Schools · Charlotte

Charlotte, NC schools

Charlotte’s public schools score close to North Carolina’s averages: 46% of students are proficient in reading against 47.2% statewide, and 86% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.7%. Kids attend one of 93 schools through grade 8, then one of 93 middle schools, one of 38 high schools and one of 23 high schools.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

B-School Grade #145Best schools in NC (of 252)#208Highest graduation rate in NC (of 284)

TownTapestry School GradeNew

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Charlotte’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Charlotte’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 53% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

B-Test scoresCGraduation

North Carolina school districts we grade (318)Better than 47%

Lower resultsHigher results

North Carolina towns with similar household incomes (259)Better than 34%

High confidence. Built on 69,781 tested students and a graduating class of 11,441; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on North Carolina’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of North Carolina only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in North Carolina with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Charlotte kids go to school

Grades PK–8

93 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Grades 8

93 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Grades 9–12

38 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Grades 12

23 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Charlotte-Mecklenburg)46%

State average 47.2%

Math (grades PK–12, Charlotte-Mecklenburg)42%

State average 41.9%

Graduation · class of 2020

86% graduate on time

Graduation rate

86%

NC: 87.7%

Graduating class

11,441

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #208 of 284 NC towns →

Districts

The district serving Charlotte

Charlotte-Mecklenburg SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 186 schools · 145,014 students

$13,065 per studentNC $13,045B-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Every school

All 225 schools in Charlotte

Level

All 225 Elementary 109 Middle 24 High 30 Other 62

Type

All 225 Public 148 Charter 27 Private 50

District Sort

Showing 1–30 of 225 schools

South Academy of International LanguagesElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,259 students

Rea Farms STEAM AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,098 students

Mallard Creek STEM AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 961 students

Unity Classical Charter SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 928 students

Collinswood Language AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 893 students

Idlewild ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 850 students

Reedy Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 850 students

KIPP CharlotteElementary · Grades K–8 · 813 students

Hidden Valley ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 808 students

Endhaven ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 790 students

Sterling ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 786 students

Winding Springs ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 786 students

Gov's Village STEM (Lower)Elementary · Grades PK–4 · 784 students

Paw Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 784 students

Huntingtowne Farms ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 776 students

Mountain Island Lake AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 766 students

South Pine AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 765 students

Lawrence Orr ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 751 students

Ballantyne ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 745 students

Grove Park Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 740 students

Renaissance West STEAM AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 737 students

University Meadows ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 737 students

Berewick ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 717 students

Albemarle Road ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 711 students

River Gate ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 693 students

Sharon ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 688 students

Olde Providence ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 687 students

Myers Park Traditional ElemElementary · Grades K–5 · 678 students

Winget Park ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 677 students

Smithfield ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 672 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.