Shamrock Gardens Elementary

Shamrock Gardens Elementary operates as a mid-sized K-5 school in Charlotte, North Carolina, operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Current enrollment sits at 532 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Shamrock Gardens Elementary is one of 186 schools operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, a district that educates 145,014 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Shamrock Gardens Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 17% Black, 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 45% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Shamrock Gardens Elementary shows 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Shamrock Gardens Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Mecklenburg County's rate of about 71%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Shamrock Gardens Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.0%; this one delivers 65.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Mecklenburg County) records that median household income runs about $87,005, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Mecklenburg County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), of which Shamrock Gardens Elementary is one.

Garinger High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 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 Shamrock Gardens Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 42.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 8%: 492 students in 2018 compared to 532 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 30% to 55% across the same window.

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