Movement Charter School

Movement Charter School is a K-5 school of mid-sized scale in Charlotte, North Carolina, run under Movement Freedom, enrolling 625 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 34% bigger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Movement Charter School is a school of Movement Freedom, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Movement Charter School logs that nearly all students (86%) are Black. The remainder breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the resource side, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Mecklenburg County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Mecklenburg County put median household earnings sit near $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Mecklenburg County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), Movement Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Stewart Creek High, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Movement Charter School operates from an urban location. As a public charter, Movement Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Movement Charter School has increased 110%, going from 297 students in 2018 to 625 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 3% to 8%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.