Albemarle Road Middle

Albemarle Road Middle is a sizable intermediate school in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the schools within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. The school works with 945 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 56% bigger than the state mean of about 605.

Albemarle Road Middle is one of 186 schools operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, a district that serves 145,014 students overall.

On demographics, Albemarle Road Middle lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 27% Black, 9% Asian, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Albemarle Road Middle logs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.3:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Mecklenburg County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Albemarle Road Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.4%, the actual is 33.6%, a residual of -14.8 points.

Around the school, census data for Mecklenburg County shows median household income runs about $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mecklenburg County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), Albemarle Road Middle is one campus in the mix.

Albemarle Road Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Albemarle Road Middle at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 47.0%.

Albemarle Road Middle operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Albemarle Road Middle has declined 14%, going from 1,099 students in 2018 to 945 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 48% to 59% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

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