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Enrollment
416
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297003356
Starmount Academy of Excellence
1600 Brookdale Ave, Charlotte, NC 28210 · (980) 343-3630 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
14.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
411 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 | 26 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
34%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
16.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
35.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Starmount Academy of Excellence
Starmount Academy of Excellence's state test result (27.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starmount Academy of Excellence this school | 416 | 98.8% | 27.8% |
| Berryhill School Charlotte | 423 | 99.3% | 43.9% |
| Rock Rest Elementary Monroe | 394 | 99.2% | 65.6% |
| Montclaire Elementary Charlotte | 512 | 99.4% | 43.0% |
| Easton Elementary School Winston Salem | 504 | 99.4% | 27.3% |
| Benton Heights Elementary Monroe | 451 | 99.3% | 48.5% |
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 Starmount Academy of Excellence ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #1,262 of 1,297 | #112 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #1,205 of 1,296 | #104 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #1,296 of 1,300 | #116 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #848 of 1,485 | #106 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #646 of 1,377 | #39 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.8% | #1,241 of 1,379 | #128 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #745 of 1,414 | #73 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #733 of 937 | #61 of 72 |
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
416
-72 (-15%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 416 | 28.4 | 14.6:1 | 99% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 29.4 | 16.1:1 | 99% (471) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 32.7 | 14.0:1 | 49% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 37 | 13.2:1 | 44% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 445 | 30.7 | 14.5:1 | 98% (435) |
| 2015-16 | 451 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 99% (448) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Starmount Academy of Excellence.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (445 to 416); teachers down 7% (30.7 to 28.4).
About Starmount Academy of Excellence
Starmount Academy of Excellence is a medium-sized elementary school in Charlotte, North Carolina, under Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 416 students in pre-K through 5.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools counts 145,014 students in its 186 schools, and Starmount Academy of Excellence is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, Starmount Academy of Excellence is 80% Hispanic. It is also 17% Black and 2% White. For comparison, the population of Mecklenburg County is roughly 16% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Starmount Academy of Excellence comes in at 34%.
Teacher staffing is 28.4 full-time equivalents, or about 14.6 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is about 14.9:1. About 99% of students, or 411, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Mecklenburg County is 71%.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Starmount Academy of Excellence receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school in North Carolina with Starmount Academy of Excellence's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 48.7%. Starmount Academy of Excellence scores 27.8%.
Starmount Academy of Excellence is located in Mecklenburg County, where median household income is about $87,005, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County, with a combined enrollment of about 170,407.
Huntingtowne Farms Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Starmount Academy of Excellence's average proficiency of 27.8% compares with 55.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Starmount Academy of Excellence is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Federal counts put enrollment at 488 in 2020-21 and 416 in 2024-25, a 15% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.2:1 to 14.6:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Starmount Academy of Excellence covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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Other schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
- Myers Park High SchoolHigh · 3,225 students
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- East Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,422 students
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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
- Huntingtowne Farms Elementary0.8 mi · 776
- Montclaire Elementary0.9 mi · 512
- South Academy of International Languages1.4 mi · 1,259
- Collinswood Language Academy1.5 mi · 893
- Harper Middle College High1.6 mi · 125
- Movement School Southwest1.7 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About Starmount Academy of ExcellenceHow large is Starmount Academy of Excellence?
Starmount Academy of Excellence enrolls approximately 416 students in grades PK-05.
Is Starmount Academy of Excellence an elementary, middle, or high school?
Starmount Academy of Excellence is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Starmount Academy of Excellence?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Starmount Academy of Excellence is approximately 14.6:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Starmount Academy of Excellence?
At Starmount Academy of Excellence, the student body is approximately 2% White, 80% Hispanic, 17% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Starmount Academy of Excellence?
Starmount Academy of Excellence 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.