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What's something Harris Road Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,368
Middle
DISTRICT 893 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370053002625
Harris Road Middle
1251 Patriot Blvd, Concord, NC 28027 · (704) 260-6470 · Cabarrus County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,368 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of North Carolina public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
185 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 472 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 473 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 423 | 31% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
84.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
88.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
88.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Harris Road Middle
Harris Road Middle's state test result (88.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Road Middle this school | 1,368 | 13.5% | 88.0% |
| Davis Drive Middle Cary | 992 | 13.3% | 87.5% |
| Alston Ridge Middle Cary | 1,494 | 21.3% | 79.2% |
| Community House Middle Charlotte | 1,425 | 20.4% | 85.7% |
| Mills Park Middle Cary | 1,632 | 7.6% | 91.8% |
| Jay M. Robinson Middle Charlotte | 1,333 | 20.1% | 85.9% |
Matched among North Carolina middle 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 Harris Road Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cabarrus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #5 of 463 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.6% | #7 of 461 | #1 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.7% | #4 of 463 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,368 | #6 of 478 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #439 of 456 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #81 of 456 | #9 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.5% | #465 of 472 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.1% | #96 of 143 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,368
-94 (-6%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 1,530
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 1,368 | 68.3 | 20.0:1 | 14% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 1,167 | 60.4 | 19.3:1 | 18% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 1,235 | 67.1 | 18.4:1 | 15% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 1,462 | 72 | 20.3:1 | 9% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 1,301 | 67.1 | 19.4:1 | 14% (176) |
| 2015-16 | 1,158 | 67 | 17.3:1 | 16% (183) |
| 2010-11 | 1,530 | 90 | 17.0:1 | 24% (369) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harris Road Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (1,301 to 1,368); teachers up 2% (67.1 to 68.3).
About Harris Road Middle
Harris Road Middle is a middle school with a street address in Concord, North Carolina. The school enrolls 1,368 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in North Carolina enroll around 605, and this school is 126% above that mark.
The district, Cabarrus County Schools, operates 44 schools serving 35,568 students.
The biggest share of students at Harris Road Middle, 43%, is Asian. Next come 31% White, 15% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 6% Asian among all Cabarrus County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
Its staff includes 68.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 20.0 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in North Carolina, 15.9:1, is lower. Harris Road Middle has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 14%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cabarrus County is 56%.
Harris Road Middle earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 98% of North Carolina public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Harris Road Middle would be expected to post about 74.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 88.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Cabarrus County show that the median household earns about $89,005 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Cabarrus County has 56 public schools with about 43,278 students, including Harris Road Middle.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, W R Odell Primary, is the closest to Harris Road Middle. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 88.0% is above the 71.0% average for nearby schools.
NCES assigns Harris Road Middle the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count fell 6% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Cabarrus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
236,133
Census ACS
Median income
$89,005
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
43,278 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cabarrus County Schools
- Cox Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,772 students
- Hickory Ridge HighHigh · 1,671 students
- West Cabarrus HighHigh · 1,627 students
- Central Cabarrus HighHigh · 1,369 students
- Jay M Robinson HighHigh · 1,210 students
- Northwest Cabarrus HighHigh · 1,142 students
Other schools in Concord
- Cox Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,772 students
- West Cabarrus HighHigh · 1,627 students
- Central Cabarrus HighHigh · 1,369 students
- Jay M Robinson HighHigh · 1,210 students
- Northwest Cabarrus HighHigh · 1,142 students
- Concord HighHigh · 1,128 students
Nearby schools
- W R Odell Primary0.2 mi · 938
- W R Odell Elementary1.0 mi · 1,052
- Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy1.4 mi · 1,269
- Carolina International School1.4 mi · 744
- Cox Mill High School2.5 mi · 1,772
- Cox Mill Elementary2.6 mi · 1,086
Frequently asked questions
About Harris Road MiddleHow many students attend Harris Road Middle?
Harris Road Middle enrolls approximately 1,368 students in grades 06-08.
Is Harris Road Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Harris Road Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Harris Road Middle have?
Harris Road Middle employs 68 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harris Road Middle?
At Harris Road Middle, the student body is approximately 31% White, 6% Hispanic, 15% Black, 43% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Harris Road Middle?
Harris Road Middle is overseen by Cabarrus County Schools in Cabarrus County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.