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The public high schools with the highest share of Black students in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

This ranking covers the public high schools with the highest share of Black students in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, drawn from 38 qualifying public high schools. Turning Point Academy leads the list at 86.8%, against a median of 39.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Top % Black

86.8%

Median % Black

39.9%

MOST BLACK · MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Turning Point Academy	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	144	125	86.8%
2	West Charlotte High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,008	1,499	74.7%
3	Mallard Creek High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,068	1,434	69.3%
4	Harding University High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,204	799	66.4%
5	Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,533	945	61.6%
6	North Mecklenburg High School	Huntersville, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,854	1,028	55.5%
7	Julius L. Chambers High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,225	1,208	54.3%
8	Stewart Creek High	Charlotte, NC	Stewart Creek High School	342	183	53.5%
9	Rocky River High School	Mint Hill, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,562	802	51.3%
10	West Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,290	643	49.8%
11	Charlotte Teacher Early College	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	192	93	48.4%
12	Hopewell High School	Huntersville, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,851	887	47.9%
13	Merancas Middle College-CPCC	Huntersville, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	176	83	47.2%
14	Palisades High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,332	1,065	45.7%
15	Cato Middle College High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	173	79	45.7%
16	Commonwealth High	Charlotte, NC	Commonwealth High School	377	166	44.0%
17	Northwest School of the Arts	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	993	432	43.5%
18	Central Piedmont Early College	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	278	114	41.0%
19	Hawthorne Academy of Health Sciences	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	239	98	41.0%
20	Charlotte Secondary	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte Secondary School	157	61	38.9%
21	Olympic High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,483	568	38.3%
22	Aspire Trade High	Huntersville, NC	Aspire Trade High School	270	100	37.0%
23	Char Eng Early College-UNCC	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	313	109	34.8%
24	Garinger High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,877	578	30.8%
25	East Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,422	743	30.7%
26	Butler High School	Matthews, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,791	544	30.4%
27	Harper Middle College High	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	125	37	29.6%
28	Independence High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,024	591	29.2%
29	Cochrane Collegiate Academy	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	854	203	23.8%
30	Myers Park High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	3,225	730	22.6%
31	Williams Secondary Montessori	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	401	87	21.7%
32	South Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,534	521	20.6%
33	Ballantyne Ridge High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	1,414	286	20.2%
34	William Amos Hough High	Cornelius, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,518	299	11.9%
35	Levine Middle College High Sch	Matthews, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	216	23	10.7%
36	Ardrey Kell High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	3,036	321	10.6%
37	Providence High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	2,167	175	8.1%
38	Elbert Edwin Waddell High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	123	0	0.0%

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