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Enrollment
737
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297003417
Renaissance West STEAM Academy
3241 New Renaissance Way, Charlotte, NC 28208 · (980) 343-0049 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL737 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
734 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 41 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 84 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 7% smaller than its 8th grade class (72).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
39.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
52.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Renaissance West STEAM Academy
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renaissance West STEAM Academy this school | 737 | 99.6% | 49.4% |
| PreEminent Charter Raleigh | 667 | 99.6% | N/A |
| Research Triangle Charter Durham | 710 | 99.6% | N/A |
| Mountain Island Lake Academy Charlotte | 766 | 99.6% | 40.6% |
| Gate City Charter Greensboro | 715 | 97.9% | N/A |
| Stoney Creek Elementary Charlotte | 850 | 99.6% | 36.8% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Renaissance West STEAM Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #831 of 1,297 | #73 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #819 of 1,296 | #76 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #958 of 1,300 | #77 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 737 | #144 of 1,485 | #35 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #531 of 1,377 | #32 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.4% | #1,045 of 1,379 | #108 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #55 of 1,414 | #19 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +82.4% | #16 of 369 | #2 of 41 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
737
+46 (+7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 737 | 51.8 | 14.2:1 | 100% (734) |
| 2023-24 | 679 | 63.6 | 10.7:1 | 100% (676) |
| 2022-23 | 705 | 58.7 | 12.0:1 | 100% (702) |
| 2020-21 | 691 | 53 | 13.0:1 | 100% (688) |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 24.9 | 16.2:1 | 99% (401) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Renaissance West STEAM Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 82% (404 to 737); teachers up 108% (24.9 to 51.8).
About Renaissance West STEAM Academy
Renaissance West STEAM Academy is a large elementary school. Its address is in Charlotte, North Carolina. It teaches 737 students in pre-K through 8. It has 58% more students than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina (about 467).
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (186 schools, 145,014 students) runs Renaissance West STEAM Academy.
About 69% of the student body at Renaissance West STEAM Academy is Black. Other groups make up 23% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 30% of Mecklenburg County residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
The school has 51.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.2 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The school reported 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 71% average for public schools in Mecklenburg County.
Renaissance West STEAM Academy earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 38% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Renaissance West STEAM Academy falls in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools: 49.4% actual against 48.4% predicted.
The school's county is Mecklenburg County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 226 public schools in the county, enrolling about 170,407, Renaissance West STEAM Academy among them.
Reid Park Academy sits about 0.9 miles from Renaissance West STEAM Academy. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Renaissance West STEAM Academy is 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Renaissance West STEAM Academy is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 7%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.0:1 in 2020-21, and 14.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Mecklenburg County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,154,681
Census ACS
Median income
$87,005
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
170,407 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
- Myers Park High SchoolHigh · 3,225 students
- Ardrey Kell High SchoolHigh · 3,036 students
- South Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,534 students
- William Amos Hough HighHigh · 2,518 students
- East Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,422 students
- Palisades High SchoolHigh · 2,332 students
Other schools in Charlotte
- Myers Park High SchoolHigh · 3,225 students
- Ardrey Kell High SchoolHigh · 3,036 students
- South Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,534 students
- East Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,422 students
- Palisades High SchoolHigh · 2,332 students
- Julius L. Chambers High SchoolHigh · 2,225 students
Nearby schools
- Reid Park Academy0.9 mi · 317
- Niner University Elementary1.0 mi · 125
- Westerly Hills Academy1.8 mi · 522
- Charles H. Parker Academic Center1.8 mi · 472
- Harding University High School2.2 mi · 1,204
- Ashley Park PreK-8 School2.4 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About Renaissance West STEAM AcademyHow large is Renaissance West STEAM Academy?
Renaissance West STEAM Academy enrolls approximately 737 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Renaissance West STEAM Academy serve?
Renaissance West STEAM Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Renaissance West STEAM Academy?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Renaissance West STEAM Academy.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Renaissance West STEAM Academy?
At Renaissance West STEAM Academy, the student body is approximately 3% White, 23% Hispanic, 69% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Renaissance West STEAM Academy?
Renaissance West STEAM Academy is overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in Mecklenburg County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.