📍 2400 Hildebrand St, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, 28216
University Park Creative Arts is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County. The school has 265 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi.
University Park Creative Arts enrolls 265 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% Black or African American, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 212 | 80% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 40 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 3% |
| White | 5 | 1.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
261 of the school's 265 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 261 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.
University Park Creative Arts 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 38, state house district 107.
University Park Creative Arts 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 265 students, University Park Creative Arts is smaller than the district average of about 818 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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