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Enrollment
1,877
High
DISTRICT 1,315 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297003245
Garinger High School
1100 Eastway Dr, Charlotte, NC 28205 · (980) 343-6450 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,877 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of North Carolina public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
17.8:1
106 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,874 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 | 628 | 33% |
| Grade 10 | 590 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 359 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 300 | 16% |
Student demographics
53%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
24.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
9.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-29.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Garinger High School
Garinger High School's state test result (19.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garinger High School this school | 1,877 | 99.8% | 19.0% |
| Monroe High Monroe | 1,215 | 99.7% | 25.2% |
| Parkland High Winston Salem | 1,569 | 99.8% | 23.7% |
| Smithfield-Selma High Smithfield | 1,548 | 99.8% | 35.7% |
| Hugh M Cummings High Burlington | 807 | 98.8% | 24.0% |
| Robert B Glenn High School Kernersville | 1,396 | 99.8% | 21.6% |
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 Garinger High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #461 of 468 | #28 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.9% | #456 of 464 | #29 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #439 of 448 | #28 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,877 | #50 of 598 | #12 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #192 of 473 | #11 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #334 of 474 | #27 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #9 of 527 | #6 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #132 of 164 | #7 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
1,877
+379 (+25%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 1,877 | 105.7 | 17.8:1 | 100% (1,874) |
| 2023-24 | 1,803 | 107.6 | 16.8:1 | 100% (1,800) |
| 2022-23 | 1,677 | 98.3 | 17.1:1 | 100% (1,674) |
| 2020-21 | 1,498 | 111 | 13.5:1 | 100% (1,495) |
| 2017-18 | 1,815 | 122.9 | 14.8:1 | 99% (1,796) |
| 2015-16 | 1,875 | 111 | 16.9:1 | 100% (1,874) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garinger High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (1,815 to 1,877); teachers down 14% (122.9 to 105.7).
About Garinger High School
Federal records list Garinger High School as a high school in Charlotte, North Carolina. In all, 1,877 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 147% larger than the 761-student average for high schools in North Carolina.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has 145,014 students spread across 186 schools.
About 61% of the student body at Garinger High School is Hispanic. Other students are 31% Black, 4% White, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Mecklenburg County residents are about 16% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 105.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, Garinger High School has a ratio of 17.8:1. Across high schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 19.6:1. Income data for the school show 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 71% average for public schools in Mecklenburg County is 29 points lower.
Garinger High School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 1% of North Carolina public high schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Garinger High School is 48.4%. It actually posts 19.0%, which is 29.4 points lower and in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
For Mecklenburg County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $87,005 a year, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Garinger High School, Mecklenburg County has 226 public schools.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Shamrock Gardens Elementary, is the closest to Garinger High School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Garinger High School. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Garinger High School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 25% rise, from 1,498 to 1,877. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.5:1 in 2020-21, and 17.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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- Myers Park High SchoolHigh · 3,225 students
- Ardrey Kell High SchoolHigh · 3,036 students
- South Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,534 students
- East Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,422 students
- Palisades High SchoolHigh · 2,332 students
- Julius L. Chambers High SchoolHigh · 2,225 students
Nearby schools
- Shamrock Gardens Elementary0.6 mi · 532
- KIPP Charlotte1.1 mi · 813
- Highland Mill Montessori1.2 mi · 341
- Briarwood Academy1.3 mi · 649
- Sugar Creek Charter1.5 mi · 1,591
- Highland Renaissance Academy1.5 mi · 443
Frequently asked questions
About Garinger High SchoolHow large is Garinger High School?
Garinger High School enrolls approximately 1,877 students in grades 09-12.
Is Garinger High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Garinger High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Garinger High School have?
Garinger High School employs 106 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Garinger High School?
Student demographics at Garinger High School are roughly 4% White, 61% Hispanic, 31% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Garinger High School in?
Garinger High School is part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
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