Mount Pleasant High

Mount Pleasant High, a mid-tier secondary school in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, operated by Cabarrus County Schools, enrolls 894 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Cabarrus County Schools comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 35,568 students; Mount Pleasant High is among them.

Demographically, Mount Pleasant High lists that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 13% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 38% of students at Mount Pleasant High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cabarrus County (around 56%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Mount Pleasant High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 67.1%; this one comes in at 46.5%, -20.6 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Cabarrus County shows median household earnings sit near $89,005, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Mount Pleasant High is one of 56 public schools in Cabarrus County (combined enrollment of about 43,278 students).

The closest other public school is Mount Pleasant Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mount Pleasant High comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mount Pleasant High's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 893 (now 894). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 87% to 77%.

On the community side, members of the Mount Pleasant High community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.