📍 325 Rocky River Road West, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, 28213
Newell Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County. The school has 699 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 19% of students are proficient in reading. 14% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Newell Elementary enrolls 699 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 46 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Hispanic or Latino, 42% Black or African American and 3% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 355 | 51% |
| Black or African American | 292 | 42% |
| Asian | 21 | 3% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 2.3% |
| White | 13 | 1.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
696 of the school's 699 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 696 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.
Newell Elementary 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 40, state house district 106.
Newell Elementary 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 699 students, Newell Elementary is close to the district average of about 818 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large