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Newell Elementary

Public Grades K-5

1397^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,490 North Carolina Elementary Schools

Better than 6% of North Carolina elementary schools

Summary

Newell Elementary is a public elementary school in Charlotte, North Carolina, serving 574 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district, which is ranked 119 out of 242 districts in the state.

Newell Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of North Carolina elementary schools, with a 0 or 1 out of 5 star rating from SchoolDigger. The school significantly underperforms the district and state in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 36.8% of 3rd graders at Newell Elementary were proficient or better in mathematics, compared to 66.7% for the district and 64.1% for the state. The school's reading proficiency rates are particularly low, with only 22.2% of 3rd graders, 34.4% of 4th graders, and 25.5% of 5th graders meeting or exceeding proficiency.

While Newell Elementary faces significant challenges due to its high-poverty student population, the school's relatively small class sizes and per-student spending levels that are on par with the district suggest potential for improvement with the right interventions and strategies. Nearby schools like Devonshire Elementary and University Meadows Elementary also serve high-poverty student populations but generally perform better than Newell Elementary, while the Vaughan Academy of Technology, a public magnet school, demonstrates that high-poverty schools can achieve strong academic outcomes with the right resources and approach.

554

Students ?

13.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,891

Per pupil spending ?

99.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

325 Rocky River Road West
Charlotte, NC 28213-5015

(980) 343-6820

District: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Students who attend Newell Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Martin Luther King Junior Middle
High:	Julius L. Chambers High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

65.3%

African American:

28.7%

Asian:

2.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 18th percentile in 2015 → 6th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (33% vs 57% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 12 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school33%

District avg59%

North Carolina avg57%

1,397^th of 1,490

North Carolina public elementary schools ?

Bottom 6%▼ down 12 pts since 2015

From bottom 18% (2015) to bottom 6% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

100^th of 109Elementary Schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

119^th of 242Charlotte-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
2025	11.7	1397 of 1490	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.1	1424 of 1505	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.4	1436 of 1502	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.2	1480 of 1514	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.0	1383 of 1489	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	24.5	1195 of 1473	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.6	1112 of 1434	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	23.8	1174 of 1429	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	18.0	1236 of 1425	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	22.3	1182 of 1440	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	35.6	923 of 1390	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2013	37.5	894 of 1403	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2012	34.5	1018 of 1388	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	38.5	944 of 1381	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2010	36.4	982 of 1363	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	31.7	1015 of 1354	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	18.1	1155 of 1324	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	22.0	1121 of 1293	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	34.1	955 of 1276	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	22.9	787 of 918	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.6	716 of 924	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.6	793 of 933	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.0	871 of 927	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	31.7	624 of 896	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.8	597 of 949	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.4	446 of 927	51.9%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	29.4	431 of 563	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.0	483 of 533	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	27.5	399 of 514	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.8	437 of 485	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.6	371 of 385	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	50.0	205 of 497	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	40.7	244 of 421	42.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	10.2	1390 of 1451	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.5	1410 of 1455	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.9	1419 of 1459	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.9	1402 of 1458	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.9	1333 of 1440	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	28.7	1099 of 1424	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.6	1080 of 1405	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	23.1	822 of 961	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.4	871 of 951	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	20.7	817 of 915	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.0	860 of 893	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	16.7	791 of 843	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	42.1	514 of 865	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	46.0	471 of 851	44.7%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	44.0	6 of 11	45.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	25.7	21 of 30	30.0%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	24.8	1220 of 1437	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.4	1195 of 1450	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.8	1343 of 1437	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.2	1344 of 1366	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	20.8	1131 of 1329	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.7	996 of 1361	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	40.2	853 of 1332	36.0%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	16.5	1317 of 1450	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.4	1342 of 1464	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.4	1358 of 1461	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.2	1434 of 1464	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.8	1364 of 1444	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	21.7	1214 of 1430	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.0	1120 of 1413	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	21.2	751 of 821	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	23.3	707 of 801	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Homeless (2025)45th percentile+39 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)23rd percentile+17 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)15th percentile+9 vs school

Hispanic (2025)14th percentile+8 vs school

African American (2025)14th percentile+8 vs school

Male (2025)9th percentile+3 vs school

Special Education (2025)9th percentile~ school

Female (2025)4th percentile~ school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics42%-19 vs state

Reading27%-25 vs state

Science26%-36 vs state

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What people are saying

by a citizen
Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Great school - great teachers and very amazing atmosphere! Close Quote

