Steele Creek Elementary

Summary:

Steele Creek Elementary is a public elementary school in Charlotte, North Carolina, serving students from kindergarten to 5th grade. With a diverse student population, the school faces significant academic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom half of North Carolina elementary schools over the past decade.

Steele Creek Elementary's performance on state assessments is generally below the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district and North Carolina state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. While the school's African American and Hispanic students perform better than the overall school, the performance of English Language Learners and students with disabilities is significantly lower, ranking in the bottom 10% and bottom 50% of North Carolina elementary schools, respectively. The high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, at 54.52%, may be a contributing factor to the school's academic challenges.

Compared to nearby schools, such as South Academy of International Languages, Winget Park Elementary, and Southwest Charlotte STEM Academy, Steele Creek Elementary's performance is generally lower, with these nearby schools often outperforming the district and state averages. The school's student-teacher ratio of 14:1 may suggest that additional resources and support are needed to address the specific needs of the diverse student population.


Detail:

Public K-5

 4100 Gallant Ln
       Charlotte, NC  28273-3201


(980) 343-3810

District: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
838th of 1,505 North Carolina Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,484 Help


Students who attend Steele Creek Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Kennedy Middle
High:    Olympic High School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.2 Help
Number of students:  432

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
50.2%
African American:
37.7%
White:
4.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  99.3% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Steele Creek Elementary ranks worse than 55.7% of elementary schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 55th 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 44.79. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (50.2%), African American (37.7%), White (4.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 99.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Steele Creek Elementary is 13.2, which is the 18th best among 109 elementary schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools District. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Steele Creek Elementary is $9,484. 81 elementary schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Steele Creek Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Steele Creek Elementary 838th of 1505 North Carolina public elementary schools. (See Steele Creek Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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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 Steele Creek Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Steele Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 44.11 804th 1276 37.0%
2007 36.17 950th 1293 26.5%
2008 40.81 856th 1324 35.3%
2009 44.42 859th 1354 36.6%
2010 47.13 822nd 1363 39.7%
2011 42.97 883rd 1381 36.1%
2012 36.45 994th 1388 28.4%
2013 31.53 1012th 1403 27.9%
2014 36.35 908th 1390 34.7%
2015 28.25 1106th 1440 23.2%
2016 42.37 887th 1425 37.8%
2017 45.62 822nd 1429 42.5%
2018 41.00 910th 1434 36.5%
2019 38.26 958th 1473 35.0%
2021 17.25 1262nd 1489 15.2%
2022 18.07 1314th 1514 13.2%
2023 36.11 990th 1502 34.1%
2024 44.79 838th 1505 44.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Steele Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.92 107th 421 74.6%
2019 46.32 240th 497 51.7%
2021 30.59 282nd 385 26.8%
2022 21.24 442nd 485 8.9%
2023 57.91 151st 514 70.6%
2024 67.90 94th 533 82.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Steele Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.41 727th 1332 45.4%
2019 52.72 629th 1361 53.8%
2021 23.09 1075th 1329 19.1%
2022 40.77 833rd 1366 39.0%
2023 50.12 718th 1437 50.0%
2024 59.53 521st 1450 64.1%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Steele Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.85 947th 1405 32.6%
2019 40.40 901st 1424 36.7%
2021 13.67 1304th 1440 9.4%
2022 16.74 1309th 1458 10.2%
2023 32.84 1010th 1459 30.8%
2024 46.73 769th 1455 47.1%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Steele Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.36 606th 897 32.4%
2019 15.60 838th 878 4.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Steele Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.15 859th 1413 39.2%
2019 36.94 991st 1430 30.7%
2021 22.29 1139th 1444 21.1%
2022 21.04 1210th 1464 17.3%
2023 40.19 915th 1461 37.4%
2024 44.70 833rd 1464 43.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Steele Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.68 244th 927 73.7%
2019 70.72 191st 949 79.9%
2021 34.37 583rd 896 34.9%
2022 36.21 601st 927 35.2%
2023 43.43 511th 933 45.2%
2024 59.31 301st 924 67.4%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Elementary Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Steele Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.12 333rd 851 60.9%
2019 41.01 535th 865 38.2%
2021 28.54 660th 843 21.7%
2022 31.80 674th 893 24.5%
2023 53.17 384th 915 58.0%
2024 59.63 321st 951 66.2%
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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 Steele Creek Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 473 297 2 4 0 n/a n/a 0 776
1989 504 302 6 5 1 n/a n/a 0 818
1990 565 334 18 4 1 n/a n/a 0 922
1991 593 337 19 7 2 n/a n/a 0 958
1992 618 338 15 12 1 n/a n/a 0 984
1993 414 264 18 8 2 n/a n/a 0 706
1994 374 272 14 14 5 n/a n/a 0 679
1995 317 215 21 18 7 n/a n/a 0 578
1996 317 215 21 18 7 n/a n/a 0 578
1997 239 172 30 13 10 n/a n/a 0 464
1998 231 176 41 11 6 n/a n/a 0 465
1999 317 328 56 21 7 n/a n/a 0 729
2000 344 378 70 27 4 n/a n/a 0 823
2001 358 393 79 51 2 n/a n/a 0 883
2002 311 458 79 102 8 n/a n/a 0 958
2003 311 458 79 102 8 n/a n/a 0 958
2004 272 493 85 146 10 n/a n/a 0 1006
2005 246 536 78 220 7 n/a n/a 0 1087
2006 225 541 91 275 4 n/a n/a 0 1136
2007 192 475 95 298 4 n/a n/a 57 1121
2008 170 484 96 361 3 n/a n/a 56 1170
2009 173 544 104 387 4 n/a n/a 0 1212
2010 104 337 48 236 0 n/a n/a 0 725
2011 89 326 42 237 0 0 32 0 726
2012 95 365 40 252 1 0 22 0 775
2013 91 341 33 251 3 0 10 0 729
2014 74 348 41 250 1 0 14 0 728
2015 62 335 46 271 2 0 21 0 737
2016 74 335 56 301 1 0 16 0 783
2017 59 320 50 326 1 0 18 0 774
2018 59 284 44 337 2 0 15 0 741
2019 50 246 55 340 1 0 20 0 712
2020 36 225 38 316 0 0 23 0 638
2021 32 201 38 302 0 1 11 0 585
2022 20 176 25 257 1 0 13 0 492
2023 21 149 27 228 2 1 14 0 442
2024 21 163 19 217 1 0 11 0 432

