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The lowest-performing public high schools by test proficiency in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

28 public high schools in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the lowest-performing public high schools by test proficiency, ranked by the lowest composite state-assessment proficiency. Garinger High School leads the list at 19.0%, against a median of 44.9% across the ranked schools.

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Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Best % Proficient

19.0%

Median % Proficient

44.9%

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Garinger High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	99.8%	1,877	19.0%
2	Harding University High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	99.8%	1,204	19.4%
3	West Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	99.8%	1,290	22.4%
4	Julius L. Chambers High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	99.9%	2,225	26.0%
5	Rocky River High School	Mint Hill, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	99.8%	1,562	26.0%
6	Cochrane Collegiate Academy	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	99.6%	854	27.1%
7	West Charlotte High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	99.9%	2,008	34.2%
8	Hawthorne Academy of Health Sciences	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	98.3%	239	37.0%
9	Olympic High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	99.8%	1,483	37.2%
10	Hopewell High School	Huntersville, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	99.8%	1,851	40.0%
11	Independence High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	99.9%	2,024	41.2%
12	Mallard Creek High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	99.9%	2,068	42.3%
13	North Mecklenburg High School	Huntersville, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	99.8%	1,854	42.4%
14	South Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	46.8%	2,534	44.9%
15	East Mecklenburg High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	99.9%	2,422	45.0%
16	Palisades High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	53.3%	2,332	45.1%
17	Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	98.9%	1,533	50.8%
18	Butler High School	Matthews, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	50.1%	1,791	51.3%
19	Myers Park High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	34.5%	3,225	52.9%
20	Ballantyne Ridge High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	40.5%	1,414	55.3%
21	Charlotte Teacher Early College	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	45.8%	192	60.6%
22	William Amos Hough High	Cornelius, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	20.1%	2,518	70.6%
23	Northwest School of the Arts	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	38.1%	993	73.8%
24	Ardrey Kell High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	14.7%	3,036	74.3%
25	Central Piedmont Early College	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	41.4%	278	76.0%
26	Williams Secondary Montessori	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	19.7%	401	78.4%
27	Providence High School	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	15.2%	2,167	81.4%
28	Char Eng Early College-UNCC	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	High	35.5%	313	81.8%

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