High Schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Summary:

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district in North Carolina is home to 34 high schools serving grades 9-12. This diverse set of schools exhibits a wide range of academic performance, student demographics, and resource allocation, providing families with a variety of educational options.

Several schools stand out in the district, including Providence High School, which consistently ranks among the top high schools in North Carolina with exceptional test scores and a relatively low free/reduced lunch rate. Ardrey Kell High School and Char Eng Early College-UNCC also excel academically, with high proficiency rates across key exams. Additionally, the Northwest School of the Arts stands out for its strong academic performance and focus on the arts.

However, the data also reveals significant disparities in student performance and socioeconomic factors across the district. Schools with higher percentages of economically disadvantaged students, such as Garinger High School, West Mecklenburg High School, and Turning Point Academy, tend to have lower academic achievement. The racial diversity of the student populations also varies greatly, highlighting the need for tailored approaches to address the unique needs of different communities within the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district.

District Detail

3301 Stafford Dr Testing Wareh
Charlotte, NC 28208

(980) 343-6270

SchoolDigger Rank:
140^th of 242 North Carolina districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 144,197

Primary Schools: 117
Middle Schools: 30
High Schools: 34
Alternative Schools: 2

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				EOC Biology (2024)	EOC English II (2024)	EOC Math I (2024)	EOC Math III (2024)	EOG Mathematics (2024)				EOG Reading (2024)				EOG Science (2024)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOC Biology End of Course	EOC English II End of Course	EOC Math I End of Course	EOC Math III End of Course	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Northwest School of the Arts	Public, Magnet	6-12	1415 Beatties Ford Rd	Charlotte	28216	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-5500	1,058	58	18.2	30.3%	338 (31.9%)	478 (45.2%)	171 (16.2%)	21 (2.0%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (4.4%)	73.1	164^th of 640 public high schools	74.4%		80.4	125^th of 626 public high schools	80.0%	39	61.9	89.0	54.2	70.7		58.8	63.5	67.1		68.1	65.4	68.5		73.4	$9,618	$478	$9,141
Olympic High School	Public	9-12	4301 Sandy Porter Rd	Charlotte	28273	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-3800	1,729	89	19.4	41.2%	147 (8.5%)	727 (42.0%)	719 (41.6%)	88 (5.1%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	44 (2.5%)	25.2	483^rd of 640 public high schools	24.5%		21.1	504^th of 626 public high schools	19.5%	21	41.6	51.4	25.5	34.7											$8,149	$512	$7,637
South Mecklenburg High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	8900 Park Rd	Charlotte	28210	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-3600	3,344	171	19.6	36.1%	955 (28.6%)	773 (23.1%)	1,449 (43.3%)	87 (2.6%)	5 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	73 (2.2%)	38.3	381^st of 640 public high schools	40.5%		35.2	397^th of 626 public high schools	36.6%	16	46.8	53.7	25.5	60.8											$8,057	$412	$7,646
West Charlotte High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	2219 Senior Dr	Charlotte	28216	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(980) 343-6060	1,538	93	16.4	99.8%	26 (1.7%)	1,180 (76.7%)	253 (16.4%)	53 (3.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (1.6%)	22.8	498^th of 640 public high schools	22.2%		16.9	531^st of 626 public high schools	15.2%	33	37.1	38.9	29.0	44.6											$12,290	$1,386	$10,904
