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Enrollment
799
Middle
DISTRICT 902 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001189
J. M. Alexander Middle
12010 Hambright Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078 · (980) 343-3830 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL799 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of North Carolina public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
18.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
796 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 264 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 274 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 261 | 33% |
Student demographics
56%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
34.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
30.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 J. M. Alexander Middle
J. M. Alexander Middle's state test result (32.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. M. Alexander Middle this school | 799 | 99.6% | 32.9% |
| Ranson Middle Charlotte | 757 | 99.6% | 23.2% |
| W P Grier Middle School Gastonia | 659 | 99.5% | 29.2% |
| Gov's Village STEM (Upper) Charlotte | 684 | 99.6% | 46.7% |
| Western Guilford Middle Greensboro | 731 | 99.6% | 43.3% |
| Coulwood STEM Academy Charlotte | 632 | 99.5% | 59.6% |
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 J. M. Alexander Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #414 of 463 | #25 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #405 of 461 | #25 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #398 of 463 | #26 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 799 | #102 of 478 | #20 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #409 of 456 | #20 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #301 of 456 | #23 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #30 of 472 | #8 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #138 of 300 | #13 of 19 |
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
799
-139 (-15%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 932
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 799 | 42.8 | 18.7:1 | 100% (796) |
| 2023-24 | 802 | 42.2 | 19.0:1 | 100% (799) |
| 2022-23 | 783 | 45.2 | 17.3:1 | 52% (406) |
| 2020-21 | 938 | 51 | 18.4:1 | 42% (396) |
| 2017-18 | 918 | 43.4 | 21.2:1 | 45% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 799 | 37 | 21.6:1 | 49% (390) |
| 2010-11 | 604 | 30 | 20.1:1 | 49% (298) |
| 2000-01 | 1,074 | 91 | 11.8:1 | 25% (273) |
| 1990-91 | 932 | 51 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J. M. Alexander Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (918 to 799); teachers down 1% (43.4 to 42.8).
About J. M. Alexander Middle
J. M. Alexander Middle sits in Huntersville, North Carolina, and is classified as a middle school. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 799 students. Enrollment is 32% higher than the average for middle schools in North Carolina, which is about 605.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has a total of 186 schools and 145,014 students, J. M. Alexander Middle among them.
Black students account for 58% of enrollment at J. M. Alexander Middle. Enrollment also includes 31% Hispanic, 5% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's Black share is 28 points above the 30% share among Mecklenburg County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at J. M. Alexander Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
The school has about 18.7 students per teacher and 42.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 100%. For comparison, public schools in Mecklenburg County average 71%.
J. M. Alexander Middle is graded D by allk12, scoring above 10% of North Carolina public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
J. M. Alexander Middle's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (32.9%) and its predicted rate (48.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
Census estimates describe Mecklenburg County this way: median household income is about $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Mecklenburg County number 226 and enroll about 170,407.
Blythe Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts J. M. Alexander Middle at 4th of 4.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 938 in 2020-21 and 799 in 2024-25, a decrease of 139 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at J. M. Alexander Middle. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About J. M. Alexander MiddleHow large is J. M. Alexander Middle?
J. M. Alexander Middle enrolls approximately 799 students in grades 06-08.
Is J. M. Alexander Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
J. M. Alexander Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at J. M. Alexander Middle?
Approximately 18.7:1 students per teacher at J. M. Alexander Middle.
How diverse is J. M. Alexander Middle?
J. M. Alexander Middle reports a student body of 5% White, 31% Hispanic, 58% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is J. M. Alexander Middle public or private?
J. M. Alexander Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.