Enrollment
313
High
DISTRICT 1,315 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297003315
Char Eng Early College-UNCC
9000 Robert Snyder Rd, Charlotte, NC 28262 · (980) 343-9898 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES 09–13HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of North Carolina public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
19.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
111 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 75 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 75 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 60 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 71 | 23% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
91.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
75.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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
81.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Char Eng Early College-UNCC
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Char Eng Early College-UNCC this school | 313 | 35.5% | 81.8% |
| Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early Coll Concord | 234 | 35.5% | 87.2% |
| Harper Middle College High Charlotte | 125 | 25.6% | N/A |
| Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy Raleigh | 337 | 34.4% | 85.6% |
| Merancas Middle College-CPCC Huntersville | 176 | 32.4% | N/A |
| Cato Middle College High School Charlotte | 173 | 46.8% | N/A |
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 Char Eng Early College-UNCC ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #42 of 468 | #1 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #48 of 464 | #1 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.8% | #25 of 448 | #2 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #407 of 598 | #27 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #283 of 473 | #20 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.2% | #11 of 474 | #2 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.5% | #451 of 527 | #27 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.6% | #148 of 164 | #10 of 10 |
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
313
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 313 | 16 | 19.6:1 | 35% (111) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 14 | 22.6:1 | 32% (101) |
| 2022-23 | 300 | 14 | 21.4:1 | 25% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | 15 | 21.2:1 | 25% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 308 | 14.5 | 21.2:1 | 34% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 194 | 11 | 17.6:1 | 45% (88) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Char Eng Early College-UNCC.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (308 to 313); teachers up 10% (14.5 to 16).
About Char Eng Early College-UNCC
Char Eng Early College-UNCC is a low-enrollment high school based in Charlotte, North Carolina. A federal count lists 313 students at the school, in grades 9 through 13. An average school in this group (high schools in North Carolina) has about 761 students.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has a total of 186 schools and 145,014 students, Char Eng Early College-UNCC among them.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at Char Eng Early College-UNCC, at 35%. Other groups make up 28% Hispanic, 20% White, 13% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 74%, meaning two students picked at random have a 74% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 16 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 19.6:1. That is close to the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina. The school's lunch program data list 35% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Mecklenburg County, the average is 71%.
Measured against North Carolina public high schools, Char Eng Early College-UNCC receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Char Eng Early College-UNCC posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 81.8%, compared with a predicted 68.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Mecklenburg County, the median household income is $87,005, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Mecklenburg County is home to 226 public schools and about 170,407 public school students.
The closest public school to Char Eng Early College-UNCC is Charlotte Teacher Early College, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Char Eng Early College-UNCC is 1st of 8 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Char Eng Early College-UNCC is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 318 to 313. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 21.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.6:1.
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Mecklenburg County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,154,681
Census ACS
Median income
$87,005
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
170,407 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Char Eng Early College-UNCCHow large is Char Eng Early College-UNCC?
Char Eng Early College-UNCC enrolls approximately 313 students in grades 09-13.
What age range does Char Eng Early College-UNCC serve?
Char Eng Early College-UNCC serves students from grade 09 through grade 13.
How many students per teacher at Char Eng Early College-UNCC?
Approximately 19.6:1 students per teacher at Char Eng Early College-UNCC.
How diverse is Char Eng Early College-UNCC?
Char Eng Early College-UNCC reports a student body of 20% White, 28% Hispanic, 35% Black, 13% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Char Eng Early College-UNCC public or private?
Char Eng Early College-UNCC is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
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