State/Public Elementary Open

Highland Renaissance Academy

๐Ÿ“ 125 W Craighead Rd, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, 28206

377
Pupils
15.4
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Highland Renaissance Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County. The school has 377 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in an urban setting. The school employs 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

School district
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Highland Renaissance Academy enrolls 377 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.

Male students
202 (54%)
Female students
175 (46%)
Teachers (FTE)
24.4
Student-teacher ratio
15.4:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Black or African American, 46% Hispanic or Latino and 2.9% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American17747%
Hispanic or Latino17446%
White112.9%
Two or more races102.7%
Asian51.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

374 of the school's 377 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 374 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“5Title I

Highland Renaissance Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 37, state house district 102.

School district: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Highland Renaissance Academy is one of 180 schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The district serves 147,299 students district-wide and employs 8,663 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 377 students, Highland Renaissance Academy is smaller than the district average of about 818 students per school.

147,299
District students
180
Schools
8,663
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

22%
Reading proficient
12%
Math proficient
26%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: City - Large

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