Hopewell High School

As a sprawling secondary school in Huntersville, North Carolina, Hopewell High School works with 1,851 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Hopewell High School sits 143% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 186 schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (145,014 students total), Hopewell High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Hopewell High School records that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 24% White, 20% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 30% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 97 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.1:1. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Mecklenburg County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hopewell High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.4%; this one delivers 40.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Mecklenburg County shows median household earnings sit near $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Hopewell High School is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

The closest other public school is Aspire Trade High, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hopewell High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 61.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hopewell High School has expanded 13%, going from 1,635 students in 2018 to 1,851 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 29% to 24% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

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