Rea Farms STEAM Academy

Located at 11532 Golf Links Drive, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Rea Farms STEAM Academy is a sizable elementary school that hosts 1,098 students (grades K through 8), operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. That puts it 135% bigger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, which oversees 186 schools and 145,014 students, Rea Farms STEAM Academy is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Rea Farms STEAM Academy reports that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 31% Asian, 11% Black, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to Mecklenburg County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Mecklenburg County (around 71%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rea Farms STEAM Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 75.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 89.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Mecklenburg County) reports that median household income runs about $87,005, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Rea Farms STEAM Academy is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

Nearest neighbor: Jay M. Robinson Middle, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rea Farms STEAM Academy ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 86.4%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

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