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Movement School Eastland

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Movement School Eastland ranks 892 nd of 1490 North Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades K-5

892^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,490 North Carolina Elementary Schools

Better than 40% of North Carolina elementary schools

Summary

Movement School Eastland is a public charter elementary school serving 502 students in grades K-4 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The school is part of the Movement School Eastland district, which is ranked 158 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Movement School Eastland has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past two school years, dropping from 738 out of 1,505 elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 892 out of 1,490 in 2024-2025. The school's math and reading proficiency rates are below the state average, ranging from 36.1% to 65% proficient in math and 38.8% to 55.7% proficient in reading, compared to state averages of 58.9% to 64.1% in math and 46.7% to 58.1% in reading. However, the school's performance for African American, Hispanic, English Language Learner, and low socioeconomic status students is noteworthy, as these groups often struggle at other schools.

Compared to nearby schools, Movement School Eastland generally performs better than Merry Oaks International Academy and Albemarle Road Elementary, which are also high-poverty schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg district. However, the school lags behind the higher-performing Idlewild Elementary, Oakhurst STEAM Academy, and Windsor Park Elementary, which are also in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg district. Addressing the needs of male students and improving overall academic achievement should be key priorities for Movement School Eastland.

523

Students ?

16.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

99.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

5249 Central Avenue
Charlotte, NC 28212

(704) 532-0640

District: Movement School Eastland

Racial breakdown:

African American:

61.6%

Hispanic:

21.6%

Two or more races:

13.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 51st percentile in 2024 → 40th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (51% vs 57% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 11 percentile points since 2024

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school51%

North Carolina avg57%

892^nd of 1,490

North Carolina public elementary schools ?

Bottom 40%▼ down 11 pts since 2024

From top 49% (2024) to bottom 40% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

158^th of 242Movement School Eastland among North Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	41.4	892 of 1490	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	50.4	738 of 1505	51.0%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	48.7	443 of 918	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	71.9	171 of 924	81.5%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	73.7	78 of 563	86.1%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	52.2	689 of 1451	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	50.5	706 of 1455	51.5%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	55.7	388 of 961	59.6%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	53.6	616 of 1437	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	64.1	416 of 1450	71.3%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	28.6	1089 of 1450	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	49.1	759 of 1464	48.2%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2024	46.5	97 of 159	39.0%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)86th percentile+46 vs school

Hispanic (2025)60th percentile+19 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)57th percentile+17 vs school

Female (2025)53rd percentile+12 vs school

African American (2025)52nd percentile+12 vs school

Multi-racial (2024)39th percentile-12 vs school

Male (2025)25th percentile-15 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics54%-7 vs state

Science52%-10 vs state

Reading48%-4 vs state

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by a teacher
Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Pros

-Small School
-Close teams/ staff
-Made life long teaching connections
-Coteacher Dynamic
-Thats it...

