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Enrollment
678
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001245
Myers Park Traditional Elem
2132 Radcliffe Ave, Charlotte, NC 28207 · (980) 343-5522 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL678 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% 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.
- A-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
16.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
213 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
64%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
77.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
83.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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
81.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Myers Park Traditional Elem
Myers Park Traditional Elem's state test result (81.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myers Park Traditional Elem this school | 678 | 31.4% | 81.5% |
| Hunter Elementary Raleigh | 658 | 31.3% | 75.0% |
| Joyner Elementary Raleigh | 569 | 33.7% | 64.6% |
| Heritage Elementary Wake Forest | 634 | 30.4% | 72.3% |
| Sanford Creek Elementary Rolesville | 599 | 34.4% | 65.5% |
| Barnette Elementary Huntersville | 818 | 33.7% | 70.8% |
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 Myers Park Traditional Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #57 of 1,297 | #16 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.7% | #71 of 1,296 | #17 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #62 of 1,300 | #16 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 678 | #208 of 1,485 | #44 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,029 of 1,377 | #71 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #531 of 1,379 | #44 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.4% | #1,286 of 1,414 | #104 of 130 |
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
678
+40 (+6%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 606
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 678 | 42.3 | 16.0:1 | 31% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 669 | 41 | 16.3:1 | 35% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 632 | 38.5 | 16.4:1 | 31% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 638 | 39 | 16.4:1 | 31% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 678 | 37.5 | 18.1:1 | 41% (281) |
| 2015-16 | 700 | 37 | 18.9:1 | 40% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 734 | 40 | 18.4:1 | 25% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 553 | 30 | 18.4:1 | 26% (142) |
| 1990-91 | 606 | 33 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Myers Park Traditional Elem.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (678 to 678); teachers up 13% (37.5 to 42.3).
About Myers Park Traditional Elem
Myers Park Traditional Elem is a mid-sized elementary school found in Charlotte, North Carolina. Federal data show 678 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Myers Park Traditional Elem is in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, a district with 145,014 students across 186 schools.
The share of White students at Myers Park Traditional Elem is 51%, a majority. After that, the student body is 30% Black, 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 5% Asian. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Myers Park Traditional Elem are from different groups.
Myers Park Traditional Elem has 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.0:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 14.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 31%. The rate at public schools in Mecklenburg County averages 71%, higher than here.
Myers Park Traditional Elem holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 93% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Myers Park Traditional Elem posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 81.5%, compared with a predicted 69.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Mecklenburg County area, the median household earns about $87,005 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Myers Park Traditional Elem shares Mecklenburg County with 225 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Eastover Elementary is about 0.8 miles from Myers Park Traditional Elem. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Myers Park Traditional Elem ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 6%, from 638 to 678.
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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
Nearby schools
- Eastover Elementary0.8 mi · 385
- Sedgefield Middle1.3 mi · 534
- Myers Park High School1.3 mi · 3,225
- Billingsville Elementary1.5 mi · 356
- Selwyn Elementary1.5 mi · 669
- Alexander Graham Middle1.6 mi · 1,187
Frequently asked questions
About Myers Park Traditional ElemHow many students attend Myers Park Traditional Elem?
Myers Park Traditional Elem enrolls approximately 678 students in grades KG-05.
Is Myers Park Traditional Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Myers Park Traditional Elem is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Myers Park Traditional Elem?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Myers Park Traditional Elem.
How diverse is Myers Park Traditional Elem?
Myers Park Traditional Elem reports a student body of 51% White, 9% Hispanic, 30% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Myers Park Traditional Elem?
Myers Park Traditional Elem 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.