Elbert Edwin Waddell High School

As a very small secondary school in Charlotte, North Carolina, Elbert Edwin Waddell High School instructs 123 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 84% smaller than the state mean of about 761.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools comprises 186 schools with combined enrollment of 145,014 students; Elbert Edwin Waddell High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Elbert Edwin Waddell High School records that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Elbert Edwin Waddell High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Mecklenburg County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $87,005 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Elbert Edwin Waddell High School is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Virtual School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Elbert Edwin Waddell High School.

Elbert Edwin Waddell High School operates from a high-density location.

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