Cons

-No accountability with the admins
-Overworked teachers (I work more here and a lot of things fall on the teachers. District schools would be better)
-NO TRAINING (New teachers BEWARE)
- No support staff (Refusal to hire BMTs/ Security/ Counseling Services/Registrars/Etc.)
- Money over teachers (Only Care about money and numbers, had teachers handing out flyers to push parents to sign their children into the school.)
-Ran by a CEO and company. They don't know how to run a school. Education is lacking (We only teach two subjects). The students are set up for failure as soon as they walk in.
-Will coheres you in with pay but work you to death. No sick days during covid. I reported having Covid to administration, still tried to get me in to work (Asked me to take a rapid test even though I had PCR tested the night before.)
- Racist admin staff, always throwing up how our black and brown communities are being affected by the lack of positive test score. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOG Mathematics (2025)					EOG Reading (2025)					EOG Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Movement School Eastland	Public, Charter	K-5	5249 Central Avenue	Charlotte	28212	Mecklenburg County	Movement School Eastland	Yes	No	No	Yes	(704) 532-0640	523	31	16.8	99.2%	8 (1.5%)	322 (61.6%)	113 (21.6%)	10 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	69 (13.2%)	41.4	892^nd of 1490 public elementary schools	40.1%		50.4	738^th of 1505 public elementary schools	51.0%	154	61.3	36.1	65.0			38.8	55.7	55.0			52.5
Charlotte East Language Academy	Public, Magnet	K-8	6108 Wilora Lake Rd	Charlotte	28212	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(980) 343-0380	594	51	11.6	99.5%	43 (7.2%)	40 (6.7%)	496 (83.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (1.9%)	61.6	536^th of 1490 public elementary schools	64.0%		32.1	1064^th of 1505 public elementary schools	29.3%	528	77.2	65.8	74.2	60.3	65.4	46.8	54.8	54.5	47.9	53.8	66.7	$12,246	$1,264	$10,982
Winterfield Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3100 Winterfield Pl	Charlotte	28205	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-6400	461	31	15.0	99.3%	28 (6.1%)	68 (14.8%)	335 (72.7%)	24 (5.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	8.3	1441^st of 1490 public elementary schools	3.3%		20.5	1277^th of 1505 public elementary schools	15.1%	164	26.7	37.1	42.6			10.5	18.6	23.5			42.6	$10,757	$1,201	$9,556
Windsor Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3910 Sudbury Rd	Charlotte	28205	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-6405	470	29	16.0	99.4%	19 (4.0%)	62 (13.2%)	343 (73.0%)	27 (5.7%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.9%)	12 (2.6%)	43.1	863^rd of 1490 public elementary schools	42.1%		35.6	1003^rd of 1505 public elementary schools	33.4%	140	70.5	62.9	67.8			24.4	51.4	39.0			49.2	$10,837	$1,304	$9,533
Esperanza Global Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	5932 Farm Pond Lane	Charlotte	28212	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(980) 343-6270	538	32	16.7	99.4%	33 (6.1%)	107 (19.9%)	355 (66.0%)	34 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.7%)	13.8	1367^th of 1490 public elementary schools	8.3%					(n/a)	64.6	36.5	33.8			17.5	22.4	19.5			36.8
Lawrence Orr Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4835 Shamrock Dr	Charlotte	28215	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-9919	751	50	15.1	99.6%	29 (3.9%)	230 (30.6%)	415 (55.3%)	54 (7.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (2.9%)	27.3	1123^rd of 1490 public elementary schools	24.6%		41.1	909^th of 1505 public elementary schools	39.6%	214	68.8	48.4	44.6			29.0	45.1	39.3			37.5	$10,043	$1,471	$8,571
Merry Oaks International Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	3508 Draper Ave	Charlotte	28205	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-6422	601	41	14.8	99.5%	23 (3.8%)	134 (22.3%)	420 (69.9%)	12 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.8%)	10.7	1408^th of 1490 public elementary schools	5.5%		9.6	1428^th of 1505 public elementary schools	5.1%	20	28.8	37.7	50.7			13.5	26.9	27.8			41.4	$11,588	$1,304	$10,284
Albemarle Road Elementary	Public	K-5	7800 Riding Trail Rd	Charlotte	28212	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-6414	711	43	16.7	99.6%	18 (2.5%)	156 (21.9%)	449 (63.2%)	75 (10.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.7%)	22.1	1243^rd of 1490 public elementary schools	16.6%		16.7	1329^th of 1505 public elementary schools	11.7%	86	62.3	45.0	38.2			34.0	45.0	30.9			35.2	$10,415	$1,158	$9,257
Idlewild Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	7101 Idlewild Rd	Charlotte	28212	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(980) 343-6411	850	50	16.9	99.6%	67 (7.9%)	215 (25.3%)	432 (50.8%)	114 (13.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (2.6%)	53.5	681^st of 1490 public elementary schools	54.3%		46.9	801^st of 1505 public elementary schools	46.8%	120	68.7	57.9	71.5			40.5	44.2	52.8			65.9	$10,358	$1,242	$9,115
Oakhurst STEAM Academy	Public, Magnet	K-5	4511 Monroe Rd	Charlotte	28205	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(980) 343-6482	523	31	16.9	99.2%	64 (12.2%)	197 (37.7%)	201 (38.4%)	31 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	28 (5.4%)	38.8	940^th of 1490 public elementary schools	36.9%		25.8	1182^nd of 1505 public elementary schools	21.5%	242	67.6	58.2	47.9			35.2	48.1	42.6			56.4	$9,789	$1,264	$8,524

Frequently Asked Questions about Movement School Eastland

What is the racial makeup of Movement School Eastland?

Students at Movement School Eastland are 62% African American, 22% Hispanic, 13% Two or more races, 2% Asian, 2% White.

What district is Movement School Eastland in?

Movement School Eastland

How many students attend Movement School Eastland?

In the 2024-25 school year, 523 students attended Movement School Eastland.

Is Movement School Eastland a good school?

Movement School Eastland ranks 892^nd of 1490 North Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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