by a parent
Saturday, January 14, 2012

The teachers at this school are exceptional, only limited by the disorganized, willfully noncommunicative so called administrators. This school does not facilitate the use of weekly spelling/vocabulary exams or the use of the accelerated reader program, both of which I find critical to the success of young children (with regards to standardized testing). The administration has multiple issues, beginning with miscommunication, hostility towards parent(s) whom express concern/dissent with their policies and a principal who finds it inconvenient to even speak with students's parents by phone when requested. This school needs an administrative overhaul, so that those who "run" the school are just as efficient as the teachers whom the school employs. 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 Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Newell Elementary	Public	K-5	325 Rocky River Road West	Charlotte	28213	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-6820	554	42	13.2	99.5%	12 (2.2%)	159 (28.7%)	362 (65.3%)	14 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (0.9%)	11.7	1397^th of 1490 public elementary schools	6.2%		10.1	1424^th of 1505 public elementary schools	5.4%	27	36.8	45.6	43.9				22.2	34.4	25.5				25.8		$9,891	$1,089	$8,802
Vaughan Academy of Technology	Public, Magnet	K-5	8601 Old Concord Rd	Charlotte	28213	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-0030	309	20	15.2	99.0%	18 (5.8%)	195 (63.1%)	76 (24.6%)	10 (3.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.6%)	72.6	352^nd of 1490 public elementary schools	76.4%		72.6	362^nd of 1505 public elementary schools	75.9%	10	81.6	58.6	71.4				67.3	56.9	71.4				65.7		$9,792	$720	$9,072
Gov's Village STEM (Lower)	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-4	7910 Neal Rd	Charlotte	28262	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(980) 343-5268	784	47	16.6	99.6%	22 (2.8%)	420 (53.6%)	204 (26.0%)	112 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (3.2%)	22.1	1242^nd of 1490 public elementary schools	16.6%		20.4	1278^th of 1505 public elementary schools	15.1%	36	39.4	44.5					32.3	49.3							$9,622	$1,382	$8,241
United Community School	Public, Charter	K-8	1406 Suther Road	Charlotte	28213	Mecklenburg County	United Community School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(980) 819-0555	250	19	13.0		16 (6.4%)	135 (54.0%)	69 (27.6%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (10.4%)	33.5	1028^th of 1490 public elementary schools	31.0%		29.6	1107^th of 1505 public elementary schools	26.4%	79	50.0	10.7	50.0	33.3	25.0	27.3	46.7	46.4	59.1	33.3	37.5	45.5	68.2	45.5
Joseph W Grier Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	8330 Grier Rd	Charlotte	28215	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-5671	529	33	16.2	99.4%	30 (5.7%)	239 (45.2%)	223 (42.2%)	25 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.3%)	19.1	1294^th of 1490 public elementary schools	13.2%		19.3	1297^th of 1505 public elementary schools	13.8%	3	37.2	44.7	48.8				33.3	41.7	34.1				39.0		$10,343	$1,072	$9,271
Hidden Valley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5100 Snow White Ln	Charlotte	28213	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-6810	808	49	16.4	99.6%	16 (2.0%)	252 (31.2%)	522 (64.6%)	10 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	5 (0.6%)	3.8	1478^th of 1490 public elementary schools	0.8%		7.2	1457^th of 1505 public elementary schools	3.2%	21	35.2	29.2	24.8				12.7	25.8	16.5				26.7		$10,096	$1,186	$8,910
Grove Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7515 The Plaza	Charlotte	28215	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(980) 343-6900	740	42	17.6	99.6%	57 (7.7%)	252 (34.1%)	360 (48.6%)	42 (5.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	27 (3.6%)	27.1	1134^th of 1490 public elementary schools	23.9%					(n/a)	49.6	44.0	47.1				30.2	46.8	47.1				48.5
Briarwood Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	1001 Wilann Dr	Charlotte	28215	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-6475	649	39	16.5	99.5%	15 (2.3%)	166 (25.6%)	418 (64.4%)	31 (4.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	16 (2.5%)	27.1	1132^nd of 1490 public elementary schools	24.0%		23.9	1209^th of 1505 public elementary schools	19.7%	77	46.8	50.5	54.0				24.5	42.9	44.8				49.4		$10,516	$1,259	$9,257
KIPP Charlotte	Public, Charter	K-8	931 Wilann Dr	Charlotte	28215	Mecklenburg County	KIPP: Charlotte	Yes	No	No	Yes	(704) 537-2044	813	50	16.3	98.9%	5 (0.6%)	661 (81.3%)	103 (12.7%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	41 (5.0%)	18.6	1306^th of 1490 public elementary schools	12.3%		17.2	1322^nd of 1505 public elementary schools	12.2%	16	44.6	44.4	37.2	25.6	28.2	13.3	26.5	37.8	47.4	33.7	38.5	34.7	51.3	65.3
Devonshire Elementary	Public	K-5	6500 Barrington Dr	Charlotte	28215	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-6445	550	32	17.2	99.5%	17 (3.1%)	125 (22.7%)	394 (71.6%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	4 (0.7%)	9.8	1425^th of 1490 public elementary schools	4.4%		3.9	1486^th of 1505 public elementary schools	1.3%	61	25.8	32.9	45.5				8.1	30.2	23.4				48.1		$9,844	$1,144	$8,700

Frequently Asked Questions about Newell Elementary

What district is Newell Elementary in?

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Is Newell Elementary a good school?

Newell Elementary ranks in the bottom 6.2% of North Carolina elementary schools.

How many students attend Newell Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 554 students attended Newell Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Newell Elementary attend?

Students who attend Newell Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Martin Luther King Junior Middle
High : Julius L. Chambers High School

What is the racial makeup of Newell Elementary?

Students at Newell Elementary are 65% Hispanic, 29% African American, 3% Asian, 2% White.

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