Niner University Elementary

Located at 2414 Lester Street, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Niner University Elementary is an one-room-style elementary-level community that caters to 125 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Niner University Elementary School. That puts it 73% smaller than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Niner University Elementary is a school of Niner University Elementary School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Niner University Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (90%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Roughly 98% of students at Niner University Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Mecklenburg County's rate of about 71%.

Around the school, census data for Mecklenburg County shows the typical household earns roughly $87,005 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Mecklenburg County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), of which Niner University Elementary is one.

Reid Park Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Niner University Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

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