Total enrollment
35,264
+2,454 (+7%) vs SY 2020-21
44 schools in Cabarrus County Schools
North Carolina · 35,568 students · 5 cities
Across 44 public schools, Cabarrus County Schools (North Carolina) serves approximately 35,568 K-12 students across 21 elementary, 9 middle, and 13 high.
4-year change in Cabarrus County Schools
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
43
+1 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Cabarrus County Schools ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In North Carolina | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #11 of 112 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 35,568 | #8 of 116 | #168 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 44 | #11 of 116 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #76 of 116 | #6,769 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 48.1% | #104 of 114 | #4,427 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.5% | #3 of 111 | #79 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Cabarrus County Schools
State test results across the district's 39 scored schools run from Cabarrus Early College of Technology at 88.6% proficient to Concord Middle at 26.3%, a gap of 62.3 points. That is the 17th widest gap among 104 North Carolina districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 38 district schools that reported both years went from 32,162 to 31,538 students (down 2%) and from 1,907 to 1,926 full-time teachers (up 1%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Cabarrus County Schools
Cabarrus County Schools is an average-sized North Carolina school district running 44 schools with combined enrollment near 35,568.
For a sense of the school types, Cabarrus County Schools covers 21 elementary, 9 middle, 13 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Average enrollment per school in Cabarrus County Schools is about 808, meaningfully above the North Carolina average of roughly 571.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment expanded 7%: 32,810 students in SY 2020-21 versus 35,264 in SY 2024-25. Cabarrus County Schools now counts 43 public schools, up from 42 in SY 2020-21.
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