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Piney Grove Elementary
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 17% |
School pathway
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 52% 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%.
Where Piney Grove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #761 of 1,297 | #66 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #644 of 1,296 | #63 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #747 of 1,300 | #59 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #780 of 1,485 | #102 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #227 of 1,377 | #14 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #448 of 1,379 | #34 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.2% | #14 of 937 | #6 of 72 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 441 | 33.9 | 13.0:1 | 99% (438) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 38.6 | 12.3:1 | 99% (471) |
| 2022-23 | 555 | 38 | 14.6:1 | 99% (552) |
| 2017-18 | 790 | 52.8 | 15.0:1 | 100% (787) |
About Piney Grove Elementary
This page covers Piney Grove Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school in Charlotte, North Carolina. The school enrolls 441 students in pre-K through 5.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is responsible for 186 schools, Piney Grove Elementary included, with 145,014 students in all.
More than half of enrollment at Piney Grove Elementary is Hispanic: 51%. Other groups make up 23% Black, 17% Asian, 6% White, and 3% multiracial. Mecklenburg County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Piney Grove Elementary scores 65%.
Staffing at Piney Grove Elementary comes to 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.0:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1, 1.9 more students per teacher than here. Piney Grove Elementary counts 99% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Mecklenburg County average 71%.
Piney Grove Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.8% is 3.3 points above the 48.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Looking at the county, Mecklenburg County, median household income comes to about $87,005, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 226, with about 170,407 students.
Idlewild Elementary is about 1.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Piney Grove Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Piney Grove Elementary ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 51.8% against a local average of 44.0%.
Under the NCES locale system, Piney Grove Elementary is City: Large.
Between 2017-18 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 790 to 441. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. The largest shift in the student mix was in the Black share, which decreased from 34% to 23%. In 2017-18, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.0:1.
The allk12 page for Piney Grove Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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