Palisades Park Elementary

Palisades Park Elementary is an elementary-level community of well-populated scale in Charlotte, North Carolina, run under Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, works with 940 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 101% bigger than the state mean of about 467.

Palisades Park Elementary is one of 186 schools operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, a district that instructs 145,014 students overall.

Demographically, Palisades Park Elementary records that the largest single group is Black at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 27% White, 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 30% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Mecklenburg County (around 71%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Palisades Park Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.3%, the actual is 72.2%, a residual of +5.9 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Mecklenburg County indicate median household income runs about $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Palisades Park Elementary is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

Nearest neighbor: Palisades High School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Palisades Park Elementary. On composite proficiency, Palisades Park Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 54.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Palisades Park Elementary's enrollment has grew 28% since 2018, when it stood at 737 (now 940). White enrollment moved from 35% to 27% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.