Alexander Graham Middle

Located at 1800 Runnymede Lane, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Alexander Graham Middle is a well-populated middle-grades school that caters to 1,187 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. That puts it 96% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 605 students.

Across the 186 schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (145,014 students total), Alexander Graham Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Alexander Graham Middle lists that 37% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% White, 23% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Mecklenburg County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Alexander Graham Middle lists 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Alexander Graham Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Mecklenburg County's rate of about 71%.

With demographic context factored in, Alexander Graham Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.8%, the actual is 49.7%, a residual of -13.2 points.

Around the school, census data for Mecklenburg County shows median household income runs about $87,005, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Alexander Graham Middle is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

Nearest neighbor: Selwyn Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alexander Graham Middle at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 65.5%.

Alexander Graham Middle operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 19%: 1,465 students in 2018 compared to 1,187 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 32% across the same window.

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