Concord High

Concord High is a high school of mid-tier scale in Concord, North Carolina, overseen by Cabarrus County Schools, enrolling 1,128 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Concord High sits 48% above that benchmark.

Within Cabarrus County Schools, which oversees 44 schools and 35,568 students, Concord High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Concord High reports that 34% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 31% Black, 28% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Cabarrus County as a whole is about 13% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at Concord High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Cabarrus County's rate of about 56%.

With demographic context factored in, Concord High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Cabarrus County shows median household earnings sit near $89,005, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Cabarrus County runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 43,278 students), of which Concord High is one.

Beverly Hills Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Concord High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.9%.

Concord High operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Concord High has fell 12%, going from 1,276 students in 2018 to 1,128 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 43% to 28%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.