West Mecklenburg High School	Public	9-12	7400 Tuckaseegee Rd	Charlotte	28214	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-6080	1,207	75	16.0	99.8%	34 (2.8%)	634 (52.5%)	448 (37.1%)	58 (4.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (2.6%)	8.3	606^th of 640 public high schools	5.3%		13.1	550^th of 626 public high schools	12.1%	56	27.0	32.3	7.4	18.1											$11,533	$1,263	$10,270
Providence High School	Public	9-12	1800 Pineville-Matthews Rd	Charlotte	28270	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-5390	2,048	94	21.8	10.6%	1,320 (64.5%)	187 (9.1%)	206 (10.1%)	274 (13.4%)	1 (0.0%)	1 (0.0%)	59 (2.9%)	90.2	71^st of 640 public high schools	88.9%		90.3	65^th of 626 public high schools	89.6%	6	86.5	89.5	69.9	90.2											$8,296	$371	$7,925
Hawthorne Academy of Health Sciences	Public, Magnet	9-12	1411 Hawthorne Ln	Charlotte	28205	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-6011	294	20	14.9	48.3%	13 (4.4%)	129 (43.9%)	121 (41.2%)	24 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	29.1	459^th of 640 public high schools	28.3%		40	352^nd of 626 public high schools	43.8%	107	42.4	55.8	26.1	37.9											$15,697	$1,485	$14,213
Turning Point Academy	Public	9-12	8701 Moores Chapel Rd	Charlotte	28214	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-5231	269	26	10.1	98.9%	3 (1.1%)	227 (84.4%)	25 (9.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (4.1%)	1.1	639^th of 640 public high schools	0.2%					(n/a)		6.0		11.5											$30,170	$4,243	$25,927
Cochrane Collegiate Academy	Public	6-12	6200 Starhaven Dr	Charlotte	28215	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-6460	918	46	19.7	97.8%	22 (2.4%)	245 (26.7%)	612 (66.7%)	32 (3.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.4%)	33.6	415^th of 640 public high schools	35.2%		24.8	478^th of 626 public high schools	23.6%	63	41.7	53.2	30.2	51.0		32.4	21.9	19.9		19.9	18.0	26.1		29.8	$10,602	$1,223	$9,379
East Mecklenburg High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	6800 Monroe Rd	Charlotte	28212	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-6430	2,409	123	19.5	42.2%	463 (19.2%)	806 (33.5%)	956 (39.7%)	129 (5.4%)	4 (0.2%)	3 (0.1%)	48 (2.0%)	52.1	287^th of 640 public high schools	55.2%		49.2	295^th of 626 public high schools	52.9%	8	54.9	67.7	16.8	70.1											$9,101	$501	$8,599
Harding University High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	2001 Alleghany St	Charlotte	28208	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(980) 343-6007	1,305	88	14.8	98.0%	24 (1.8%)	787 (60.3%)	421 (32.3%)	51 (3.9%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	19 (1.5%)	10.4	589^th of 640 public high schools	8.0%		11.8	562^nd of 626 public high schools	10.2%	27	24.0	30.2	14.3	33.5											$10,138	$983	$9,155
Myers Park High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	2400 Colony Rd	Charlotte	28209	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-5800	3,593	164	21.8	25.5%	2,067 (57.5%)	758 (21.1%)	556 (15.5%)	98 (2.7%)	11 (0.3%)	4 (0.1%)	99 (2.8%)	69.2	186^th of 640 public high schools	70.9%		73.9	157^th of 626 public high schools	74.9%	29	72.9	74.0	38.6	74.8											$7,885	$340	$7,545
Julius L. Chambers High School	Public	9-12	7600 IBM Dr	Charlotte	28262	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-5284	2,224	108	20.6	99.9%	43 (1.9%)	1,259 (56.6%)	806 (36.2%)	41 (1.8%)	5 (0.2%)	7 (0.3%)	63 (2.8%)	13.3	566^th of 640 public high schools	11.6%		13.4	549^th of 626 public high schools	12.3%	17	25.4	35.8	17.3	36.1											$9,360	$974	$8,387
Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology	Public, Magnet	9-12	1430 Alleghany St	Charlotte	28208	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-5992	1,552	84	18.4	46.0%	47 (3.0%)	1,015 (65.4%)	408 (26.3%)	57 (3.7%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (1.4%)	43.7	343^rd of 640 public high schools	46.4%		50	289^th of 626 public high schools	53.8%	54	44.7	63.9	31.9	61.1											$8,885	$597	$8,288
