Garinger High School

Set in Charlotte, North Carolina, Garinger High School is a large secondary school, overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. It works with 1,877 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 761 students per school, that is 147% above typical.

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

On the student-mix side, Garinger High School records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder is composed of 31% Black, 4% White, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

On the resource side, Garinger High School reports 106 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Garinger High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Garinger High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Mecklenburg County (around 71%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Garinger High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.4%; actual is 19.0%, a gap of -29.4 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Mecklenburg County indicate median household income runs about $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mecklenburg County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), of which Garinger High School is one.

Shamrock Gardens Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Garinger High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.2%.

Garinger High School operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Garinger High School has edged up 3%, going from 1,815 students in 2018 to 1,877 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 44% to 61%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Garinger High School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.