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Charlotte, North Carolina - 1 schools
An equity score of 20/100 ranks Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy #252 of 293 districts in North Carolina (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,779 per pupil, Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy ranks #249 of 322 North Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (North Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy operates 1 public schools serving 390 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Mecklenburg County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,779 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 322 North Carolina districts by per-pupil spending. See how North Carolina compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 39.5% local, 53.1% state, and 7.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 20/100, ranked #252 of 293 in North Carolina against a state average of 45, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 396:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 4.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 71.0% Asian, 15.4% White, 4.5% African American across the district's schools.
Metrolina Reg Scholars Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy a distant remainder — means Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy student-counselor ratio is 396:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 4.5% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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