64% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Mountain Island Lake Academy?
Mountain Island Lake Academy is overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in Mecklenburg County.
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