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 Steele Creek Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 776 33.0 23.5 18.9
1989 818 40.0 20.4 24.2
1990 922 42.0 21.9 20.4
1991 958 48.0 19.9 19.6
1992 984 48.0 20.5 14.5
1993 706 31.0 22.8 31.2
1994 679 34.0 20.0 32.1
1995 578 33.0 17.5 24.7
1996 578 33.0 17.5 24.7
1997 464 29.0 16.0 40.7
1998 465 29.0 16.0 31
1999 729 29.0 25.1 33.6
2000 823 29.0 28.4 43.4
2001 883 29.0 30.4 41.6
2002 958 29.0 33.0 49
2003 958 29.0 33.0 49
2004 1006 29.0 34.7 48.7
2005 1087 29.0 37.5 54.6
2006 1136 29.0 39.2 57.1
2007 1121 n/a n/a 54.7
2008 1170 71.0 16.5 61
2009 1212 74.0 16.4 61.4
2010 725 41.8 17.3 68.6
2011 726 40.4 17.9 72.2
2012 775 47.8 16.2 70.1
2013 729 45.2 16.1 71.1
2014 728 45.8 15.8 71.7
2015 737 43.0 17.1 99.6
2016 783 47.0 16.6 99.6
2017 774 52.9 14.6 76.5
2018 741 47.9 15.4 98.5
2019 712 46.2 15.3 67.1
2020 638 44.2 14.4 64.1
2021 585 42.1 13.8 46.5
2022 492 36.2 13.5 36
2023 442 31.3 14.0 54.5
2024 432 32.6 13.2 99.3

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 Steele Creek Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 776 33.0 23.5 18.9
1989 818 40.0 20.4 24.2
1990 922 42.0 21.9 20.4
1991 958 48.0 19.9 19.6
1992 984 48.0 20.5 14.5
1993 706 31.0 22.8 31.2
1994 679 34.0 20.0 32.1
1995 578 33.0 17.5 24.7
1996 578 33.0 17.5 24.7
1997 464 29.0 16.0 40.7
1998 465 29.0 16.0 31
1999 729 29.0 25.1 33.6
2000 823 29.0 28.4 43.4
2001 883 29.0 30.4 41.6
2002 958 29.0 33.0 49
2003 958 29.0 33.0 49
2004 1006 29.0 34.7 48.7
2005 1087 29.0 37.5 54.6
2006 1136 29.0 39.2 57.1
2007 1121 n/a n/a 54.7
2008 1170 71.0 16.5 61
2009 1212 74.0 16.4 61.4
2010 725 41.8 17.3 68.6
2011 726 40.4 17.9 72.2
2012 775 47.8 16.2 70.1
2013 729 45.2 16.1 71.1
2014 728 45.8 15.8 71.7
2015 737 43.0 17.1 99.6
2016 783 47.0 16.6 99.6
2017 774 52.9 14.6 76.5
2018 741 47.9 15.4 98.5
2019 712 46.2 15.3 67.1
2020 638 44.2 14.4 64.1
2021 585 42.1 13.8 46.5
2022 492 36.2 13.5 36
2023 442 31.3 14.0 54.5
2024 432 32.6 13.2 99.3

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 Steele Creek Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $699 (7.4%) $8,785 (92.6%) $9,484

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Steele Creek Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 958th of 1473 Elementary schoolsRanks 990th of 1502 Elementary schools
 0.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Steele Creek Elementary)69.472.7
 3.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools)69.661.3
 8.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)64.361.1
 3.2%
3rd Grade Reading (Steele Creek Elementary)46.837.9
 8.9%
   3rd Grade Reading (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools)57.346.4
 10.9%
   3rd Grade Reading (North Carolina)56.848
 8.8%
4th Grade Mathematics (Steele Creek Elementary)52.649.3
 3.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools)63.255.2
 8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)57.355.3
 2%
4th Grade Reading (Steele Creek Elementary)41.548
 6.5%
   4th Grade Reading (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools)52.551.5
 1%
   4th Grade Reading (North Carolina)57.355.3
 2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Steele Creek Elementary)61.350.6
 10.7%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools)65.457.9
 7.5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)60.255.9
 4.3%
5th Grade Reading (Steele Creek Elementary)40.331
 9.3%
   5th Grade Reading (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools)5045.8
 4.2%
   5th Grade Reading (North Carolina)54.648
 6.6%
5th Grade Science (Steele Creek Elementary)65.644.8
 20.8%
   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 Students712442
 37.9%
African American246149
 39.4%
American Indian12
 100%
Asian5527
 50.9%
Hispanic340228
 32.9%
Pacific Islander01
White5021
 58%
Two or More Races2014
 30%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients67.1%54.5%
 12.6%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 432 students attended Steele Creek Elementary.

Steele Creek Elementary ranks 838th of 1505 North Carolina elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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

Middle : Kennedy Middle
High : Olympic High School

Students at Steele Creek Elementary are 50% Hispanic, 38% African American, 5% White, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more races.


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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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