Bradford Preparatory School

As a substantial K-12 campus in Charlotte, North Carolina, Bradford Preparatory School teaches 1,566 students from grades K through 12, one of the schools within Bradford Preparatory School. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 731 students each, so Bradford Preparatory School sits 114% larger than that benchmark.

Bradford Preparatory School is the operating authority for Bradford Preparatory School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bradford Preparatory School shows that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 35% Black, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Bradford Preparatory School logs 107 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.1:1 average.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Mecklenburg County put the typical household earns roughly $87,005 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Mecklenburg County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), of which Bradford Preparatory School is one.

Stoney Creek Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site. Bradford Preparatory School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Bradford Preparatory School's enrollment has increased 38% since 2018, when it stood at 1,135 (now 1,566). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 59% to 43% over that span.

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