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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Across Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 28 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Central Piedmont Early College leads the list at 94.2%, against a median of 59.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Top % Proficient (Reading)

94.2%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

59.6%

BEST IN READING · MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Central Piedmont Early College	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	278	94.2%
2	Char Eng Early College-UNCC	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	313	91.8%
3	Providence High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,167	89.1%
4	Williams Secondary Montessori	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	401	85.5%
5	Ardrey Kell High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	3,036	85.1%
6	William Amos Hough High	Cornelius, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,518	83.2%
7	Northwest School of the Arts	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	993	78.2%
8	Charlotte Teacher Early College	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	192	78.0%
9	Myers Park High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	3,225	69.0%
10	Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,533	67.3%
11	East Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,422	67.0%
12	Ballantyne Ridge High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,414	65.9%
13	South Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,534	61.3%
14	Palisades High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,332	60.3%
15	Butler High School	Matthews, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,791	59.0%
16	Hopewell High School	Huntersville, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,851	57.5%
17	North Mecklenburg High School	Huntersville, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,854	56.6%
18	Mallard Creek High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,068	54.4%
19	Hawthorne Academy of Health Sciences	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	239	54.3%
20	Independence High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,024	51.5%
21	Olympic High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,483	46.7%
22	West Charlotte High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,008	43.4%
23	Rocky River High School	Mint Hill, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,562	39.0%
24	Julius L. Chambers High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	2,225	37.0%
25	West Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,290	35.4%
26	Cochrane Collegiate Academy	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	854	34.6%
27	Harding University High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,204	28.9%
28	Garinger High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	1,877	24.7%

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