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Enrollment
569
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001280
Thomasboro Academy
538 Bradford Dr, Charlotte, NC 28208 · (980) 343-6000 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% 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
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
566 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (65).
Student demographics
61%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
30.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
31.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% 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 Thomasboro Academy
Thomasboro Academy's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomasboro Academy this school | 569 | 99.5% | 30.4% |
| Tuckaseegee Elementary Charlotte | 544 | 99.4% | 59.7% |
| East Garner Elementary Garner | 535 | 99.4% | 43.5% |
| Julius I Foust Elementary Greensboro | 661 | 99.5% | 34.9% |
| South Fork Elementary Winston Salem | 503 | 99.4% | 35.2% |
| Berewick Elementary Charlotte | 717 | 99.6% | 51.1% |
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 Thomasboro Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #1,243 of 1,297 | #109 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #1,244 of 1,296 | #111 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #1,196 of 1,300 | #102 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #417 of 1,485 | #67 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #631 of 1,377 | #38 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #679 of 1,379 | #58 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #181 of 1,414 | #34 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #589 of 937 | #54 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
569
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 417
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 569 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 99% (566) |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 42.9 | 12.8:1 | 99% (547) |
| 2022-23 | 551 | 37.9 | 14.6:1 | 99% (548) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 46 | 12.5:1 | 99% (570) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 50.7 | 12.5:1 | 100% (630) |
| 2015-16 | 705 | 44 | 16.0:1 | 100% (702) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 99% (337) |
| 2000-01 | 389 | 36 | 10.8:1 | 97% (377) |
| 1990-91 | 417 | 24 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomasboro Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (633 to 569); teachers down 23% (50.7 to 39).
About Thomasboro Academy
Thomasboro Academy is an elementary school located in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County. School enrollment was 569 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 8. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students.
Thomasboro Academy is among 186 schools run by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, which serves 145,014 students.
Enrollment at Thomasboro Academy is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 49%. The rest of enrollment is 37% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 2% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Mecklenburg County's population at about 30%. The chance that two students picked at random at Thomasboro Academy belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
Its 39 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.6:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina have a similar average ratio of 14.9:1. The school's lunch program data list 99% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 28 points above the 71% average for public schools in Mecklenburg County.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Thomasboro Academy 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.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 30.4%, is 18.1 points below the 48.5% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Mecklenburg County show that median household income is about $87,005, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Thomasboro Academy is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County, which together enroll about 170,407 students.
The closest public school, Allenbrook Elementary, is about 1.0 miles from Thomasboro Academy. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Thomasboro Academy is 5th among 7 schools close by.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 569, close to the 573 recorded in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 14.6 students per teacher, compared with 12.5 in 2020-21.
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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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- 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
- Allenbrook Elementary1.0 mi · 267
- Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology1.1 mi · 1,533
- Harding University High School1.3 mi · 1,204
- Stewart Creek High1.4 mi · 342
- Movement Charter School1.5 mi · 625
- Ashley Park PreK-8 School1.6 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About Thomasboro AcademyHow large is Thomasboro Academy?
Thomasboro Academy enrolls approximately 569 students in grades KG-08.
Is Thomasboro Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thomasboro Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Thomasboro Academy have?
Thomasboro Academy employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
How diverse is Thomasboro Academy?
Thomasboro Academy reports a student body of 2% White, 37% Hispanic, 49% Black, 10% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Thomasboro Academy in?
Thomasboro Academy is part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.