United Community School

United Community School operates as a close-knit elementary-level community in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the schools within United Community School. Current enrollment sits at 250 students spanning grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 46% leaner than the state mean of about 467.

Operationally, United Community School answers to United Community School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, United Community School lists that 54% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 28% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, United Community School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Mecklenburg County put median household earnings sit near $87,005, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Mecklenburg County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), United Community School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Vaughan Academy of Technology, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. United Community School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 16%: 215 students in 2018 compared to 250 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 39% to 6%.

On the community side, the feed for United Community School typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.