Long Creek Elementary

Summary:

Long Creek Elementary is a public magnet elementary school in Huntersville, North Carolina, serving 476 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district, which is ranked 140 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Long Creek Elementary faces significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance across all grade levels and subjects compared to the district and state averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 23.9% of 3rd-grade students were proficient or better in reading, compared to 47.5% in the district and 48.7% statewide. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 25% of North Carolina elementary schools for female students, male students, Hispanic students, students with disabilities, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Additionally, Long Creek Elementary has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 38.71% to 52.73% over the past three school years, indicating a high concentration of students from low-income families.

While some nearby schools, such as Blythe Elementary and North Academy of World Languages, perform significantly better than Long Creek Elementary, others, like Statesville Road Elementary and Hornets Nest Elementary, also struggle with low academic achievement. This suggests that the challenges faced by Long Creek Elementary may be reflective of broader issues within the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district, and addressing the underlying factors, such as socioeconomic status and racial disparities, could be crucial in improving the educational outcomes at Long Creek Elementary and other similar schools in the district.


Detail:

Public, Magnet K-5

 9213-A Beatties Ford Rd
       Huntersville, NC  28078-8464


(980) 343-6095

District: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
1302nd of 1,505 North Carolina Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,169 Help


Students who attend Long Creek Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Francis Bradley Middle
High:    Hopewell High School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.0 Help
Number of students:  476

Racial breakdown:

