Ardrey Kell High School

Located at 10220 Ardrey Kell Road, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Ardrey Kell High School is a sizable secondary school that serves 3,036 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Ardrey Kell High School sits 299% above that benchmark.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools comprises 186 schools with combined enrollment of 145,014 students; Ardrey Kell High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ardrey Kell High School records that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 146 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Ardrey Kell High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Mecklenburg County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ardrey Kell High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 74.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Mecklenburg County put median household earnings sit near $87,005, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Mecklenburg County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), Ardrey Kell High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Knights View Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ardrey Kell High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ardrey Kell High School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 85.0%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Ardrey Kell High School's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 3,178 (now 3,036). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 57% to 41%.

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