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Alumni: what's one memory from Westerly Hills Academy that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
522
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001287
Westerly Hills Academy
4420 Denver Ave, Charlotte, NC 28208 · (980) 343-6021 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
16.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
519 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
50%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
43.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
55.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 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 Westerly Hills Academy
Westerly Hills Academy's state test result (51.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westerly Hills Academy this school | 522 | 99.4% | 51.4% |
| Waldo C Falkener Sr Elementary Greensboro | 530 | 99.4% | 28.6% |
| Bessemer Elementary Greensboro | 509 | 99.4% | 29.4% |
| Statesville Road Elementary Charlotte | 482 | 99.4% | 48.2% |
| River Oaks Academy Charlotte | 555 | 99.5% | 34.2% |
| Movement School Eastland Charlotte | 523 | 99.2% | N/A |
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 Westerly Hills Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #776 of 1,297 | #68 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #751 of 1,296 | #71 of 115 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #824 of 1,300 | #65 of 116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #553 of 1,485 | #85 of 136 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,119 of 1,377 | #87 of 133 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #982 of 1,379 | #98 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #249 of 1,414 | #44 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.5% | #260 of 369 | #33 of 41 |
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
522
+108 (+26%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 469
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 522 | 31.7 | 16.5:1 | 99% (519) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 30.3 | 15.5:1 | 99% (466) |
| 2022-23 | 446 | 23.7 | 18.8:1 | 99% (443) |
| 2020-21 | 414 | 31 | 13.3:1 | 99% (411) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 45.3 | 10.9:1 | 99% (492) |
| 2015-16 | 626 | 40 | 15.7:1 | 96% (604) |
| 2010-11 | 277 | 20 | 13.8:1 | 89% (247) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 37 | 12.5:1 | 80% (370) |
| 1990-91 | 469 | 27 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westerly Hills Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (495 to 522); teachers down 30% (45.3 to 31.7).
About Westerly Hills Academy
Westerly Hills Academy is a medium-sized elementary school based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 522 students.
Across its 186 schools, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools enrolls 145,014 students. Westerly Hills Academy is one of those schools.
Black students account for 65% of enrollment at Westerly Hills Academy. Smaller groups are 28% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. For comparison, the population of Mecklenburg County is roughly 30% Black. Westerly Hills Academy has a diversity index of 50%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 16.5 students per teacher and 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, lower than at this school. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Mecklenburg County averages 71%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Westerly Hills Academy a C+. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Westerly Hills Academy is +2.9 points: 51.4% actual, 48.5% predicted.
Mecklenburg County has these Census figures: median household income is about $87,005, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Westerly Hills Academy is among the 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County.
Harding University High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Westerly Hills Academy is 1st of 7 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Westerly Hills Academy inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 414 to 522. Students per teacher rose from 13.3 in 2020-21 to 16.5 in 2024-25.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Harding University High School0.6 mi · 1,204
- Ashley Park PreK-8 School1.2 mi · 338
- Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology1.2 mi · 1,533
- Stewart Creek High1.5 mi · 342
- Movement Charter School1.5 mi · 625
- Thomasboro Academy1.7 mi · 569
Frequently asked questions
About Westerly Hills AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Westerly Hills Academy?
Westerly Hills Academy enrolls approximately 522 students in grades PK-05.
Is Westerly Hills Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Westerly Hills Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Westerly Hills Academy?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Westerly Hills Academy.
How diverse is Westerly Hills Academy?
Westerly Hills Academy reports a student body of 2% White, 28% Hispanic, 65% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Westerly Hills Academy public or private?
Westerly Hills Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.