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Crown Point Elementary

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Crown Point Elementary ranks 568 th of 1492 North Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

568^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,492 North Carolina Elementary Schools

Better than 62% of North Carolina elementary schools

Summary

Crown Point Elementary is a public PK–5 school serving 657 students in Matthews, NC, in the southeastern part of the Charlotte area, as part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. The school has improved quickly: in just two years, it moved from outperforming roughly 30% of North Carolina elementary schools to outperforming about 62% of them in 2025–26 — a 3-star rating that places it 568th out of nearly 1,500 elementary schools statewide. That progress is especially notable because 99.5% of its students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a level of economic disadvantage that typically makes strong rankings far harder to earn.

Those results stand out even more when compared with nearby schools serving very similar student populations. Among the cluster of elementary schools within a few miles where roughly 99% of students also qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, Crown Point Elementary is the highest-ranked. Mint Hill Elementary School, just 1.2 miles away and with nearly identical demographics, sits in the 38th percentile; Crown Point Elementary outperforms it in every tested subject and grade. Greenway Park Elementary, 1.8 miles away, posts a 5th grade reading proficiency of just 27.0% versus 58.1% at Crown Point Elementary. Crown Point Elementary now meets or exceeds North Carolina state averages in nearly every subject and grade, with its strongest results in 5th grade math and science.

Chronic absenteeism at Crown Point Elementary is 19.9%, well below the 26.8% rate for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools as a whole. The same group of students now in 4th grade jumped from 36.8% to 55.8% reading proficiency in a single year, and the school's gifted program ranks in the top 4% among North Carolina elementary schools. The only nearby schools ranked higher, Elizabeth Lane Elementary and Matthews Elementary, serve much wealthier families, with just 15.5% and 31.0% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, so their higher scores mostly reflect differences in family income rather than school quality. For a high-poverty school, improvement this broad and this fast points to strong teaching and support happening inside Crown Point Elementary.

657

Students ?

16.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

Community Eligibility

All students receive free meals (2024-25) ?

3335 Sam Newell Rd
Matthews, NC 28105-7444

(980) 343-6535

District: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Students who attend Crown Point Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Mint Hill Middle
High:	Butler High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

34.9%

Hispanic:

30.7%

White:

16.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 30th percentile in 2024 → 62nd in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 62nd (2026) from a 30th-percentile low (2024)

✓Above the North Carolina median (62nd percentile)

Worth a look

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

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school64%

District avg64%

North Carolina avg61%

568^th of 1,492

North Carolina public elementary schools ?

Top 38%▼ down 6 pts since 2016

From top 32% (2016) to top 38% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

