Francis Bradley Middle

Set in Huntersville, North Carolina, Francis Bradley Middle is a heavily attended 6-8 campus, one of the schools within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. It instructs 1,089 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 605 students each, so Francis Bradley Middle sits 80% larger than that benchmark.

Within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, which oversees 186 schools and 145,014 students, Francis Bradley Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Francis Bradley Middle logs that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 34% Black, 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Francis Bradley Middle has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Mecklenburg County's rate of about 71%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Francis Bradley Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.5%, the actual is 60.3%, a residual of -4.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Mecklenburg County) reports that median household income runs about $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Francis Bradley Middle is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

The closest other public school is Barnette Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Francis Bradley Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 65.3%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Francis Bradley Middle has grew 6%, going from 1,024 students in 2018 to 1,089 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 38% across the same window.

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