Mallard Creek High School	Public	9-12	3825 Johnston Oehler Rd	Charlotte	28269	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-1341	2,185	106	20.5	42.0%	177 (8.1%)	1,534 (70.2%)	296 (13.5%)	90 (4.1%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.0%)	83 (3.8%)	25.8	475^th of 640 public high schools	25.8%		31.9	419^th of 626 public high schools	33.1%	56	30.7	51.4	30.5	45.0											$8,152	$456	$7,697
Central Piedmont Early College	Public	9-12	1228 Elizabeth Avenue	Charlotte	28204	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-1118	74	13	5.7	62.2%	4 (5.4%)	58 (78.4%)	7 (9.5%)	2 (2.7%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.7%)	90.8	67^th of 640 public high schools	89.5%		8.7	585^th of 626 public high schools	6.5%	518	88.1	86.7	68.8	91.8											$18,854	$1,855	$16,999
Ardrey Kell High School	Public	9-12	10220 Ardrey Kell Road	Charlotte	28277	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-0860	3,529	166	21.2	9.9%	1,602 (45.4%)	429 (12.2%)	435 (12.3%)	960 (27.2%)	4 (0.1%)	6 (0.2%)	93 (2.6%)	85.7	110^th of 640 public high schools	82.8%		88	88^th of 626 public high schools	85.9%	22	81.9	83.4	57.4	87.4											$7,345	$428	$6,917
Cato Middle College High School	Public	11-12	8120 Grier Rd Suite 171-B	Charlotte	28215	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-1452	201	4	50.2	33.8%	23 (11.4%)	119 (59.2%)	34 (16.9%)	14 (7.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.0%)								(n/a)				68.8											$6,516	$289	$6,226
Military and Global Leadership	Public, Magnet	9-12	1411 Hawthorne Lane Ste A	Charlotte	28205	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(980) 343-6011	162	11	14.4	46.3%	10 (6.2%)	48 (29.6%)	101 (62.3%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	11	585^th of 640 public high schools	8.6%		20	507^th of 626 public high schools	19.0%	78	30.0	38.5		20.6											$12,227	$794	$11,434
Garinger High School	Public	9-12	1100 Eastway Dr	Charlotte	28205	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-6450	1,677	98	17.0	99.8%	59 (3.5%)	597 (35.6%)	934 (55.7%)	47 (2.8%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	34 (2.0%)	8.3	607^th of 640 public high schools	5.2%		11.1	567^th of 626 public high schools	9.4%	40	19.9	28.1	8.2	33.0											$10,714	$1,102	$9,612
Harper Middle College High	Public	11-12	315 W Hebron St	Charlotte	28273	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-0012	171	4	43.9	17.5%	51 (29.8%)	49 (28.7%)	53 (31.0%)	11 (6.4%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.5%)								(n/a)				91.7											$7,536	$325	$7,211
Char Eng Early College-UNCC	Public	9-12	9000 Robert Snyder Rd	Charlotte	28262	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-9898	300	14	21.4	24.7%	70 (23.3%)	100 (33.3%)	85 (28.3%)	32 (10.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.3%)	88.7	92^nd of 640 public high schools	85.6%		89.7	72^nd of 626 public high schools	88.5%	20	81.8	90.4	54.5	94.6											$9,174	$376	$8,798
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Virtual School	Public, Virtual	5-12	7030 Nations Ford Road	Charlotte	28217	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(980) 343-3066	1,347	76	17.8	51.4%	186 (13.8%)	752 (55.8%)	286 (21.2%)	57 (4.2%)	3 (0.2%)	4 (0.3%)	59 (4.4%)	40.3	368^th of 640 public high schools	42.5%		40.8	346^th of 626 public high schools	44.7%	22	51.4	67.0	25.8	48.3	20.0	51.1	40.2	46.3	24.0	40.0	46.7	58.2	40.8	73.6	$6,482	$435	$6,047
Williams Secondary Montessori	Public, Magnet	7-12	2400 Carmine St	Charlotte	28206	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-0040	373	23	16.2	11.5%	235 (63.0%)	86 (23.1%)	31 (8.3%)	12 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.4%)	74.1	159^th of 640 public high schools	75.2%		81.1	122^nd of 626 public high schools	80.5%	37	60.4	92.3	63.0	79.5			76.1	66.2			75.0	83.8		87.8	$13,612	$958	$12,654
Charlotte Teacher Early College	Public	9-12	9000 Robert D. Snyder Rd	Charlotte	28262	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-9898	207	5	41.4	31.9%	33 (15.9%)	105 (50.7%)	47 (22.7%)	13 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.3%)	65.7	201^st of 640 public high schools	68.6%		71.9	165^th of 626 public high schools	73.6%	36	54.0	80.0	40.7	76.5											$10,149	$473	$9,676
