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What's the most underrated thing about Hopewell High School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,851
High
DISTRICT 1,315 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297002593
Hopewell High School
11530 Beatties Ford Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078 · (980) 343-5988 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,851 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of North Carolina public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
19.1:1
97 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,848 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 | 496 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 477 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 437 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 441 | 24% |
Student demographics
67%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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
57.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
22.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Hopewell High School
Hopewell High School's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopewell High School this school | 1,851 | 99.8% | 40.0% |
| South View High Hope Mills | 1,461 | 98.1% | 34.8% |
| Western Guilford High Greensboro | 1,243 | 99.8% | 43.5% |
| Mount Tabor High School Winston Salem | 1,426 | 99.8% | 38.6% |
| Page High Greensboro | 1,648 | 99.8% | 45.7% |
| R J Reynolds High Winston Salem | 1,759 | 99.4% | 37.7% |
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 Hopewell High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #301 of 468 | #19 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #354 of 464 | #20 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #214 of 448 | #16 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,851 | #54 of 598 | #14 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #269 of 473 | #18 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #134 of 474 | #12 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #11 of 527 | #8 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.2% | #57 of 164 | #5 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
1,851
+96 (+5%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 1,832
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 1,851 | 96.9 | 19.1:1 | 100% (1,848) |
| 2023-24 | 1,774 | 95.4 | 18.6:1 | 48% (858) |
| 2022-23 | 1,755 | 99.7 | 17.6:1 | 37% (652) |
| 2020-21 | 1,755 | 100 | 17.6:1 | 29% (510) |
| 2017-18 | 1,635 | 90.5 | 18.1:1 | 45% (738) |
| 2015-16 | 1,666 | 92 | 18.1:1 | 48% (793) |
| 2010-11 | 1,832 | 98 | 18.7:1 | 42% (772) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hopewell High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (1,635 to 1,851); teachers up 7% (90.5 to 96.9).
About Hopewell High School
As a high-enrollment high school, Hopewell High School serves students in Huntersville, North Carolina. Its enrollment is 1,851 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 761 students for high schools in North Carolina.
Hopewell High School is part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, where 186 schools serve 145,014 students.
No group is above 50% at Hopewell High School; the largest is Black, at 48%. The school is also 24% White, 20% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 30%. The diversity index for Hopewell High School is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 96.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 19.1:1. The average for high schools in North Carolina is about 19.6:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. The average for public schools in Mecklenburg County is 71%.
Among North Carolina public high schools, Hopewell High School outscored 39%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with North Carolina schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Hopewell High School's results are 8.4 points below predicted: 40.0% against 48.4%.
The school's county is Mecklenburg County. According to Census Bureau estimates, 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. Public schools in Mecklenburg County number 226, with about 170,407 students.
Aspire Trade High is the nearest public school to Hopewell High School, about 0.2 miles away. Hopewell High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Hopewell High School ranks 6th on proficiency.
Hopewell High School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 5%. The school's ratio increased from 17.6:1 to 19.1:1 between 2020-21 and 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
Related schools
Other schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
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- Bonnie Cone Leadership AcademyCombined · 1,269 students
- Francis Bradley MiddleMiddle · 1,089 students
- Blythe ElementaryElementary · 902 students
- Huntersville ElementaryElementary · 867 students
Other Hopewell High schools
One other US public school is named Hopewell High. Hopewell High School is the largest of the 2.
- Hopewell HighHopewell, VA · 1,136 students
Nearby schools
- Aspire Trade High0.2 mi · 270
- Francis Bradley Middle1.5 mi · 1,089
- Barnette Elementary1.7 mi · 818
- Long Creek Elementary2.3 mi · 527
- Torrence Creek Elementary3.2 mi · 653
- Grand Oak Elementary4.0 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About Hopewell High SchoolHow large is Hopewell High School?
Hopewell High School enrolls approximately 1,851 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Hopewell High School serve?
Hopewell High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Hopewell High School?
Approximately 19.1:1 students per teacher at Hopewell High School.
How diverse is Hopewell High School?
Hopewell High School reports a student body of 24% White, 20% Hispanic, 48% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Hopewell High School?
Hopewell High School is overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in Mecklenburg County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.