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What's the most underrated thing about Mint Hill Middle that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
878
Middle
DISTRICT 902 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297002677
Mint Hill Middle
11501 Idlewild Road, Matthews, NC 28105 · (980) 343-5439 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL878 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of North Carolina public middle schools
- A-Test 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
18.0:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
438 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 | 314 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 277 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 287 | 33% |
Student demographics
74%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
Mint Hill Middle→Butler High School
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
61.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
63.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Mint Hill Middle
Mint Hill Middle's state test result (62.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mint Hill Middle this school | 878 | 49.9% | 62.7% |
| Dillard Drive Middle Raleigh | 977 | 50.5% | 51.0% |
| Roberta Road Middle Concord | 906 | 53.8% | 54.6% |
| J N Fries Magnet School Concord | 755 | 50.9% | 58.9% |
| C C Griffin Middle Concord | 792 | 54.8% | 52.7% |
| John R Griffin Middle Fayetteville | 1,024 | 41.3% | 64.7% |
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 Mint Hill Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #105 of 463 | #9 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #109 of 461 | #10 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #96 of 463 | #9 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 878 | #71 of 478 | #16 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #367 of 456 | #14 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.1% | #11 of 456 | #2 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.9% | #383 of 472 | #20 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.5% | #36 of 300 | #4 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
878
-138 (-14%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 1,278
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 878 | 48.7 | 18.0:1 | 50% (438) |
| 2023-24 | 869 | 54.9 | 15.8:1 | 50% (431) |
| 2022-23 | 944 | 49.3 | 19.1:1 | 36% (341) |
| 2020-21 | 1,016 | 57 | 17.8:1 | 26% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 1,195 | 63.5 | 18.8:1 | 37% (437) |
| 2015-16 | 1,157 | 64 | 18.1:1 | 41% (470) |
| 2010-11 | 1,278 | 67 | 19.1:1 | 41% (525) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mint Hill Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (1,195 to 878); teachers down 23% (63.5 to 48.7).
About Mint Hill Middle
Mint Hill Middle is a mid-sized middle school for students in Matthews, North Carolina. It enrolls 878 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. It has 45% more students than the average for middle schools in North Carolina (about 605).
Mint Hill Middle is among 186 schools run by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, which serves 145,014 students.
The biggest share of students at Mint Hill Middle, 31%, is White. The remaining shares are 28% Hispanic, 27% Black, 8% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Mecklenburg County's population at about 45%. The diversity index for Mint Hill Middle is 74%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 48.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 18.0:1. The gap from the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina is 2.2 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 50%. The 71% average for public schools in Mecklenburg County is 21 points higher.
Mint Hill Middle earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 67% of North Carolina public middle schools.
Mint Hill Middle's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 62.7% is within a point of the 63.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Mecklenburg County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $87,005, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 226 public schools and about 170,407 students.
Mint Hill Elementary School is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Mint Hill Middle is 2nd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for Mint Hill Middle is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count fell 14% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Matthews
- Weddington HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Butler High SchoolHigh · 1,791 students
- Weddington MiddleMiddle · 1,324 students
- Socrates AcademyCombined · 1,039 students
- Crestdale MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- Mint Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 864 students
Nearby schools
- Mint Hill Elementary School0.2 mi · 864
- Crown Point Elementary1.0 mi · 657
- Crestdale Middle2.0 mi · 989
- Queen's Grant Community School2.1 mi · 1,335
- Lebanon Road Elementary2.2 mi · 488
- Butler High School2.3 mi · 1,791
Frequently asked questions
About Mint Hill MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Mint Hill Middle?
Mint Hill Middle enrolls approximately 878 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Mint Hill Middle serve?
Mint Hill Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Mint Hill Middle have?
Mint Hill Middle employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Mint Hill Middle?
Student demographics at Mint Hill Middle are roughly 31% White, 28% Hispanic, 27% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Mint Hill Middle in?
Mint Hill Middle is part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.