Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early Coll

Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early Coll, an one-room-style high school in Concord, North Carolina, part of Cabarrus County Schools, enrolls 234 students, covering grades 9 through 13. That puts it 69% smaller than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 761 students.

Cabarrus County Schools comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 35,568 students; Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early Coll is among them.

Demographically, Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early Coll shows that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 29% Black, 21% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Cabarrus County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cabarrus County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early Coll is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 68.0%; this one delivers 87.2%, a residual of +19.2 points.

Around the school, Cabarrus County reports that median household income runs about $89,005, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early Coll is one of 56 public schools in Cabarrus County (combined enrollment of about 43,278 students).

Northwest Cabarrus High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early Coll comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 47.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early Coll has showed little movement, going from 237 students in 2018 to 234 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 47% to 37%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 29.1:1 in 2018 to 24.3:1 today.

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