Myers Park High School

Set in Charlotte, North Carolina, Myers Park High School is a heavily attended secondary school, overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. It instructs 3,225 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Myers Park High School sits 324% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 186 schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (145,014 students total), Myers Park High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Myers Park High School lists that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 23% Black, 20% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 154 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Mecklenburg County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Myers Park High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.3%, the actual is 52.9%, a residual of -15.4 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Mecklenburg County indicate median household earnings sit near $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Myers Park High School is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

Selwyn Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Myers Park High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 68.3%.

Myers Park High School operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Myers Park High School has remained close to its prior level, going from 3,156 students in 2018 to 3,225 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 51% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 today.

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