Aspire Trade High

Aspire Trade High operates as an one-room-style senior high in Huntersville, North Carolina, run under Aspire Trade High School. Current enrollment sits at 270 students spanning grades 9 through 11. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Aspire Trade High sits 65% smaller than that benchmark.

Operationally, Aspire Trade High answers to Aspire Trade High School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Aspire Trade High logs that the most-represented group is Black (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 31% Hispanic, 21% White, 9% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Aspire Trade High logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Mecklenburg County (around 71%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Mecklenburg County put 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%. Aspire Trade High is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

The closest other public school is Hopewell High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site. Aspire Trade High is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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