Myers Park Traditional Elem

Set in Charlotte, North Carolina, Myers Park Traditional Elem is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. It works with 678 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 45% above typical.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools comprises 186 schools with combined enrollment of 145,014 students; Myers Park Traditional Elem is among them.

On demographics, Myers Park Traditional Elem logs that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 30% Black, 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Myers Park Traditional Elem records 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Roughly 31% of students at Myers Park Traditional Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Mecklenburg County (around 71%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Myers Park Traditional Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 81.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Mecklenburg County) reports that median household earnings sit near $87,005, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Myers Park Traditional Elem is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

Nearest neighbor: Eastover Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Myers Park Traditional Elem comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 71.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Myers Park Traditional Elem's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 678 (now 678). Black enrollment moved from 50% to 30% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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