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What's the most underrated thing about McClintock Middle that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,056
Middle
DISTRICT 902 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001239
McClintock Middle
1925 Rama Rd, Charlotte, NC 28212 · (980) 343-6425 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,056 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of North Carolina public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
17.2:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,053 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 | 377 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 345 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 334 | 32% |
Student demographics
67%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
McClintock Middle→East Mecklenburg High School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
44.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
59.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% 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 McClintock Middle
McClintock Middle's state test result (52.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McClintock Middle this school | 1,056 | 99.7% | 52.8% |
| Neuse River Middle Raleigh | 877 | 99.7% | 35.5% |
| Kennedy Middle Charlotte | 990 | 99.7% | 50.9% |
| River Bend Middle Raleigh | 995 | 99.7% | 31.8% |
| Southwest Middle School Charlotte | 1,205 | 99.8% | 39.6% |
| Brogden Middle Durham | 753 | 99.5% | 33.7% |
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 McClintock Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #206 of 463 | #13 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #137 of 461 | #12 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #283 of 463 | #16 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,056 | #30 of 478 | #10 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #315 of 456 | #10 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #144 of 456 | #8 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #5 of 472 | #2 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #263 of 300 | #18 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
1,056
-159 (-13%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 1,003
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 1,056 | 61.5 | 17.2:1 | 100% (1,053) |
| 2023-24 | 1,007 | 65.4 | 15.4:1 | 100% (1,004) |
| 2022-23 | 1,079 | 62.7 | 17.2:1 | 99% (1,069) |
| 2020-21 | 1,215 | 74 | 16.4:1 | 100% (1,212) |
| 2017-18 | 1,101 | 64.7 | 17.0:1 | 98% (1,084) |
| 2015-16 | 925 | 57 | 16.2:1 | 100% (922) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 37 | 16.7:1 | 80% (497) |
| 2000-01 | 860 | 63 | 13.7:1 | 35% (299) |
| 1990-91 | 1,003 | 59 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McClintock Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,101 to 1,056); teachers down 5% (64.7 to 61.5).
About McClintock Middle
McClintock Middle is a large middle school in North Carolina, with an address in Charlotte. The school counts 1,056 students across grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in North Carolina is about 605 students.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, which runs McClintock Middle, has 186 schools and 145,014 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at McClintock Middle. The largest is Hispanic students, at 46%. The remaining shares are 33% Black, 12% White, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Mecklenburg County's population at about 16%. McClintock Middle's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 61.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at McClintock Middle was 17.2:1. On average, middle schools in North Carolina have 15.9:1, compared with 17.2:1 here. McClintock Middle's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 100%. Public schools in Mecklenburg County average 71%.
allk12 grades McClintock Middle a B. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
McClintock Middle scores 52.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 48.4%.
Census estimates describe Mecklenburg County this way: the median household income is $87,005, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Mecklenburg County has 226 public schools and roughly 170,407 students.
Of nearby public schools, East Mecklenburg High School is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of McClintock Middle. Its average proficiency rate of 52.8% is above the 50.2% average for nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, McClintock Middle is City: Large.
Enrollment at McClintock Middle dropped 13% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,215 to 1,056 students.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
- Myers Park High SchoolHigh · 3,225 students
- Ardrey Kell High SchoolHigh · 3,036 students
- South Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,534 students
- William Amos Hough HighHigh · 2,518 students
- East Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,422 students
- Palisades High SchoolHigh · 2,332 students
Other schools in Charlotte
- Myers Park High SchoolHigh · 3,225 students
- Ardrey Kell High SchoolHigh · 3,036 students
- South Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,534 students
- East Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,422 students
- Palisades High SchoolHigh · 2,332 students
- Julius L. Chambers High SchoolHigh · 2,225 students
Nearby schools
- East Mecklenburg High School0.7 mi · 2,422
- Rama Road Elementary0.7 mi · 560
- Oakhurst STEAM Academy1.4 mi · 523
- Idlewild Elementary1.5 mi · 850
- Randolph Middle1.5 mi · 1,215
- Cotswold Elementary1.6 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About McClintock MiddleHow large is McClintock Middle?
McClintock Middle enrolls approximately 1,056 students in grades 06-08.
Is McClintock Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
McClintock Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does McClintock Middle have?
McClintock Middle employs 62 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
What is the student diversity at McClintock Middle?
Student demographics at McClintock Middle are roughly 12% White, 46% Hispanic, 33% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is McClintock Middle public or private?
McClintock 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.