Winding Springs Elementary

Winding Springs Elementary, an expansive elementary school in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the schools within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, teaches 786 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Winding Springs Elementary sits 68% bigger than that benchmark.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools comprises 186 schools with combined enrollment of 145,014 students; Winding Springs Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Winding Springs Elementary logs that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 43% Black, 5% White, 2% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Winding Springs Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Mecklenburg County (around 71%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Winding Springs Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.4%; this one delivers 46.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Mecklenburg County reports that median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Mecklenburg County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), of which Winding Springs Elementary is one.

Ranson Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Winding Springs Elementary at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 44.4%.

Winding Springs Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 10%: 871 students in 2018 compared to 786 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 51% to 43%.

On the community side, the feed for Winding Springs Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.