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Enrollment
497
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001251
Oakdale Elementary
1825 Oakdale Rd, Charlotte, NC 28216 · (980) 343-6076 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
16.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
491 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
61%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Oakdale Elementary→Ranson Middle
Based on published attendance-zone data from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
32.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
46.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Oakdale Elementary
Oakdale Elementary's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakdale Elementary this school | 497 | 98.8% | 40.8% |
| East Garner Elementary Garner | 535 | 99.4% | 43.5% |
| Wildwood Forest Elementary Raleigh | 551 | 99.5% | 40.7% |
| Fairview Elementary High Point | 442 | 99.1% | 38.8% |
| Statesville Road Elementary Charlotte | 482 | 99.4% | 48.2% |
| Bessemer Elementary Greensboro | 509 | 99.4% | 29.4% |
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 Oakdale Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #1,079 of 1,297 | #89 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #999 of 1,296 | #86 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #1,140 of 1,300 | #95 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #617 of 1,485 | #90 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,068 of 1,377 | #77 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #684 of 1,379 | #59 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #747 of 1,414 | #74 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #442 of 937 | #44 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
497
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 497 | 30.6 | 16.2:1 | 99% (491) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 29.2 | 14.8:1 | 99% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 27.2 | 17.0:1 | 99% (459) |
| 2020-21 | 496 | 39 | 12.7:1 | 99% (493) |
| 2017-18 | 579 | 38 | 15.2:1 | 99% (576) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 33 | 20.1:1 | 100% (661) |
| 2010-11 | 616 | 39 | 15.8:1 | 81% (500) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 47% (221) |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 24 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakdale Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (579 to 497); teachers down 20% (38 to 30.6).
About Oakdale Elementary
At 1825 Oakdale Rd in Charlotte, North Carolina, Oakdale Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 497 students.
Oakdale Elementary is one school in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, a system of 186 schools with 145,014 students.
The largest group at Oakdale Elementary is Black students, at 54%. The remaining students are 30% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 4% White. Among people living in Mecklenburg County, the Black share is about 30%. The diversity index for Oakdale Elementary is 61%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.2 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Of all students at Oakdale Elementary, 99% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 71% for public schools in Mecklenburg County.
Oakdale Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 16% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Oakdale Elementary is 7.9 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 40.8% actual, 48.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
For the population of Mecklenburg County, the median household earns about $87,005 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Mecklenburg County, 226 public schools serve about 170,407 students.
Oakdale Elementary is about 1.9 miles from Mountain Island Lake Academy, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Oakdale Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Oakdale Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 496 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 497. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.7:1 to 16.2:1.
Oakdale Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Oakdale Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 12 states are named Oakdale Elementary. Oakdale Elementary is the 6th largest of the 14.
- Oakdale ElementaryIjamsville, MD · 1,167 students
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 710 students
- Oakdale ElementaryBrandon, MS · 566 students
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolOakdale, LA · 516 students
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolWaukegan, IL · 505 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain Island Lake Academy1.9 mi · 766
- Movement School Northwest2.1 mi · 208
- Hornets Nest Elementary2.4 mi · 601
- Coulwood STEM Academy2.7 mi · 632
- Paw Creek Elementary2.8 mi · 784
- Statesville Road Elementary2.9 mi · 482
Frequently asked questions
About Oakdale ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Oakdale Elementary?
Oakdale Elementary enrolls approximately 497 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Oakdale Elementary serve?
Oakdale Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Oakdale Elementary have?
Oakdale Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Oakdale Elementary?
Student demographics at Oakdale Elementary are roughly 4% White, 30% Hispanic, 54% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Oakdale Elementary?
Oakdale Elementary 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.