Stoney Creek Elementary

Stoney Creek Elementary is an elementary school of sprawling scale in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the schools within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, serveing 850 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 82% bigger than typical.

Within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, which oversees 186 schools and 145,014 students, Stoney Creek Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Stoney Creek Elementary logs that the largest single group is Black, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Mecklenburg County as a whole is about 30% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Stoney Creek Elementary has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Mecklenburg County (around 71%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Stoney Creek Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.8%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Mecklenburg County put the typical household earns roughly $87,005 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Stoney Creek Elementary is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

Bradford Preparatory School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 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 Stoney Creek Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 55.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 14%: 748 students in 2018 compared to 850 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment increased from 59% to 64% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.

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