Merancas Middle College-CPCC	Public	11-12	12010 Verhoeff Dr	Huntersville	28078	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-0035	202	4	50.5	21.8%	56 (27.7%)	87 (43.1%)	32 (15.8%)	17 (8.4%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.0%)								(n/a)				76.2											$7,253	$339	$6,914
Levine Middle College High School	Public	11-12	2800 Campus Ridge Rd	Matthews	28105	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-9437	224	5	44.8	13.8%	122 (54.5%)	36 (16.1%)	27 (12.1%)	32 (14.3%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.2%)								(n/a)				83.3											$7,540	$287	$7,253
Rocky River High School	Public	9-12	10505 Clear Creek Commerce Dr	Mint Hill	28227	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 344-0409	1,643	83	19.8	52.3%	71 (4.3%)	930 (56.6%)	546 (33.2%)	42 (2.6%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	48 (2.9%)	12.8	570^th of 640 public high schools	10.9%		19.6	512^th of 626 public high schools	18.2%	58	25.8	40.1	14.8	30.1											$9,681	$668	$9,013
Hopewell High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	11530 Beatties Ford Rd	Huntersville	28078	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-5988	1,755	100	17.5	37.2%	422 (24.0%)	839 (47.8%)	357 (20.3%)	50 (2.8%)	5 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	80 (4.6%)	44.1	340^th of 640 public high schools	46.9%		45.6	319^th of 626 public high schools	49.0%	21	46.3	56.1	35.0	66.0											$8,867	$413	$8,454
North Mecklenburg High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	11201 Old Statesville Rd	Huntersville	28078	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-3840	2,186	106	20.6	44.6%	164 (7.5%)	1,294 (59.2%)	601 (27.5%)	66 (3.0%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.0%)	56 (2.6%)	37.8	389^th of 640 public high schools	39.2%		36	389^th of 626 public high schools	37.9%		43.4	55.7	37.3	53.8											$9,173	$451	$8,723
Independence High School	Public	9-12	1967 Patriot Dr	Charlotte	28227	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-6900	2,022	115	17.5	42.3%	387 (19.1%)	581 (28.7%)	872 (43.1%)	120 (5.9%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	56 (2.8%)	34.4	409^th of 640 public high schools	36.1%		30.7	430^th of 626 public high schools	31.3%	21	50.3	52.0	24.2	51.3											$9,395	$592	$8,803
Butler High School	Public	9-12	1810 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd	Matthews	28105	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-6300	1,876	99	18.9	35.1%	578 (30.8%)	548 (29.2%)	579 (30.9%)	117 (6.2%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	50 (2.7%)	55.8	257^th of 640 public high schools	59.8%		50.5	284^th of 626 public high schools	54.6%	27	68.3	60.9	38.8	61.2											$8,714	$431	$8,282
William Amos Hough High	Public	9-12	12420 Bailey Rd	Cornelius	28031	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 344-0514	2,518	116	21.6	14.3%	1,745 (69.3%)	254 (10.1%)	352 (14.0%)	90 (3.6%)	4 (0.2%)	5 (0.2%)	68 (2.7%)	78.6	138^th of 640 public high schools	78.4%		76.3	146^th of 626 public high schools	76.7%	8	75.9	81.2	61.7	72.6											$7,994	$484	$7,511
Palisades High School	Public	9-12	15221 York Road	Charlotte	28278	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(980) 343-0878	1,615	69	23.5	34.9%	268 (16.6%)	736 (45.6%)	459 (28.4%)	88 (5.4%)	5 (0.3%)	5 (0.3%)	54 (3.3%)	40.3	369^th of 640 public high schools	42.3%					(n/a)	47.6	62.2	30.5	51.7

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Unity Classical Charter School	1.77 mi	1	120^th
Southwest Charlotte STEM Academy	3.91 mi	1	113^th
Steele Creek Preparatory Academy	4.28 mi	1	221^st
Movement School Southwest	5.18 mi	1
Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy	6.1 mi	1	2^nd

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