Steele Creek Preparatory Academy
2200 Shopton Road, Charlotte, NC 28217
Public charter school (tuition-free)
Steele Creek Preparatory Academy is a public charter school in Charlotte, NC for grades K-8. It had 335 students in 2024-25, about 41.9 per teacher. As a public charter school it charges no tuition.
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School facts
- Grades
- K-8
- Students
- 335 (2024-25)
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 8 (2024-25)
- Students per teacher
- 41.9
- Level
- Elementary
- School type
- Regular public school
- Tuition
- None (public charter school)
- County
- Mecklenburg County
- NCES school ID
- 370045403501
From the U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data: the public school directory 2025-26 (preliminary) for the address, phone, website, grades and authorizer; the 2024-25 membership and staff files for students and teachers. Figures move every year, so ask the school for today’s. NCES data files · Where our data comes from. Something wrong? Tell us.
What a charter school is
- Public and free. NCES describes a public charter school as a publicly funded school, usually run by a group or organization under a contract (the charter) with the state, the district or another body. The federal definition says a charter school does not charge tuition.
- Families choose it. Under the same definition, a charter school is one parents choose to send their children to, and it admits students by lottery when more apply than it has room for.
- No program badge. ChoiceFunded’s program badges and “schools that accept” lists cover private schools only. Charter schools are listed separately here, with no badge, and are never counted with private schools.
Sources: 20 U.S.C. 7221i (federal Charter Schools Program definitions); NCES, Condition of Education: Public Charter School Enrollment. Each state writes its own charter law, so ask the school how enrollment works there.
Other charter schools near Steele Creek Preparatory Academy
- Movement School Southwest (K-4, 2 mi)
- Metrolina Reg Scholars Academy (K-8, 2 mi)
- Southwest Charlotte STEM Academy (K-8, 2 mi)
- Charlotte Lab School (K-12, 5 mi)
- Movement Charter School (K-8, 5 mi)
- Stewart Creek High (9-12, 5 mi)
- East Voyager Academy of Charlotte (K-8, 6 mi)
- Unity Classical Charter School (K-8, 6 mi)