Jay M. Robinson Middle

Jay M. Robinson Middle operates as a sprawling intermediate school in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the schools within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,333 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 605 students each, so Jay M. Robinson Middle sits 120% larger than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, Jay M. Robinson Middle lists that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 31% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Mecklenburg County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Mecklenburg County's rate of about 71%.

After controlling for student poverty, Jay M. Robinson Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.7%; this one delivers 85.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Mecklenburg County reports that median household income runs about $87,005, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mecklenburg County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), of which Jay M. Robinson Middle is one.

Rea Farms STEAM Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jay M. Robinson Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jay M. Robinson Middle at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 85.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 13%: 1,181 students in 2018 compared to 1,333 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 61% to 46%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.