Long Creek Elementary, 9213-A Beatties Ford Road: CMS, grades K-5, 529 students in 2024-25 and a C (64) in the 2025-26 state grades.

Last checked Oct. 12, 2026. Sources: the school’s website and its principal page, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ 2026-27 bell schedule, 2026-27 calendar (PDF) and Student Placement page, CMS’s current school assignment data for Mecklenburg County parcels, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s 2025-26 accountability data and 2024-25 report card data, the CMS Visual and Performing Arts page and the federal NCES school directory.

Long Creek Elementary School is a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) elementary school for kindergarten through fifth grade at 9213-A Beatties Ford Road in southwest Huntersville, and a CMS Visual and Performing Arts magnet. Most of its attendance zone lies south of town. Its students go on to Francis Bradley Middle and Hopewell High.

Who to call
Address 9213-A Beatties Ford Road, Huntersville, NC 28078
Phone 980-343-6095
Grades Kindergarten to 5
District Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
CMS magnet theme Visual and Performing Arts (Violet zone)
School hours 9:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Feeds Francis Bradley Middle, then Hopewell High
State school code 600444

Principal

Principal Kristal Tuck, according to the school’s principal page. Her letter says Long Creek first opened in 1923 and is a creative arts magnet whose students are called the Long Creek STARS.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: an average daily membership of 529 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
  • Federal count: 498 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 14 students per teacher.

State report card

North Carolina gives every public school, charter schools included, an A to F School Performance Grade. The grade is based 80% on student achievement and 20% on academic growth, according to the state’s 2025-26 annual testing report.

School year Grade and score Growth
2025-26 C (64) Exceeded
2024-25 D (53) Exceeded

The grades come from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s accountability data, released in September for 2025-26. From the state’s 2025-26 assessment and indicator data:

  • At grade level or above, all state tests (grades 3 to 5): 55.5% (CMS: 60.9%; state: 59.2%)
  • College and career ready (Level 4 and above): 29.7%
  • Growth: exceeded expected growth

The full report card, with attendance, teacher and course data, is on the state’s NC School Report Cards site under state school code 600444.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

CMS assigns students to schools by home address, and zones do not follow town limits. Check an address with the county’s GeoPortal school lookup or the CMS 2026-27 feeder boundaries map.

In CMS’s current assignment data, which lists the zoned schools for every home parcel in Mecklenburg County, Long Creek Elementary’s zone feeds Francis Bradley Middle and then Hopewell High.

Long Creek sits in the southwest corner of town on Beatties Ford Road, but most of its zone lies outside Huntersville, in the unincorporated area and north Charlotte to the south. By our count of the CMS assignment data against the county’s jurisdiction map, only about 1% of the parcels inside town limits are zoned for Long Creek, and about 9% of Long Creek’s zone lies inside Huntersville.

Arts magnet seats: CMS lists Long Creek as a Visual and Performing Arts elementary school for its Violet transportation zone, so students from outside the zone can also win a seat through the School Choice lottery. The next School Choice lottery application period runs Nov. 2 to Dec. 11, with results Jan. 5, according to the district’s key dates.

Boundary review: CMS is redrawing school boundaries after its 2024 comprehensive review. The final boundary plan goes to the Board of Education on Monday, Oct. 26, with a public hearing Tuesday, Nov. 10, and a board vote Tuesday, Dec. 8, according to the district’s review page. No new boundaries had been approved as of Oct. 12.

Calendar and bell times

  • Wednesday, Oct. 14: early release day; the first quarter ends Friday, Oct. 30.
  • Nov. 2-3: teacher workdays, no school for students. Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school.
  • Thanksgiving: teacher workday Wednesday, Nov. 25, then the break Nov. 26-27.
  • Winter break: Dec. 21 to Jan. 1. Spring break is March 29 to April 2, and the last day of school is Wednesday, June 9, 2027.

The dates come from the CMS 2026-27 traditional calendar (PDF). School runs 9:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Long Creek Elementary serve?

Kindergarten to 5. It is a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools elementary school at 9213-A Beatties Ford Road in Huntersville.

What is Long Creek Elementary’s school grade?

Long Creek Elementary earned a C, with a score of 64, in North Carolina’s 2025-26 School Performance Grades, after a D (53) in 2024-25.

Which middle and high school does Long Creek Elementary feed into?

Francis Bradley Middle, then Hopewell High, according to CMS’s current school assignment data.

What time does Long Creek Elementary start?

School runs from 9:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., according to the CMS 2026-27 bell schedule.