Pineville Elementary

Set in Pineville, North Carolina, Pineville Elementary is a sprawling elementary-level community, operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. It works with 742 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 59% larger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pineville Elementary logs that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 30% White, 21% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Pineville Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Mecklenburg County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pineville Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Mecklenburg County) reports that median household earnings sit near $87,005, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pineville Elementary is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

The closest other public school is Sterling Elementary, roughly 1.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Pineville Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 51.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 769 students in 2018 compared to 742 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 25% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Pineville Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.