Sedgefield Montessori

Set in Charlotte, North Carolina, Sedgefield Montessori is a medium-sized elementary-level community, part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. It educates 485 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, which oversees 186 schools and 145,014 students, Sedgefield Montessori is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sedgefield Montessori lists that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 14% Black, 9% multiracial, 9% Asian, 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 45% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Mecklenburg County's rate of about 71%.

After controlling for student poverty, Sedgefield Montessori performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.9%, the actual is 80.9%, a residual of +8.0 points.

In the area at large, census data for Mecklenburg County shows the typical household earns roughly $87,005 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Sedgefield Montessori is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

The closest other public school is Sedgefield Middle, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Sedgefield Montessori comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 60.1%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Sedgefield Montessori's enrollment has ticked down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 516 (now 485). The White share of enrollment edged down from 66% to 60% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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