105^th of 246Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 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
2026	60.6	568 of 1492	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2025	48.4	767 of 1490	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.4	1059 of 1505	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	47.7	804 of 1502	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	47.7	781 of 1514	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	57.0	615 of 1489	58.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	58.0	618 of 1473	58.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	53.7	683 of 1434	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2017	60.8	562 of 1429	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2016	65.7	463 of 1425	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2015	74.5	332 of 1440	76.9%	★★★★☆
2014	65.0	469 of 1390	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2013	70.4	349 of 1403	75.1%	★★★★☆
2012	63.5	540 of 1388	61.1%	★★★☆☆
2011	68.2	447 of 1381	67.6%	★★★☆☆
2010	68.8	416 of 1363	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2009	69.5	409 of 1354	69.8%	★★★☆☆
2008	60.7	537 of 1324	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2007	66.5	413 of 1293	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2006	65.3	431 of 1276	66.2%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	71.4	184 of 903	79.6%	★★★★☆
2025	72.9	170 of 918	81.5%	★★★★☆
2024	46.3	477 of 924	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	74.4	161 of 933	82.7%	★★★★☆
2022	72.7	166 of 927	82.1%	★★★★☆
2021	77.1	107 of 896	88.1%	★★★★☆
2019	79.5	104 of 949	89.0%	★★★★☆
2018	81.3	93 of 927	90.0%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	35.3	102 of 134	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	8.7	121 of 131	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.7	120 of 130	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	21.6	96 of 114	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2019	55.2	304 of 878	65.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	20.8	809 of 897	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	77.8	61 of 519	88.2%	★★★★☆
2025	72.6	81 of 563	85.6%	★★★★☆
2024	57.1	165 of 533	69.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	56.4	162 of 514	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.4	206 of 485	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	69.2	57 of 385	85.2%	★★★★☆
2019	61.3	127 of 497	74.4%	★★★★☆
2018	59.7	121 of 421	71.3%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	60.3	536 of 1447	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2025	62.9	490 of 1451	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	35.8	988 of 1455	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.2	863 of 1459	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.9	785 of 1458	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	58.1	561 of 1440	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	52.2	712 of 1424	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	60.2	582 of 1405	58.6%	★★★☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	69.2	31 of 743	95.8%	★★★★★
2025	70.8	28 of 710	96.1%	★★★★★
2022	70.1	59 of 500	88.2%	★★★★☆
2021	33.4	417 of 494	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	64.3	276 of 981	71.9%	★★★★☆
2025	46.0	525 of 961	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.8	596 of 951	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.9	584 of 915	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.4	592 of 893	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	52.7	336 of 843	60.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	54.9	362 of 865	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	51.2	409 of 851	51.9%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	79.4	167 of 1434	88.4%	★★★★☆
2025	68.1	348 of 1437	75.8%	★★★★☆
2024	43.1	866 of 1450	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	65.8	397 of 1437	72.4%	★★★★☆
2022	65.7	347 of 1366	74.6%	★★★★☆
2021	67.6	288 of 1329	78.3%	★★★★☆
2019	71.2	290 of 1361	78.7%	★★★★☆
2018	61.0	473 of 1332	64.5%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	58.9	581 of 1451	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2025	34.9	994 of 1450	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.8	1082 of 1464	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	52.9	695 of 1461	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.5	746 of 1464	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	54.4	623 of 1444	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	62.1	497 of 1430	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	47.1	809 of 1413	42.7%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	61.4	216 of 821	73.7%	★★★★☆
2024	23.5	705 of 801	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	56.0	504 of 1146	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2025	49.3	610 of 1172	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.7	831 of 1166	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	55.5	536 of 1183	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	52.0	590 of 1194	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	63.3	398 of 1172	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	62.2	435 of 1183	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	50.1	636 of 1178	46.0%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Gifted and Talented (2026)96th percentile+34 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)88th percentile+26 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)88th percentile+26 vs school

African American (2026)80th percentile+18 vs school

Special Education (2025)74th percentile+25 vs school

Hispanic (2026)72nd percentile+10 vs school

Disabled (2019)65th percentile+7 vs school

Female (2026)63rd percentile~ school

Male (2026)60th percentile~ school

White (2026)56th percentile-6 vs school

Asian (2026)24th percentile-38 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2025-2026) ?

