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What's something Northeast Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
594
Middle
DISTRICT 902 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001249
Northeast Middle
5960 Brickstone Dr, Mint Hill, NC 28227 · (980) 343-6920 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL594 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of North Carolina public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
17.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
591 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 | 196 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 195 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 203 | 34% |
Student demographics
65%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
Northeast Middle→Independence 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
40.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
34.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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
39.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 Northeast Middle
Northeast Middle's state test result (39.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Middle this school | 594 | 99.5% | 39.2% |
| Brogden Middle Durham | 753 | 99.5% | 33.7% |
| Lexington Middle School Lexington | 595 | 99.5% | 44.5% |
| Graham Middle Graham | 553 | 99.5% | 20.1% |
| Northwest Middle Winston Salem | 702 | 99.6% | 27.6% |
| Thomasville Middle Thomasville | 500 | 99.4% | 29.9% |
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 Northeast Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #351 of 463 | #21 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #366 of 461 | #22 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #334 of 463 | #19 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 594 | #236 of 478 | #27 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #354 of 456 | #12 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #171 of 456 | #10 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #95 of 472 | #14 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #248 of 300 | #17 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
594
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 1,185
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 594 | 33.4 | 17.8:1 | 99% (591) |
| 2023-24 | 581 | 32.3 | 18.0:1 | 99% (578) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 30 | 18.9:1 | 53% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 606 | 44 | 13.8:1 | 46% (277) |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 42.5 | 14.7:1 | 99% (617) |
| 2015-16 | 713 | 43 | 16.6:1 | 100% (710) |
| 2010-11 | 859 | 47 | 18.3:1 | 62% (533) |
| 2000-01 | 1,202 | 74 | 16.2:1 | 31% (378) |
| 1990-91 | 1,185 | 71 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northeast Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (625 to 594); teachers down 22% (42.5 to 33.4).
About Northeast Middle
Northeast Middle is a mid-sized middle school based in Mint Hill, North Carolina. There are 594 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is the district for Northeast Middle. It has 186 schools and 145,014 students.
The student body at Northeast Middle has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 46%. Other groups include 35% Black, 11% White, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 16% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
The school lists 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1. Statewide, middle schools in North Carolina average 15.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 99% of the student body. On average, public schools in Mecklenburg County report 71%.
Northeast Middle holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 25% of North Carolina public middle schools.
Northeast Middle sits between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.2% and a predicted 48.5%.
The county, Mecklenburg County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $87,005, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 226 public schools and about 170,407 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Independence High School, is the closest to Northeast Middle. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Northeast Middle. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Northeast Middle is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
Federal data place Northeast Middle in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Northeast Middle enrolled 606; in 2024-25, 594. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.8:1) than in 2020-21 (13.8:1).
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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 Mint Hill
- Rocky River High SchoolHigh · 1,562 students
- Queen's Grant Community SchoolCombined · 1,335 students
- Bain ElementaryElementary · 766 students
Other Northeast Middle schools
12 other US public schools in 10 states are named Northeast Middle. Northeast Middle is the 10th largest of the 13.
- Northeast MiddleClarksville, TN · 1,074 students
- Northeast MiddlePasadena, MD · 901 students
- Northeast Middle SchoolReading, PA · 868 students
- NORTHEAST MIDDLECREVE COEUR, MO · 812 students
- Northeast Middle SchoolJackson, TN · 804 students
Nearby schools
- Independence High School0.3 mi · 2,024
- Lebanon Road Elementary1.0 mi · 488
- J. H. Gunn Elementary1.3 mi · 616
- Albemarle Road Middle2.1 mi · 945
- Albemarle Road Elementary2.1 mi · 711
- Hickory Grove Elementary2.4 mi · 643
Frequently asked questions
About Northeast MiddleHow large is Northeast Middle?
Northeast Middle enrolls approximately 594 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Northeast Middle serve?
Northeast Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northeast Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northeast Middle is approximately 17.8:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Northeast Middle?
Northeast Middle reports a student body of 11% White, 46% Hispanic, 35% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Northeast Middle?
Northeast Middle is overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in Mecklenburg County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.