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If you had an hour of school board time for East Mecklenburg High School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
2,422
High
DISTRICT 1,315 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001214
East Mecklenburg High School
6800 Monroe Rd, Charlotte, NC 28212 · (980) 343-6430 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,422 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of North Carolina public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
18.5:1
131 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
2,419 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 9 | 764 | 32% |
| Grade 10 | 649 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 537 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 472 | 19% |
Student demographics
70%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
67.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
21.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 67 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 East Mecklenburg High School
East Mecklenburg High School's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Mecklenburg High School this school | 2,422 | 99.9% | 45.0% |
| Independence High School Charlotte | 2,024 | 99.9% | 41.2% |
| Riverside High Durham | 1,900 | 99.8% | 34.2% |
| C E Jordan High Durham | 2,189 | 99.9% | 46.6% |
| A L Brown High Kannapolis | 1,753 | 99.8% | 23.0% |
| Olympic High School Charlotte | 1,483 | 99.8% | 37.2% |
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 East Mecklenburg High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #258 of 468 | #14 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #371 of 464 | #21 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #145 of 448 | #11 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,422 | #10 of 598 | #5 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #235 of 473 | #15 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #67 of 474 | #5 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.9% | #1 of 527 | #1 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.8% | #39 of 164 | #4 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
2,422
+316 (+15%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 1,725
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 2,422 | 130.9 | 18.5:1 | 100% (2,419) |
| 2023-24 | 2,372 | 129.5 | 18.3:1 | 100% (2,369) |
| 2022-23 | 2,409 | 123.3 | 19.5:1 | 42% (1,017) |
| 2020-21 | 2,106 | 119 | 17.7:1 | 37% (775) |
| 2017-18 | 2,074 | 113.9 | 18.2:1 | 54% (1,118) |
| 2015-16 | 1,861 | 113 | 16.5:1 | 58% (1,078) |
| 2010-11 | 1,761 | 111 | 15.9:1 | 56% (994) |
| 2000-01 | 2,039 | 113 | 18.0:1 | 14% (276) |
| 1990-91 | 1,725 | 115 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Mecklenburg High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (2,074 to 2,422); teachers up 15% (113.9 to 130.9).
About East Mecklenburg High School
East Mecklenburg High School is a high school located in Charlotte, North Carolina, in Mecklenburg County. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 2,422 students. The school's enrollment is 218% above the 761 average for high schools in North Carolina.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools runs 186 schools with a combined 145,014 students. East Mecklenburg High School is one of them.
East Mecklenburg High School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 41%. Smaller groups are 31% Black, 20% White, 6% Asian, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 16% of Mecklenburg County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, East Mecklenburg High School comes in at 70%.
Teacher staffing is 130.9 full-time equivalents, or about 18.5 students per teacher. Among high schools in North Carolina, the typical ratio is 19.6:1. About 100% of students, or 2,419, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 71% for public schools in Mecklenburg County.
The allk12 Grade for East Mecklenburg High School is B-. Compared with North Carolina public high schools, the school scored higher than 50% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at East Mecklenburg High School are 3.3 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (45.0% actual, 48.3% predicted).
County data help place the school in context: in Mecklenburg County, median household income is about $87,005, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. East Mecklenburg High School is among the 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County.
Nearest public school: McClintock Middle, about 0.7 miles away. The five-mile area around East Mecklenburg High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts East Mecklenburg High School at 6th of 8.
NCES assigns East Mecklenburg High School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students climbed from 2,106 to 2,422 over 4 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
Related schools
Other schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
- Myers Park High SchoolHigh · 3,225 students
- Ardrey Kell High SchoolHigh · 3,036 students
- South Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,534 students
- William Amos Hough HighHigh · 2,518 students
- Palisades High SchoolHigh · 2,332 students
- Julius L. Chambers High SchoolHigh · 2,225 students
Other schools in Charlotte
- Myers Park High SchoolHigh · 3,225 students
- Ardrey Kell High SchoolHigh · 3,036 students
- South Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,534 students
- Palisades High SchoolHigh · 2,332 students
- Julius L. Chambers High SchoolHigh · 2,225 students
- Providence High SchoolHigh · 2,167 students
Nearby schools
- McClintock Middle0.7 mi · 1,056
- Rama Road Elementary0.9 mi · 560
- Idlewild Elementary1.1 mi · 850
- Greenway Park Elementary1.5 mi · 511
- Piney Grove Elementary1.5 mi · 441
- Charlotte Secondary1.7 mi · 157
Frequently asked questions
About East Mecklenburg High SchoolHow many students attend East Mecklenburg High School?
East Mecklenburg High School enrolls approximately 2,422 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does East Mecklenburg High School serve?
East Mecklenburg High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does East Mecklenburg High School have?
East Mecklenburg High School employs 131 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at East Mecklenburg High School?
At East Mecklenburg High School, the student body is approximately 20% White, 41% Hispanic, 31% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees East Mecklenburg High School?
East Mecklenburg High School is overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in Mecklenburg County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.