Enrollment
309
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297003419
Vaughan Academy of Technology
8601 Old Concord Rd, Charlotte, NC 28213 · (980) 343-0030 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
306 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 49% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
54%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
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NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
65.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
70.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 10%.
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 Vaughan Academy of Technology
Vaughan Academy of Technology's state test result (67.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vaughan Academy of Technology this school | 309 | 99.0% | 67.4% |
| Bugg Elementary Raleigh | 345 | 98.8% | 35.0% |
| W G Pearson Elementary Durham | 319 | 97.2% | 48.7% |
| Movement School Southwest Charlotte | 284 | 96.8% | N/A |
| Druid Hills Academy Charlotte | 288 | 99.0% | 48.4% |
| Vandalia Elementary Greensboro | 257 | 96.5% | 44.5% |
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 Vaughan Academy of Technology ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #285 of 1,297 | #38 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #331 of 1,296 | #38 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #210 of 1,300 | #34 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #1,161 of 1,485 | #122 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #825 of 1,377 | #55 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #911 of 1,379 | #84 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #632 of 1,414 | #68 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.2% | #260 of 937 | #30 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
309
-62 (-17%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 309 | 20.3 | 15.2:1 | 99% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 22.6 | 14.0:1 | 98% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 331 | 19.4 | 17.1:1 | 44% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 26 | 14.3:1 | 40% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 23.8 | 16.5:1 | 96% (376) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vaughan Academy of Technology.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (392 to 309); teachers down 15% (23.8 to 20.3).
About Vaughan Academy of Technology
Vaughan Academy of Technology is a small elementary school located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It reports enrollment of 309 students in kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 34% below the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Vaughan Academy of Technology is part of a district of 186 schools: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, with 145,014 students.
Of every 100 students at Vaughan Academy of Technology, about 63 are Black. The school is also 25% Hispanic, 6% White, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 30%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Vaughan Academy of Technology scores 54%.
Staffing at Vaughan Academy of Technology comes to 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.2:1. It is about the same as the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. On the income side, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Mecklenburg County average 71%.
Vaughan Academy of Technology holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 86% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Vaughan Academy of Technology outperforms its prediction by 18.8 points. The model expects 48.6% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in North Carolina; the school's rate is 67.4%.
For Mecklenburg County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $87,005, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 226 public schools in the county, enrolling about 170,407, Vaughan Academy of Technology among them.
About 1.0 miles separate Vaughan Academy of Technology from the closest public school, United Community School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Vaughan Academy of Technology is 2nd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The federal government classifies Vaughan Academy of Technology's location as City: Large.
The school's enrollment decreased 17% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Vaughan Academy of TechnologyWhat is the total enrollment at Vaughan Academy of Technology?
Vaughan Academy of Technology enrolls approximately 309 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Vaughan Academy of Technology serve?
Vaughan Academy of Technology serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vaughan Academy of Technology?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vaughan Academy of Technology is approximately 15.2:1 (20 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Vaughan Academy of Technology?
Vaughan Academy of Technology reports a student body of 6% White, 25% Hispanic, 63% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Vaughan Academy of Technology?
Vaughan Academy of Technology is overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in Mecklenburg County.
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