African American:
64.7%
Hispanic:
19.5%
White:
7.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  52.7% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Long Creek Elementary ranks worse than 86.5% of elementary schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 83rd among 109 ranked elementary schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.69. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (64.7%), Hispanic (19.5%), White (7.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 52.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Long Creek Elementary is 14, which is the 18th best among 109 elementary schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Long Creek Elementary is $11,169, which is the 29th highest among 109 elementary schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Long Creek Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Long Creek Elementary 1302nd of 1505 North Carolina public elementary schools. (See Long Creek Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 140th of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Long Creek Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Long Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 43.60 813th 1276 36.3%
2007 54.06 666th 1293 48.5%
2008 63.07 492nd 1324 62.8%
2009 63.10 545th 1354 59.7%
2010 55.10 700th 1363 48.6%
2011 64.18 537th 1381 61.1%
2012 53.25 724th 1388 47.8%
2013 55.46 577th 1403 58.9%
2014 52.85 649th 1390 53.3%
2015 50.51 744th 1440 48.3%
2016 61.95 531st 1425 62.7%
2017 62.88 524th 1429 63.3%
2018 49.56 759th 1434 47.1%
2019 41.14 903rd 1473 38.7%
2021 19.41 1221st 1489 18.0%
2022 27.78 1124th 1514 25.8%
2023 33.66 1027th 1502 31.6%
2024 18.69 1302nd 1505 13.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Long Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 33.32 258th 385 33.0%
2022 48.33 207th 485 57.3%
2023 37.43 312th 514 39.3%
2024 40.37 302nd 533 43.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Long Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 28.18 632nd 801 21.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Long Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.68 656th 1332 50.8%
2019 49.26 692nd 1361 49.2%
2021 22.75 1084th 1329 18.4%
2022 43.04 783rd 1366 42.7%
2023 34.59 989th 1437 31.2%
2024 26.23 1199th 1450 17.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Long Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.15 849th 1405 39.6%
2019 43.34 851st 1424 40.2%
2021 14.42 1290th 1440 10.4%
2022 27.58 1111th 1458 23.8%
2023 32.24 1030th 1459 29.4%
2024 12.49 1360th 1455 6.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Long Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.28 608th 897 32.2%
2021 20.16 597th 646 7.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Long Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.21 646th 1413 54.3%
2019 39.71 928th 1430 35.1%
2021 25.88 1068th 1444 26.0%
2022 29.32 1079th 1464 26.3%
2023 36.40 976th 1461 33.2%
2024 27.55 1134th 1464 22.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Long Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.24 221st 927 76.2%
2019 64.32 264th 949 72.2%
2021 40.74 492nd 896 45.1%
2022 47.49 440th 927 52.5%
2023 59.64 310th 933 66.8%
2024 37.16 618th 924 33.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Long Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.13 219th 851 74.3%
2019 60.35 303rd 865 65.0%
2021 37.86 515th 843 38.9%
2022 53.54 358th 893 59.9%
2023 33.73 637th 915 30.4%
2024 24.62 805th 951 15.4%
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Rank History for White students at Long Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.16 391st 1178 66.8%
2019 53.36 560th 1183 52.7%
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Data source: test scores: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Long Creek Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 428 219 0 1 10 n/a n/a 0 658
1989 438 215 1 4 9 n/a n/a 2 669
1990 495 238 1 3 9 n/a n/a 0 746
1991 465 236 1 5 10 n/a n/a 0 717
1992 434 101 0 4 9 n/a n/a 0 548
1993 453 119 2 5 4 n/a n/a 16 599
1994 468 133 5 9 4 n/a n/a 0 619
1995 523 133 9 4 6 n/a n/a 0 675
1996 523 133 9 4 6 n/a n/a 0 675
1997 525 167 8 7 9 n/a n/a 0 716
1998 442 129 7 9 3 n/a n/a -6 584
1999 371 244 5 9 0 n/a n/a 0 629
2000 334 242 4 8 1 n/a n/a 0 589
2001 324 204 15 5 2 n/a n/a 0 550
2002 402 142 16 17 3 n/a n/a 0 580
2003 402 142 16 17 3 n/a n/a 0 580
2004 452 164 18 19 4 n/a n/a 0 657
2005 562 157 17 22 4 n/a n/a 0 762
2006 404 192 14 23 5 n/a n/a 0 638
2007 459 175 10 45 4 n/a n/a 19 712
2008 442 182 17 70 7 n/a n/a 24 742
2009 187 215 12 29 5 n/a n/a 0 448
2010 194 244 14 29 5 n/a n/a 0 486
2011 173 219 19 29 3 0 31 0 474
2012 163 307 18 42 3 0 22 0 555
2013 163 257 24 51 2 0 20 0 517
2014 143 260 26 55 1 0 14 0 499
2015 130 228 22 62 1 0 12 0 455
2016 125 222 21 71 5 0 16 0 460
2017 83 282 22 62 4 0 19 0 472
2018 80 266 20 70 3 1 16 0 456
2019 72 312 24 77 3 1 15 0 504
2020 67 324 22 81 1 0 33 0 528
2021 53 334 18 87 2 1 17 0 512
2022 46 321 13 92 2 2 20 0 496
2023 35 308 15 93 3 2 20 0 476

