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What's the one class at Smithfield Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
672
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297000889
Smithfield Elementary
3200 Smithfield Church Rd, Charlotte, NC 28210 · (980) 343-6550 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B+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
16.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
321 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 | 52 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
69%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
59.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
67.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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
63.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Smithfield Elementary
Smithfield Elementary's state test result (63.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithfield Elementary this school | 672 | 47.8% | 63.1% |
| Banks Road Elementary Raleigh | 651 | 45.8% | 57.7% |
| York Elementary Raleigh | 563 | 46.4% | 61.0% |
| Douglas Elementary Raleigh | 562 | 44.0% | 57.0% |
| Shiloh Valley Elementary Monroe | 574 | 51.2% | 61.0% |
| Indian Trail Elementary Indian Trail | 633 | 50.6% | 61.6% |
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 Smithfield Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #411 of 1,297 | #44 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #404 of 1,296 | #47 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #345 of 1,300 | #44 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 672 | #219 of 1,485 | #46 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,152 of 1,377 | #96 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #234 of 1,379 | #24 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.8% | #1,174 of 1,414 | #89 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.0% | #282 of 369 | #34 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
672
+26 (+4%) vs 2020
-6% since 2000-01, when it was 714
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 672 | 40.4 | 16.6:1 | 48% (321) |
| 2023-24 | 642 | 40.2 | 16.0:1 | 46% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 633 | 37 | 17.1:1 | 34% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 646 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 33% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 646 | 39.3 | 16.5:1 | 43% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 663 | 40 | 16.6:1 | 47% (310) |
| 2010-11 | 587 | 37 | 15.9:1 | 55% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 714 | 48 | 14.9:1 | 42% (298) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Smithfield Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (646 to 672); teachers up 3% (39.3 to 40.4).
About Smithfield Elementary
Smithfield Elementary is a public medium-sized elementary school in Charlotte, North Carolina. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 672 students. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students.
The district for Smithfield Elementary is Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, with 186 schools and 145,014 students.
White students form the largest group at Smithfield Elementary, 42% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 29% Hispanic, 19% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The White share in Mecklenburg County as a whole is similar, at about 45%. The chance that two students picked at random at Smithfield Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.
A ratio of 16.6:1 comes from the school's 40.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 48% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Mecklenburg County, the average eligibility rate is 71%.
allk12 grades Smithfield Elementary a B-. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Smithfield Elementary is -1.1 points: 63.1% actual, 64.3% predicted.
In Mecklenburg County (population about 1,154,681), median household income is about $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 226 public schools operate in Mecklenburg County, serving about 170,407 students.
Quail Hollow Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Smithfield Elementary's average proficiency of 63.1% compares with 49.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The federal government classifies Smithfield Elementary's location as City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Smithfield Elementary went from 646 students to 672.
Discussions about Smithfield Elementary may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other Smithfield Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Smithfield Elementary. Smithfield Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Smithfield Elementary SchoolNORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TX · 658 students
- Smithfield Elementary SchoolEast Stroudsburg, PA · 327 students
- Smithfield Elementary SchoolSmithfield, PA · 220 students
Nearby schools
- Quail Hollow Middle0.3 mi · 1,090
- South Mecklenburg High School0.5 mi · 2,534
- Huntingtowne Farms Elementary1.6 mi · 776
- Beverly Woods Elementary1.6 mi · 645
- Sterling Elementary1.9 mi · 786
- Starmount Academy of Excellence2.3 mi · 416
Frequently asked questions
About Smithfield ElementaryHow large is Smithfield Elementary?
Smithfield Elementary enrolls approximately 672 students in grades PK-05.
Is Smithfield Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Smithfield Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Smithfield Elementary have?
Smithfield Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Smithfield Elementary?
Student demographics at Smithfield Elementary are roughly 42% White, 29% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Smithfield Elementary in?
Smithfield Elementary is part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.