Independence High School

Located at 1967 Patriot Dr, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Independence High School is a sizable secondary school that hosts 2,024 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 166% larger than the state mean of about 761.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools comprises 186 schools with combined enrollment of 145,014 students; Independence High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Independence High School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 29% Black, 17% White, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Independence High School records 116 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Independence High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Mecklenburg County's rate of about 71%.

With demographic context factored in, Independence High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Mecklenburg County indicate the typical household earns roughly $87,005 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mecklenburg County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), Independence High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Northeast Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Independence High School. On composite proficiency, Independence High School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 47.2%.

Independence High School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Independence High School has contracted 17%, going from 2,426 students in 2018 to 2,024 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 30% to 45%.

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