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How has Newell Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
554
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001247
Newell Elementary
325 Rocky River Road West, Charlotte, NC 28213 · (980) 343-6820 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL554 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
551 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 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
49%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
27.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
41.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 Newell Elementary
Newell Elementary's state test result (32.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newell Elementary this school | 554 | 99.5% | 32.9% |
| Hall-Woodward Elementary Winston Salem | 532 | 99.4% | 38.7% |
| Maureen Joy Charter School Durham | 631 | 99.2% | N/A |
| Merry Oaks International Academy Charlotte | 601 | 99.5% | 32.3% |
| Briarwood Academy Charlotte | 649 | 99.5% | 45.0% |
| R Homer Andrews Elementary Burlington | 498 | 99.4% | 34.6% |
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 Newell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #1,216 of 1,297 | #104 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #1,106 of 1,296 | #96 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #1,230 of 1,300 | #106 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 554 | #454 of 1,485 | #70 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #273 of 1,377 | #18 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.9% | #1,003 of 1,379 | #101 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #201 of 1,414 | #37 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.9% | #98 of 937 | #19 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
554
-163 (-23%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 841
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 554 | 41.9 | 13.2:1 | 99% (551) |
| 2023-24 | 574 | 42.4 | 13.5:1 | 99% (571) |
| 2022-23 | 699 | 46 | 15.2:1 | 100% (696) |
| 2020-21 | 717 | 54 | 13.3:1 | 100% (714) |
| 2017-18 | 790 | 54.7 | 14.4:1 | 100% (787) |
| 2015-16 | 844 | 49 | 17.2:1 | 100% (841) |
| 2010-11 | 685 | 46 | 14.9:1 | 90% (614) |
| 2000-01 | 604 | 37 | 16.3:1 | 45% (274) |
| 1990-91 | 841 | 38 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newell Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (790 to 554); teachers down 23% (54.7 to 41.9).
About Newell Elementary
Newell Elementary serves students in Charlotte, North Carolina, as a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 554 students in kindergarten through 5.
The district, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, has 145,014 students enrolled across 186 schools.
Of every 100 students at Newell Elementary, about 65 are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 29% Black, 3% Asian, and 2% White. Mecklenburg County's residents are about 16% Hispanic, 49 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 49%.
A staff of 41.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.2:1. The gap from the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 1.6 students per teacher. By family income, 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Mecklenburg County is 71%.
On the allk12 Grade, Newell Elementary lands at D, ahead of 6% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Newell Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.9% and a predicted 48.5%.
In Mecklenburg County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $87,005, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 226 public schools and about 170,407 students.
James Martin Middle is about 1.1 miles from Newell Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Newell Elementary is 6th among 8 schools close by.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 23% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The discussion board for Newell Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Other Newell Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Newell Elementary. Newell Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Newell Elementary SchoolALLENTOWN, NJ · 548 students
- NEWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGRAND ISLAND, NE · 348 students
- Newell Elementary - 02Newell, SD · 124 students
Nearby schools
- James Martin Middle1.1 mi · 659
- Vaughan Academy of Technology1.1 mi · 309
- Julius L. Chambers High School1.3 mi · 2,225
- Gov's Village STEM (Upper)1.4 mi · 684
- Gov's Village STEM (Lower)1.5 mi · 784
- United Community School1.6 mi · 250
Frequently asked questions
About Newell ElementaryHow large is Newell Elementary?
Newell Elementary enrolls approximately 554 students in grades KG-05.
Is Newell Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Newell Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Newell Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Newell Elementary is approximately 13.2:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Newell Elementary?
Student demographics at Newell Elementary are roughly 2% White, 65% Hispanic, 29% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Newell Elementary public or private?
Newell Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.