Harold E. Winkler Middle

Harold E. Winkler Middle operates as a large junior high in Concord, North Carolina, overseen by Cabarrus County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,094 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 81% above typical.

Cabarrus County Schools comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 35,568 students; Harold E. Winkler Middle is among them.

On the student-mix side, Harold E. Winkler Middle reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 29% White, 27% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the resource side, Harold E. Winkler Middle records 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Harold E. Winkler Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Harold E. Winkler Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.8%; this one delivers 51.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cabarrus County) logs that median household income runs about $89,005, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Cabarrus County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 43,278 students), Harold E. Winkler Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cabarrus County Schools Virtual Academy, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Harold E. Winkler Middle ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 44.9%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 9%: 1,007 students in 2018 compared to 1,094 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 29% across the same window.

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