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Long Creek Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 658 29.0 22.6 21.3
1989 669 33.0 20.2 30
1990 746 34.0 21.9 24
1991 717 39.0 18.3 25
1992 548 39.0 14.0 28.1
1993 599 32.0 18.7 26.9
1994 619 32.0 19.3 23.7
1995 675 38.0 17.8 24.7
1996 675 38.0 17.8 24.7
1997 716 42.0 17.0 25.8
1998 584 36.0 16.2 35.9
1999 629 36.0 17.5 40.2
2000 589 36.0 16.4 53
2001 550 36.0 15.3 52.4
2002 580 36.0 16.1 29.8
2003 580 36.0 16.1 29.8
2004 657 36.0 18.3 29.1
2005 762 36.0 21.2 24.8
2006 638 36.0 17.7 22.6
2007 712 n/a n/a 21.6
2008 742 48.5 15.3 20.8
2009 448 32.0 14.0 31
2010 486 28.5 17.0 42
2011 474 31.8 14.8 44.3
2012 555 33.5 16.5 50.6
2013 517 32.1 16.0 52.2
2014 499 37.1 13.4 53.1
2015 455 32.0 14.2 55.2
2016 460 30.0 15.3 53
2017 472 29.3 16.1 53
2018 456 30.9 14.7 50.7
2019 504 35.3 14.2 50.6
2020 528 36.1 14.6 53.6
2021 512 37.0 13.8 45.1
2022 496 41.4 11.9 38.7
2023 476 33.9 14.0 52.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Long Creek Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 658 29.0 22.6 21.3
1989 669 33.0 20.2 30
1990 746 34.0 21.9 24
1991 717 39.0 18.3 25
1992 548 39.0 14.0 28.1
1993 599 32.0 18.7 26.9
1994 619 32.0 19.3 23.7
1995 675 38.0 17.8 24.7
1996 675 38.0 17.8 24.7
1997 716 42.0 17.0 25.8
1998 584 36.0 16.2 35.9
1999 629 36.0 17.5 40.2
2000 589 36.0 16.4 53
2001 550 36.0 15.3 52.4
2002 580 36.0 16.1 29.8
2003 580 36.0 16.1 29.8
2004 657 36.0 18.3 29.1
2005 762 36.0 21.2 24.8
2006 638 36.0 17.7 22.6
2007 712 n/a n/a 21.6
2008 742 48.5 15.3 20.8
2009 448 32.0 14.0 31
2010 486 28.5 17.0 42
2011 474 31.8 14.8 44.3
2012 555 33.5 16.5 50.6
2013 517 32.1 16.0 52.2
2014 499 37.1 13.4 53.1
2015 455 32.0 14.2 55.2
2016 460 30.0 15.3 53
2017 472 29.3 16.1 53
2018 456 30.9 14.7 50.7
2019 504 35.3 14.2 50.6
2020 528 36.1 14.6 53.6
2021 512 37.0 13.8 45.1
2022 496 41.4 11.9 38.7
2023 476 33.9 14.0 52.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Long Creek Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $798 (7.1%) $10,372 (92.9%) $11,169

Data source: North Carolina Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Long Creek Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 903rd of 1473 Elementary schoolsRanks 1027th of 1502 Elementary schools
 7.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Long Creek Elementary)58.653.4
 5.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools)69.661.3
 8.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)64.361.1
 3.2%
3rd Grade Reading (Long Creek Elementary)55.236.4
 18.8%
   3rd Grade Reading (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools)57.346.4
 10.9%
   3rd Grade Reading (North Carolina)56.848
 8.8%
4th Grade Mathematics (Long Creek Elementary)56.132.4
 23.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools)63.255.2
 8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)57.355.3
 2%
4th Grade Reading (Long Creek Elementary)5043.7
 6.3%
   4th Grade Reading (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools)52.551.5
 1%
   4th Grade Reading (North Carolina)57.355.3
 2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Long Creek Elementary)57.153.8
 3.3%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools)65.457.9
 7.5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)60.255.9
 4.3%
5th Grade Reading (Long Creek Elementary)51.242.3
 8.9%
   5th Grade Reading (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools)5045.8
 4.2%
   5th Grade Reading (North Carolina)54.648
 6.6%
5th Grade Science (Long Creek Elementary)59.557.7
 1.8%
   5th Grade Science (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools)72.862.2
 10.6%
   5th Grade Science (North Carolina)72.665.3
 7.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students504476
 5.6%
African American312308
 1.3%
American Indian33
Asian2415
 37.5%
Hispanic7793
 20.8%
Pacific Islander12
 100%
White7235
 51.4%
Two or More Races1520
 33.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients50.6%52.7%
 2.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Long Creek Elementary

Long Creek Elementary ranks in the bottom 13.5% of North Carolina elementary schools.

Students at Long Creek Elementary are 65% African American, 20% Hispanic, 7% White, 4% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 476 students attended Long Creek Elementary.

Students who attend Long Creek Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Francis Bradley Middle
High : Hopewell High School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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