Winecoff Elementary

As a sizable elementary school in Concord, North Carolina, Winecoff Elementary hosts 740 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Cabarrus County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 58% bigger than typical.

Cabarrus County Schools comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 35,568 students; Winecoff Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Winecoff Elementary reports that 39% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 21% White, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Winecoff Elementary has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Cabarrus County's rate of about 56%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Winecoff 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 42.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cabarrus County put median household earnings sit near $89,005, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Cabarrus County runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 43,278 students), of which Winecoff Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Cabarrus Health Sciences Institute, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Winecoff Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Winecoff Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 55.0%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 818 students in 2018 compared to 740 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 33% to 21%.

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