Science72%+4 vs state

Mathematics67%+4 vs state

Reading58%~ state avg

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Teachers are biased against non-black children, and withhold their education. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOG Mathematics (2026)			EOG Reading (2026)			EOG Science (2026)	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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Crown Point Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3335 Sam Newell Rd	Matthews	28105	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-6535	657	40	16.3	—	108 (16.4%)	229 (34.9%)	202 (30.7%)	82 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.5%)	60.6	568^th of 1492 public elementary schools	61.9%		48.4	767^th of 1490 public elementary schools	48.5%	199	68.4	63.7	69.9	59.2	55.8	58.1	72.0	$9,807	$712	$9,095
Mint Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	11615 Idlewild Road	Matthews	28105	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(980) 343-0926	864	52	16.5	—	261 (30.2%)	244 (28.2%)	260 (30.1%)	52 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	45 (5.2%)	39	921^st of 1492 public elementary schools	38.3%		38.7	943^rd of 1490 public elementary schools	36.7%	22	62.2	62.8	50.6	44.4	43.4	56.2	59.9
Piney Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8801 Eaglewind Dr	Charlotte	28212	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-6470	441	34	13.0	—	25 (5.7%)	101 (22.9%)	225 (51.0%)	74 (16.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.2%)	45.8	807^th of 1492 public elementary schools	45.9%		44	846^th of 1490 public elementary schools	43.2%	39	59.7	62.3	63.2	47.4	50.7	54.4	66.7	$10,334	$1,041	$9,292
Greenway Park Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	8301 Monroe Rd	Charlotte	28212	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(980) 343-5060	511	43	11.8	—	57 (11.2%)	173 (33.9%)	242 (47.4%)	10 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.5%)	29.1	1113^th of 1492 public elementary schools	25.4%		27.2	1128^th of 1490 public elementary schools	24.3%	15	67.4	50.0	61.1	34.9	38.8	27.0	58.9	$11,123	$1,196	$9,927
Lebanon Road Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7300 Lebanon Rd	Charlotte	28227	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-3640	488	34	14.3	—	36 (7.4%)	109 (22.3%)	249 (51.0%)	67 (13.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.3%)	43.2	856^th of 1492 public elementary schools	42.6%		42.6	869^th of 1490 public elementary schools	41.7%	13	65.1	55.4	57.0	57.1	42.2	57.3	60.5	$10,696	$1,260	$9,436
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	—	67 (7.9%)	215 (25.3%)	432 (50.8%)	114 (13.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (2.6%)	59.8	584^th of 1492 public elementary schools	60.9%		53.5	681^st of 1490 public elementary schools	54.3%	97	79.2	66.1	73.4	55.6	49.6	51.8	70.6	$10,358	$1,242	$9,115
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	—	18 (2.5%)	156 (21.9%)	449 (63.2%)	75 (10.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.7%)	32.5	1048^th of 1492 public elementary schools	29.8%		22.1	1243^rd of 1490 public elementary schools	16.6%	195	59.4	55.9	50.0	45.3	51.0	44.0	54.5	$10,415	$1,158	$9,257
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	—	33 (6.1%)	107 (19.9%)	355 (66.0%)	34 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.7%)	24.9	1193^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	20.0%		13.8	1367^th of 1490 public elementary schools	8.3%	174	61.0	47.0	63.3	23.4	25.3	32.9	60.8
Matthews Elementary	Public	K-5	200 E McDowell St	Matthews	28105	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-3940	726	44	16.5	31.0%	445 (61.3%)	86 (11.8%)	125 (17.2%)	26 (3.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (5.9%)	89.2	128^th of 1492 public elementary schools	91.4%		81.8	223^rd of 1490 public elementary schools	85.0%	95	84.0	79.5	81.2	76.8	77.9	75.2	84.6	$8,250	$417	$7,833
Rama Road Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1035 Rama Rd	Charlotte	28211	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-6730	560	32	17.3	—	143 (25.5%)	194 (34.6%)	180 (32.1%)	18 (3.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (3.9%)	39.4	916^th of 1492 public elementary schools	38.6%		39.4	929^th of 1490 public elementary schools	37.7%	13	43.9	59.0	61.0	41.5	52.6	51.9	68.8	$11,718	$1,340	$10,377

Frequently Asked Questions about Crown Point Elementary

How many students attend Crown Point Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 657 students attended Crown Point Elementary.

Is Crown Point Elementary a good school?

Crown Point Elementary ranks 568^th of 1492 North Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Crown Point Elementary?

Students at Crown Point Elementary are 35% African American, 31% Hispanic, 16% White, 12% Asian, 5% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Crown Point Elementary attend?

Students who attend Crown Point Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Mint Hill Middle
High : Butler High School

What district is Crown Point Elementary in?

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

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