Winget Park Elementary

Winget Park Elementary is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the schools within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, caters to 677 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 45% larger than the state mean of about 467.

Within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, which oversees 186 schools and 145,014 students, Winget Park Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Winget Park Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Black (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 23% Hispanic, 23% White, 10% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Winget Park Elementary reports 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible 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 meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Winget Park Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.3%; this one delivers 69.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Mecklenburg County indicate the typical household earns roughly $87,005 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Winget Park Elementary is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

The closest other public school is Southwest Middle School, roughly 1.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Winget Park Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 52.4%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 3%: 660 students in 2018 compared to 677 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 30% to 23%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.