Queen's Grant Community School, Mint Hill NC

Original Research by School Decision on Queen's Grant Community School

Queen's Grant Community School is a kindergarten-through-twelfth-grade charter school located in Mint Hill, a fast-growing suburban town roughly thirteen miles southeast of Charlotte. The school enrolls a student body of mixed racial and economic composition in a sprawling suburban residential area where most families rely on cars to get around. The school serves its students across a single integrated campus in a region experiencing steady residential development.

The school's academic performance shows strength in science but more modest results in reading and math. In the most recent testing window, about four in five students in grades three through eight met state proficiency standards in science. In math and English language arts, proficiency rates were notably lower, with roughly three in five students reaching proficiency in math and a slightly smaller proportion in English. These numbers represent the most current state testing data available and come from the state's End-of-Grade assessment system. Trend data was not available, so it is unclear whether these results represent growth, decline, or stability over time.

The student body spans from kindergarten through grade twelve, with elementary grades showing consistent enrollment and high school grades (nine through twelve) notably larger. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting economic diversity within the school population. The school enrolls students of varied racial and ethnic backgrounds, with roughly equal representation of white students and Black students, plus meaningful populations of students who identify as Hispanic or multi-racial and smaller numbers of Asian and Native American students.

The school operates as a charter school, which means it operates under a public charter rather than as a traditional district school. The specific charter operator, program focus, and any distinctive pedagogical approach were not found in available public data. A parent may want to look into the school's charter authorization, its governance structure, and its academic focus with the school directly. Similarly, information on course offerings, college and career pathway options, and special programs was not available, so a prospective family should ask the school about those elements.

Mint Hill itself is a semi-rural-feeling suburb with wooded areas interspersed among newer residential subdivisions. The housing market reflects the area's desirability and growth trajectory: median home values are above the state benchmark, and rents have ticked upward. Much of daily life requires a car, though a small downtown corridor along Matthews-Mint Hill Road contains local restaurants, coffee shops, and small businesses. Civic anchors include Veterans Memorial Park (which hosts community events), the Mint Hill Community Center, public library access, and several nature preserves. Public transit is limited but improving: regional bus service is available, and paratransit service for riders with disabilities was recently expanded into the town.

The area is experiencing active growth. New residential communities are under development across subdivisions and master-planned neighborhoods, some marketed as walkable to downtown and some oriented toward specific life stages, such as the fifty-five-and-older community at Quail Park. This ongoing expansion is driven partly by completion of interstate connectivity and partly by land conversion from farmland to residential use along major corridors. Infrastructure investment in roadways remains incomplete and partially pending funding, so traffic is a factor in the area's near-term development trajectory.

Queen's Grant Community School sits within this growing, economically mixed suburban context. Prospective families should investigate the school's specific instructional approach, its high school offerings and college-prep pathways, and how it addresses the science-strength and reading-and-math gaps suggested by the testing profile.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

90-94%Cohort of 117 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

637 schools plotted. 14 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grades 3-863%

School 63% · district not reported

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

English language arts

Grades 3-860%

School 60% · district not reported

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Science

Grades 3-879%

School 79% · district not reported

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

This schoolDistrict average, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income39%Higher-income50%11 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income65%Higher-income71%6 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income54%Higher-income70%16 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income65%Higher-income56%9 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income49%Higher-income62%13 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income56%Higher-income78%22 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income55%Higher-income64%10 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income71%Higher-income85%14 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income54%Higher-income63%9 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income54%Higher-income61%7 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income70%Higher-income67%4 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income49%Higher-income68%20 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income47%Higher-income64%17 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income58%Higher-income68%10 pp gap