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Mount Pleasant High

700 Walker Road, Mount Pleasant, NC 28124 · (704) 260-6690 · Cabarrus County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL894 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of North Carolina public high schools
  • B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-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 high schools

Enrollment
894
High
DISTRICT 889 · STATE 761
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
343 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 924928%
Grade 1022025%
Grade 1120823%
Grade 1221724%
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
68977%
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 42% · US 43%
Hispanic
11413%
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 22% · US 30%
Black
516%
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 25% · US 15%
Asian
111%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
273%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
48054%
Female
41446%

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Test scores

NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)
English Language Arts
54.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
43.8%
NC avg 52.2%

What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.6pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 67% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.

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 Mount Pleasant High

Mount Pleasant High's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Mount Pleasant High this school89438.4%46.5%
Bandys High
Catawba
93540.5%60.4%
Oak Grove High
Winston-Salem
99234.0%52.9%
North Davidson High
Lexington
93541.8%52.3%
West Henderson High
Hendersonville
1,05336.3%58.9%
The Franklin School of Innovation
Asheville
71737.8%N/A
Matched among North Carolina high 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 Mount Pleasant High ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn North CarolinaIn Cabarrus County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
46.5%#236 of 468#7 of 12
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
43.8%#166 of 464#6 of 12
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
54.9%#240 of 448#8 of 11
Enrollment
ranked largest first
894#214 of 598#9 of 14
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
17.4:1#172 of 473#4 of 11
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
38.5%#423 of 474#11 of 11
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
38.4%#435 of 527#6 of 12
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+0.1%#163 of 164N/A
Ranked against other public high 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 2024-25
Enrollment
894
+55 (+7%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 587
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 16.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2589451.317.4:138% (343)
2023-2489651.317.5:140% (358)
2022-2390254.416.6:138% (346)
2020-218395016.8:125% (210)
2017-1889352.716.9:130% (265)
2015-168495515.4:138% (323)
2010-119366414.6:132% (298)
2000-019626814.2:112% (114)
1990-915874014.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Pleasant High.

Since 2017-18: students unchanged (893 to 894); teachers down 3% (52.7 to 51.3).

About Mount Pleasant High

Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, is home to Mount Pleasant High, a medium-sized high school. The school reports 894 students in grades 9 through 12.

Cabarrus County Schools runs Mount Pleasant High along with 43 other schools, enrolling 35,568 students in total.

White students are the majority at Mount Pleasant High, with 77% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 13% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. The school's White share is 18 points above the 59% share among Cabarrus County residents. The school's diversity index is 39%, meaning two students picked at random have a 39% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

With 51.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Mount Pleasant High was 17.4:1. On average, high schools in North Carolina have 19.6:1, compared with 17.4:1 here. Mount Pleasant High's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 38%. On average, public schools in Cabarrus County report 56%.

allk12 grades Mount Pleasant High a C+. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public high schools, because each state gives its own test.

The BeatsExpectations model predicts 67.1% for Mount Pleasant High, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 46.5%. The 20.6-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.

Cabarrus County has about 236,133 residents, and the median household income is $89,005, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides Mount Pleasant High, Cabarrus County has 55 other public schools.

Of nearby public schools, Mount Pleasant Middle is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. In all, 7 other public schools sit within five miles of Mount Pleasant High. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Mount Pleasant High is 7th of 9 on proficiency.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.

Enrollment at Mount Pleasant High grew 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 839 to 894 students.

Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Mount Pleasant High. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.

Cabarrus County at a glance

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Population
236,133
Census ACS
Median income
$89,005
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
43,278 students

Quick facts

School name
Mount Pleasant High
District
Cabarrus County Schools
Address
700 Walker Road, Mount Pleasant, NC 28124
Phone
(704) 260-6690
County
Cabarrus County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
894
Teachers (FTE)
51
Student–teacher ratio
17.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
343 (38%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
370053000215
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Cabarrus County Schools
Other schools in Mount Pleasant
Other Mount Pleasant High schools

4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Mount Pleasant High. Mount Pleasant High is the 4th largest of the 5.

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Frequently asked questions

About Mount Pleasant High
How large is Mount Pleasant High?
Mount Pleasant High enrolls approximately 894 students in grades 09-12.
Is Mount Pleasant High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mount Pleasant High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mount Pleasant High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mount Pleasant High is approximately 17.4:1 (51 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Mount Pleasant High?
Mount Pleasant High reports a student body of 77% White, 13% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Mount Pleasant High public or private?
Mount Pleasant High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cabarrus County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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