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What's something Paw Creek Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
784
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001257
Paw Creek Elementary
1300 Cathey Rd, Charlotte, NC 28214 · (980) 343-6088 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL784 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
17.4:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
781 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 | 71 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 134 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 138 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
62%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
60.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
81.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Paw Creek Elementary
Paw Creek Elementary's state test result (73.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paw Creek Elementary this school | 784 | 99.6% | 73.2% |
| Whitewater Academy Charlotte | 832 | 99.6% | 52.5% |
| Reedy Creek Elementary Charlotte | 850 | 99.6% | 52.1% |
| University Meadows Elementary Charlotte | 737 | 99.6% | 42.0% |
| Barwell Road Elementary Raleigh | 648 | 99.5% | 48.9% |
| Clara J Peck Elementary Greensboro | 638 | 99.5% | 37.4% |
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 Paw Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #162 of 1,297 | #30 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.9% | #95 of 1,296 | #20 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #311 of 1,300 | #43 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 784 | #94 of 1,485 | #23 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,246 of 1,377 | #114 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #628 of 1,379 | #52 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #33 of 1,414 | #10 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.0% | #129 of 369 | #11 of 41 |
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
784
+54 (+7%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 784 | 45.1 | 17.4:1 | 100% (781) |
| 2023-24 | 737 | 47.5 | 15.5:1 | 100% (734) |
| 2022-23 | 713 | 46.4 | 15.3:1 | 100% (710) |
| 2020-21 | 730 | 43 | 17.0:1 | 100% (727) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 41.9 | 16.1:1 | 100% (673) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 35 | 14.8:1 | 99% (516) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 36 | 14.4:1 | 81% (420) |
| 2000-01 | 656 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 37% (243) |
| 1990-91 | 515 | 26 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paw Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (676 to 784); teachers up 8% (41.9 to 45.1).
About Paw Creek Elementary
Families in Charlotte, North Carolina, are served by Paw Creek Elementary, a large elementary school. It enrolls 784 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. It has 68% more students than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina (about 467).
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has 145,014 students spread across 186 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Paw Creek Elementary is 51% Black. The remaining shares are 34% Hispanic, 7% White, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Mecklenburg County as a whole is about 30% Black, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
With 45.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.4:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 14.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Paw Creek Elementary, 100% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Mecklenburg County report 71%.
On the allk12 Grade, Paw Creek Elementary lands at A+, ahead of 95% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Paw Creek Elementary is 24.8 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in North Carolina.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Mecklenburg County show that the median household earns about $87,005 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Mecklenburg County has 226 public schools with about 170,407 students, including Paw Creek Elementary.
Paw Creek Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Coulwood STEM Academy, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Paw Creek Elementary is 1st of 6 on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Paw Creek Elementary enrolled 730 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 784.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Paw Creek Elementary. 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
Nearby schools
- Coulwood STEM Academy0.9 mi · 632
- Movement School Northwest0.9 mi · 208
- Turning Point Academy1.2 mi · 144
- Mountain Island Lake Academy1.5 mi · 766
- Jackson Day School2.0 mi · 882
- River Oaks Academy2.2 mi · 555
Frequently asked questions
About Paw Creek ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Paw Creek Elementary?
Paw Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 784 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Paw Creek Elementary serve?
Paw Creek Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Paw Creek Elementary?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at Paw Creek Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Paw Creek Elementary?
At Paw Creek Elementary, the student body is approximately 7% White, 34% Hispanic, 51% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Paw Creek Elementary?
Paw Creek 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.