VERITAS Community School CFA

VERITAS Community School CFA is an one-room-style elementary campus in Charlotte, North Carolina, run under VERITAS Community School. The school serves 147 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 69% smaller than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

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

Looking at the student body, VERITAS Community School CFA records that the largest single group is Black, at 74% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 10% Hispanic, 9% White, 7% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the resource side, VERITAS Community School CFA shows 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Mecklenburg County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $87,005 per year, 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), VERITAS Community School CFA is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Druid Hills Academy, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a downtown site. VERITAS Community School CFA operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 6-year window, the student count fell 17%: 178 students in 2018 compared to 147 in 2024. The Black share of enrollment rose from 46% to 74% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 23.7:1 today.

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