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Enrollment
854
High
DISTRICT 1,315 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001203
Cochrane Collegiate Academy
6200 Starhaven Dr, Charlotte, NC 28215 · (980) 343-6460 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL854 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of North Carolina public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
19.4:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
851 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 6 | 194 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 193 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 221 | 26% |
| Grade 9 | 78 | 9% |
| Grade 10 | 60 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 62 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 46 | 5% |
Student demographics
46%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
34.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
20.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Cochrane Collegiate Academy
Cochrane Collegiate Academy's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cochrane Collegiate Academy this school | 854 | 99.6% | 27.1% |
| Monroe High Monroe | 1,215 | 99.7% | 25.2% |
| Hugh M Cummings High Burlington | 807 | 98.8% | 24.0% |
| Jordan-Matthews High Siler City | 848 | 99.6% | 32.6% |
| Spring Creek High Seven Springs | 732 | 98.6% | 56.9% |
| Garinger High School Charlotte | 1,877 | 99.8% | 19.0% |
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 Cochrane Collegiate Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #415 of 468 | #23 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #374 of 464 | #22 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #412 of 448 | #26 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 854 | #228 of 598 | #23 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #277 of 473 | #19 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.0% | #382 of 474 | #30 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #77 of 527 | #13 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #164 of 277 | #14 of 16 |
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
854
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 712
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 854 | 44.1 | 19.4:1 | 100% (851) |
| 2023-24 | 851 | 48.5 | 17.6:1 | 100% (848) |
| 2022-23 | 918 | 46.5 | 19.8:1 | 98% (898) |
| 2020-21 | 853 | 54 | 15.8:1 | 100% (850) |
| 2017-18 | 924 | 56.9 | 16.3:1 | 99% (917) |
| 2015-16 | 744 | 45 | 16.5:1 | 100% (741) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | 36 | 15.5:1 | 88% (490) |
| 2000-01 | 652 | 49 | 13.3:1 | 63% (411) |
| 1990-91 | 712 | 45 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cochrane Collegiate Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (924 to 854); teachers down 22% (56.9 to 44.1).
About Cochrane Collegiate Academy
Cochrane Collegiate Academy is a mid-sized high school in Charlotte, North Carolina. It enrolls 854 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 12.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools enrolls 145,014 students, and its 186 schools include Cochrane Collegiate Academy.
The largest group at Cochrane Collegiate Academy is Hispanic students, at 69%. Enrollment also includes 24% Black, 3% Asian, and 2% White. Among people living in Mecklenburg County, the Hispanic share is about 16%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cochrane Collegiate Academy scores 46%.
Teacher count: 44.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 19.4:1. It is about the same as the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina. Roughly 100% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 71% average for public schools in Mecklenburg County is 29 points.
Among North Carolina public high schools, Cochrane Collegiate Academy outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in North Carolina with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 48.4%. Cochrane Collegiate Academy posts 27.1%, 21.3 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Mecklenburg County show that median household income comes to about $87,005, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 226, with about 170,407 students.
Measured in a straight line, Devonshire Elementary is about 0.3 miles from Cochrane Collegiate Academy. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 27.1% is below the 44.1% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (853) and 2024-25 (854). The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.8:1 to 19.4:1 over the same years.
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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
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Devonshire Elementary0.3 mi · 550
- KIPP Charlotte1.0 mi · 813
- Briarwood Academy1.0 mi · 649
- Grove Park Elementary School1.3 mi · 740
- Northridge Middle1.4 mi · 1,014
- Lawrence Orr Elementary1.5 mi · 751
Frequently asked questions
About Cochrane Collegiate AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Cochrane Collegiate Academy?
Cochrane Collegiate Academy enrolls approximately 854 students in grades 06-12.
Is Cochrane Collegiate Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cochrane Collegiate Academy is a high school covering grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cochrane Collegiate Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cochrane Collegiate Academy is approximately 19.4:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cochrane Collegiate Academy?
At Cochrane Collegiate Academy, the student body is approximately 2% White, 69% Hispanic, 24% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Cochrane Collegiate Academy public or private?
Cochrane Collegiate Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.