Cochrane Collegiate Academy

Set in Charlotte, North Carolina, Cochrane Collegiate Academy is a reasonably sized 9-12 campus, overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. It hosts 854 students across grades 6 through 12.

Cochrane Collegiate Academy is one of 186 schools operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, a district that instructs 145,014 students overall.

Demographically, Cochrane Collegiate Academy records that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 24% Black, 3% Asian, 2% White. By comparison, Mecklenburg County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Mecklenburg County's rate of about 71%.

After controlling for student poverty, Cochrane Collegiate Academy is in the bottom 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 48.4%; Cochrane Collegiate Academy posts 27.1%, -21.3 points below that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Mecklenburg County shows median household earnings sit near $87,005, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mecklenburg County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), Cochrane Collegiate Academy is one campus in the mix.

Devonshire Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cochrane Collegiate Academy. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cochrane Collegiate Academy ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 44.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 8%: 924 students in 2018 compared to 854 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 52% to 69%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 today.

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