What grades does Oakhurst STEAM Academy serve?
Oakhurst STEAM Academy serves grades K–5 within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Grade configurations and programs are published by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Magnet
Oakhurst STEAM Academy
A STEAM-focused magnet program southeast of the neighborhood.
Type
Magnet
Grades
K–5
District
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Area
Plaza Midwood orbit
About Oakhurst STEAM Academy
Magnet enrollment runs through the CMS lottery rather than address assignment; application windows open in the winter for the following year.
Monroe Road southeast of the neighborhood
Oakhurst STEAM Academy lists 4511 Monroe Road as its campus address. For a Plaza Midwood household, that is a southeastern school destination outside the Central Avenue and The Plaza neighborhood core. Monroe Road is the important verified road reference; the academy’s name alone is not enough to identify the entrance or determine an appropriate route from a particular residential block. When comparing this campus with a school farther east on Central Avenue, map the destinations independently instead of treating both as equivalent east Charlotte trips. Request the academy’s visitor and family-arrival directions before a tour, especially if a mapping application sends visitors to a different side of the property. The campus address establishes where instruction is associated geographically, but it does not establish which children have neighborhood assignment rights or which families need a magnet placement. Those enrollment questions deserve a separate check before planning the daily routine. Source: [1](https://oakhurststeamacademyes.cmsk12.org/).
Project-based STEAM in a partial magnet school
Oakhurst’s official profile calls it a partial magnet serving kindergarten through fifth grade. That distinction matters: a partial magnet is not accurately described as a school where every enrollment necessarily comes through a lottery. The school defines its STEAM focus through science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics, integrated using project-based and problem-based learning across subjects. It also describes elementary computer science and coding, science and engineering spaces, a makerspace, and garden-based learning opportunities. These features give a family practical topics to explore during an information session: how a classroom project combines disciplines, how children document a design process, and how foundational literacy fits into a STEAM unit. The profile’s list of clubs is useful for questions, but should not be taken as a guarantee that a specific club will operate for every grade in a future term. Source: [2](https://oakhurststeamacademyes.cmsk12.org/our-school/about-us).
Confirm which Oakhurst enrollment route applies
The first Oakhurst placement question is whether the child would attend through an assigned seat or through the magnet process. Its published partial-magnet status makes that distinction more important than a blanket instruction to enter the lottery. Ask CMS School Choice to identify the current program listing, applicable eligibility rules, and any transportation conditions for the family’s address. Then ask the academy which parts of the STEAM experience are schoolwide and whether any opportunities involve separate selection or registration. Use the official School Choice information-session calendar to find a relevant presentation rather than relying on an old application date. For public results, search the state report cards under Oakhurst STEAM Academy and compare the same elementary measures and reporting years. The school profile explains its instructional design; the report card addresses public accountability, and neither document is an offer of admission to an available magnet seat. Sources: [2](https://oakhurststeamacademyes.cmsk12.org/our-school/about-us), [3](https://www.cmsk12.org/academics/school-choice/open-houses-information-sessions), [4](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 Oakhurst STEAM Academy 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 Oakhurst STEAM Academy
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 1.6 mi
Greenway
Briar Creek Greenway
A paved creekside corridor linking the neighborhood into the county greenway network.
about 1.6 mi
Neighborhood park
Kilborne Park
A pocket park serving the Kilborne Drive blocks.
about 1.8 mi
Nearby
Places families use around drop-off
Brewery · $$
Resident Culture Brewing
A production brewery and its original taproom at 2101 Central Avenue.
about 2.1 mi — a short drive
Restaurant · $
The Diamond Restaurant
A diner at 1901 Commonwealth Avenue with roots going back to 1945.
about 2.3 mi — a short drive
Coffee · $
Undercurrent Coffee
A specialty coffee cafe at 2012 Commonwealth Avenue with scratch pastries and a seasonal menu.
about 2.3 mi — a short drive
Music venue · $$
Petra's
A bar and performance venue at 1919 Commonwealth Avenue hosting live music and jazz.
about 2.3 mi — a short drive
Market · $
Common Market
A market, deli, and neighborhood hangout serving beer and wine at 2007 Commonwealth Avenue.
about 2.3 mi — a short drive
Restaurant · $$
Dish
Southern comfort food in the yellow brick building at 1220 Thomas Avenue.
about 2.3 mi — a short drive
Frequently asked
Questions & answers
Is Oakhurst STEAM Academy 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 Oakhurst STEAM Academy 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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