J. M. Alexander Middle

J. M. Alexander Middle is one of the middle-of-the-pack intermediate schools in Huntersville, North Carolina, one of the schools within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, with 799 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 32% larger than the state mean of about 605.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools runs 186 schools in total, collectively educating 145,014 students. J. M. Alexander Middle is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, J. M. Alexander Middle lists that 58% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 5% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Mecklenburg County as a whole is about 30% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Mecklenburg County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), J. M. Alexander Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Mecklenburg County put median household earnings sit near $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Mecklenburg County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), J. M. Alexander Middle is one campus in the mix.

Blythe Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, J. M. Alexander Middle comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 59.5%.

J. M. Alexander Middle operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J. M. Alexander Middle has declined 13%, going from 918 students in 2018 to 799 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 21% to 5% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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