The top reported proficiency rate is 71% in Math. The lowest is 60% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Charles E Boger Elementary
Charles E Boger Elementary serves the earliest grades through fifth grade in Kannapolis, a fast-growing city in the Charlotte region that has reinvented itself from a textile-mill town into a mixed residential and research community. The school sits in a district that is in the middle of significant structural change, both in how it manages rapid growth and in how it teaches reading and writing across all elementary classrooms.
The school enrolls a diverse student body. About half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Racially and ethnically, the enrollment is mixed, with white students making up a substantial plurality, followed by Black, Hispanic, and Asian students, with smaller numbers of multiracial and Native American students. The enrollment is stable and spans the full pre-K through fifth grade range. The school operates as a regular public school within Cabarrus County Schools, which covers the five-town corridor anchored by Concord and Kannapolis.
On state assessments, the school's math and science proficiency rates sit in the upper range, while reading and language arts proficiency is lower. Parents may want to look into how the school addresses literacy, particularly given the timing: starting in early 2025, Cabarrus County Schools adopted Arts & Letters, a Science of Reading-aligned curriculum for K-8 ELA, after years of teachers designing their own materials. This is a significant, long-overdue shift in how reading is taught across the district. If your child is in third through fifth grade this year or next, you could ask how the new curriculum is being rolled out in those classrooms and what support is in place.
Among the six school districts in Cabarrus County, Boger's overall proficiency index sits in the top quartile, a meaningful position that reflects solid performance across tested subjects and grades. The school does not report special education enrollment counts or English learner counts, which is a gap a parent might ask the school directly about.
The district also underwent a major boundary realignment in 2024-25, reassigning many students and closing one elementary school. Charles E Boger's boundaries did shift as part of that process. If you are new to the area or considering a move to Kannapolis, ask the school or district how final those boundaries are and what the timeline is for future capacity changes, since the city is growing rapidly and the district has already repositioned once to manage enrollment.
Kannapolis itself is in the midst of downtown revitalization and sustained growth. Housing values are below the state median and rents are modest relative to incomes in the area. The city has an Amtrak station, a baseball stadium, a biotech research campus, and a walkable downtown core with shops and restaurants. Outside the downtown, the city is largely car-oriented suburbs and single-family neighborhoods. The broader economic base includes healthcare, research, manufacturing, hospitality, and retail; future employment is expected to grow significantly with ongoing development.
A family choosing Boger should be prepared for a school in a growing district mid-transition, one that has recently shifted attendance zones and is rolling out a new reading curriculum. The school's math and science results are solid. If reading instruction is a priority for you, this is a moment of change in the district, with newly adopted curriculum but still early in implementation, so direct conversation with teachers and the school about how that change is taking shape would be worthwhile.
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