Rama Road Elementary

Rama Road Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary campuss in Charlotte, North Carolina, part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, with 560 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools runs 186 schools in total, collectively educating 145,014 students. Rama Road Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Rama Road Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Black (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 26% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Mecklenburg County (around 71%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Rama Road Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.4%.

In the surrounding community, Mecklenburg County reports that median household earnings sit near $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Mecklenburg County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), of which Rama Road Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: McClintock Middle, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rama Road Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 54.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rama Road Elementary has edged down 4%, going from 582 students in 2018 to 560 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 43% to 35%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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