📍 6700 Beatties Ford Rd, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, 28216
Hornets Nest Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County. The school has 569 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Hornets Nest Elementary enrolls 569 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% Black or African American, 25% Hispanic or Latino and 4.7% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 370 | 65% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 141 | 25% |
| Asian | 27 | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 2.6% |
| White | 14 | 2.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
566 of the school's 569 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 566 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.
Hornets Nest 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 38, state house district 101.
Hornets Nest 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 569 students, Hornets Nest Elementary 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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