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Enrollment
875
High
DISTRICT 1,135 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370462001806
Central Academy of Technology and Arts
600 Brewer Dr, Monroe, NC 28112 · (704) 296-3088 · Union County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL875 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of North Carolina public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
121 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 224 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 239 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 224 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 188 | 21% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
93.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
78.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
87.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Central Academy of Technology and Arts
Central Academy of Technology and Arts's state test result (87.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Academy of Technology and Arts this school | 875 | 13.8% | 87.6% |
| Providence High School Charlotte | 2,167 | 15.2% | 81.4% |
| Weddington High Matthews | 1,899 | 8.1% | 82.5% |
| Hickory Ridge High Harrisburg | 1,671 | 19.6% | 64.2% |
| Chapel Hill High Chapel Hill | 1,608 | 22.2% | 66.4% |
| East Chapel Hill High Chapel Hill | 1,419 | 22.2% | 66.8% |
Matched among North Carolina high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Central Academy of Technology and Arts ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.6% | #23 of 468 | #2 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #41 of 464 | #3 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.8% | #11 of 448 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 875 | #219 of 598 | #10 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #94 of 473 | #3 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #219 of 474 | #5 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.8% | #519 of 527 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #156 of 164 | #5 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
875
+32 (+4%) vs 2020
+2552% since 1990-91, when it was 33
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 17.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 875 | 55.1 | 15.9:1 | 14% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 846 | 52.4 | 16.1:1 | 16% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 821 | 51.6 | 15.9:1 | 16% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 843 | 47 | 17.9:1 | 9% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 866 | 49.8 | 17.4:1 | 17% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 793 | 54 | 14.7:1 | 19% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 815 | 52 | 15.7:1 | 26% (210) |
| 2000-01 | 6 | 29 | 0.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 33 | 20 | 1.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Academy of Technology and Arts.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (866 to 875); teachers up 11% (49.8 to 55.1).
About Central Academy of Technology and Arts
Central Academy of Technology and Arts is a mid-sized high school found in Monroe, North Carolina. Its enrollment is 875 students, spread over grades 9 through 12.
Union County Public Schools has 52 schools; together they serve 41,272 students.
Federal enrollment data show Central Academy of Technology and Arts is 57% White. Next come 16% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 69% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
Staffing at Central Academy of Technology and Arts comes to 55.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.9:1. High schools in North Carolina average 19.6:1, 3.7 more students per teacher than here. Central Academy of Technology and Arts counts 14% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Union County averages 41%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Central Academy of Technology and Arts lands at A, ahead of 92% of North Carolina public high schools.
A school with Central Academy of Technology and Arts's lunch-eligibility share in North Carolina is predicted to score 74.6%. Central Academy of Technology and Arts scores 87.6%, 13.0 points above that line.
In Union County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $102,900, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 58 public schools and about 45,934 students.
Central Academy of Technology and Arts's nearest public school is Walter Bickett Elementary (about 0.8 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Central Academy of Technology and Arts. Central Academy of Technology and Arts places 1st of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 875, compared with 843 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 15.9:1, from 17.9:1.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
250,958
Census ACS
Median income
$102,900
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
45,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union County Public Schools
- Marvin Ridge HighHigh · 1,961 students
- Weddington HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Cuthbertson HighHigh · 1,857 students
- Porter Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Porter Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,447 students
- Weddington MiddleMiddle · 1,324 students
Other schools in Monroe
- Union AcademyCombined · 2,186 students
- Sun Valley HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Piedmont HighHigh · 1,270 students
- Monroe HighHigh · 1,215 students
- Parkwood HighHigh · 1,082 students
- Piedmont MiddleMiddle · 980 students
Nearby schools
- Walter Bickett Elementary0.8 mi · 444
- Wolfe School0.8 mi · 109
- Apprentice Academy High School1.3 mi · 229
- ALA Monroe1.3 mi · 237
- Union Academy1.5 mi · 2,186
- Monroe Middle1.6 mi · 802
Frequently asked questions
About Central Academy of Technology and ArtsWhat is the total enrollment at Central Academy of Technology and Arts?
Central Academy of Technology and Arts enrolls approximately 875 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Central Academy of Technology and Arts serve?
Central Academy of Technology and Arts serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Central Academy of Technology and Arts?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Central Academy of Technology and Arts is approximately 15.9:1 (55 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Central Academy of Technology and Arts?
Central Academy of Technology and Arts reports a student body of 57% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% Black, 16% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Central Academy of Technology and Arts in?
Central Academy of Technology and Arts is part of Union County Public Schools.
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