Telra Institute

Telra Institute is one of the modestly sized multi-level schools in Charlotte, North Carolina, part of Telra Institute, with 621 students on its rolls from grades K through 9.

Telra Institute sits inside Telra Institute, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Telra Institute shows that the most-represented group is Asian (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 37% White, 9% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 6% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Telra Institute logs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.1:1, putting Telra Institute higher than the state norm the norm. About 10% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 noticeably below typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Mecklenburg County indicate median household income runs about $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Telra Institute is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

McKee Road Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a city-core site. Telra Institute is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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