What grades does Cotswold Elementary serve?
Cotswold Elementary serves grades K–5 within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Grade configurations and programs are published by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Public elementary
Cotswold Elementary
A well-regarded elementary school in the Cotswold area south of Plaza Midwood.
Type
Public elementary
Grades
K–5
District
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Area
Plaza Midwood orbit
About Cotswold Elementary
Often part of the comparison set for families weighing in-town neighborhoods against the southeastern corridor.
Campus location and construction
Cotswold’s geography needs a campus-specific explanation rather than a single permanent map pin. The CMS bond project identifies the Cotswold site at 300 Greenwich Road, south of Plaza Midwood in the Cotswold area. Its scope describes an on-site replacement and moving the paired school into Billingsville during the project. The combined school website currently lists 124 Skyland Avenue, so those two addresses serve different purposes in a family’s research. Greenwich Road identifies the construction site; Skyland Avenue is the address published by the operating school website. Before arranging a visit, ask which campus will serve the child’s grade in the intended school year. Do not use a construction schedule as proof that students have already moved back. For a Plaza Midwood household, that distinction can change the actual destination even though the directory entry continues to use the familiar Cotswold name. Sources: [1](https://cmsbondconstruction.com/projects/cotswold-elementary-school/), [2](https://billingsvillecotswoldes.cmsk12.org/).
A paired elementary school with an IB identity
CMS’s elementary directory lists Billingsville as kindergarten through second grade and Cotswold as third through fifth grade. The shared school website presents Billingsville Cotswold as an IB World School, and the district’s International Baccalaureate page lists it among Primary Years Programme schools. Together, these sources support an explanation of a paired elementary pathway rather than a standalone Cotswold kindergarten-through-fifth campus. The school’s IB page emphasizes international-mindedness and links to its Program of Inquiry and academic-integrity policy. Those documents are useful for seeing how inquiry is organized instead of treating IB as a general quality label. Ask how the paired grades share instructional expectations and how the transition into the upper elementary years works during construction. The published program identity does not establish that every listed address, classroom arrangement, or magnet-entry rule will remain unchanged during the replacement project. Sources: [3](https://www.cmsk12.org/about/performance-areas/elementary-school-performance-area-a), [4](https://billingsvillecotswoldes.cmsk12.org/activities/academics/international-baccalaureate), [5](https://www.cmsk12.org/learning-teaching/advanced-studies/international-baccalaureate-ib).
Check grade, campus, and IB entry as separate decisions
When researching Cotswold, ask CMS to answer three questions together: which paired-school grade the child is entering, where that grade will physically meet, and whether attendance is through assignment or a magnet placement. A combined website title can obscure the fact that directory records distinguish Billingsville and Cotswold. Similarly, an IB description is not a substitute for current School Choice entry guidance. For state data, look carefully at the exact school name and identifier returned by the report-card search, especially when comparing the younger and older elementary grades. Read any available assessment results in light of the grades actually served rather than comparing unlike grade configurations. Keep the CMS construction project page in the research folder for relocation updates, but obtain school-specific arrival instructions directly before a visit. This avoids turning a verified building project into an unsupported claim about where a future class will meet. Sources: [1](https://cmsbondconstruction.com/projects/cotswold-elementary-school/), [3](https://www.cmsk12.org/about/performance-areas/elementary-school-performance-area-a), [6](https://www.dpi.nc.gov/data-reports/school-report-cards).
How families here decide
Plaza Midwood families typically evaluate the assigned home school alongside magnet lottery options and independent schools, and many combine them across grade levels. Visit during a school day, speak with currently enrolled families, and read growth data alongside proficiency rather than relying on a single aggregate rating.
Where the official data lives
Enrollment, grade configuration, and program offerings for Cotswold Elementary are published by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Statewide accountability results — proficiency, growth, graduation where applicable, and the school performance grade — are published annually in the North Carolina School Report Cards maintained by the Department of Public Instruction. Federal enrollment and demographic counts appear in the National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data. Those three sources, read together, are more reliable than any single aggregate score.
Transport and the daily routine
Most of Plaza Midwood is close enough to its assigned schools that morning routines are short, but bus eligibility is set by distance and hazard criteria published by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools rather than by neighborhood boundaries. Magnet placement generally shifts transportation responsibility toward the family. Corridor traffic on Central Avenue and The Plaza peaks against the school schedule, which is worth a trial run before committing to a specific address.
Verify before you buy
School assignment is one of the few housing variables that can change without any change to the house. If assignment matters to your decision, confirm it for the exact address at the time you are deciding, and check whether boundary review is underway for that area.
Around the school
Closest parks to Cotswold Elementary
Straight-line approximations from published locations, for orientation only.
Nature preserve
Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary
A restored wetland and woodland pocket at the neighborhood's southern edge.
about 1.9 mi
Greenway
Briar Creek Greenway
A paved creekside corridor linking the neighborhood into the county greenway network.
about 2.0 mi — a short drive
Neighborhood park
Kilborne Park
A pocket park serving the Kilborne Drive blocks.
about 2.2 mi — a short drive
Nearby
Places families use around drop-off
Brewery · $$
Resident Culture Brewing
A production brewery and its original taproom at 2101 Central Avenue.
about 2.4 mi — a short drive
Bar · $$$
The Crunkleton
Classic cocktails and live-fire cooking at 1957 East 7th Street in Elizabeth.
about 2.5 mi — a short drive
Restaurant · $$
Dish
Southern comfort food in the yellow brick building at 1220 Thomas Avenue.
about 2.5 mi — a short drive
Restaurant · $$
Midwood Smokehouse
The barbecue restaurant at 1401 Central Avenue, in the middle of the corridor.
about 2.5 mi — a short drive
Restaurant · $$
The Improper Pig
Barbecue with Asian influences in a former service station at 1600 Central Avenue.
about 2.5 mi — a short drive
Bakery · $
Amélie's L'Express
A small grab-and-go outpost of Amélie's French Bakery at 1511 Central Avenue.
about 2.5 mi — a short drive
Compare
Other public elementary options
PreK–5
Shamrock Gardens Elementary
The elementary school most closely associated with the Plaza Midwood side of the corridor.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
K–5
Eastover Elementary
A long-established elementary school serving parts of the area south of the neighborhood.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
PreK–5
Winterfield Elementary
Serves the Winterfield and eastern Commonwealth Park blocks.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Frequently asked
Questions & answers
Is Cotswold Elementary the assigned school for Plaza Midwood?
Assignment is set by address and can differ block to block, and boundaries are reviewed periodically. Confirm the current assignment for a specific address with the CMS school locator.
How does Cotswold Elementary perform?
Official performance, growth, and accountability data for every North Carolina public school is published in the NC School Report Cards rather than by private sites.
Sources & verification
Figures and descriptions on this page are compiled from the public sources listed above and reviewed periodically. Conditions change; verify anything you plan to rely on with the responsible authority before acting.
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