Wilson STEM Academy

Wilson STEM Academy operates as a small middle school in Charlotte, North Carolina, part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Current enrollment sits at 456 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 605 students each, so Wilson STEM Academy sits 25% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, which oversees 186 schools and 145,014 students, Wilson STEM Academy is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Wilson STEM Academy logs that the largest single group is Black, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Mecklenburg County as a whole is about 30% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.5:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Mecklenburg County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wilson STEM Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Mecklenburg County indicate median household income runs about $87,005, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wilson STEM Academy is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

The closest other public school is Tuckaseegee Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wilson STEM Academy ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.1%.

Wilson STEM Academy operates from an inner-city location.

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