Reedy Creek Elementary

Located at 10801 Plaza Rd Ext, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Reedy Creek Elementary is a substantial primary school that caters to 850 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. That puts it 82% larger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Across the 186 schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (145,014 students total), Reedy Creek Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Reedy Creek Elementary records that 48% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 32% Hispanic, 7% White, 7% multiracial, 7% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Mecklenburg County (around 71%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Reedy Creek Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.4%, the actual is 52.1%, a residual of +3.6 points.

Around the school, Mecklenburg County reports that median household earnings sit near $87,005, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Mecklenburg County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), of which Reedy Creek Elementary is one.

American Leadership Academy Charlotte is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Reedy Creek Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 47.1%.

Reedy Creek Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 10%: 773 students in 2018 compared to 850 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 54% to 48%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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