Northwest Cabarrus High

Located at 5130 NW Cabarrus Drive, in Concord, North Carolina, Northwest Cabarrus High is a large secondary school that hosts 1,142 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Cabarrus County Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 50% bigger than the state mean of about 761.

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

On the student-mix side, Northwest Cabarrus High records that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 25% Black, 16% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Cabarrus County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cabarrus County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Northwest Cabarrus High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.0%; this one delivers 54.6%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cabarrus County put median household income runs about $89,005, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Northwest Cabarrus High is one of 56 public schools in Cabarrus County (combined enrollment of about 43,278 students).

Nearest neighbor: Northwest Cabarrus Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northwest Cabarrus High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northwest Cabarrus High has edged down 14%, going from 1,328 students in 2018 to 1,142 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 52% to 45%.

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