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If you had an hour of school board time for Palisades High School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
2,332
High
DISTRICT 1,315 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297003622
Palisades High School
15221 York Road, Charlotte, NC 28278 · (980) 343-0878 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,332 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of North Carolina public high schools
- C+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
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
109 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
1,242 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 658 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 640 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 580 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 454 | 19% |
Student demographics
68%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
Feeds from
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
60.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
31.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 63% 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 Palisades High School
Palisades High School's state test result (45.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palisades High School this school | 2,332 | 53.3% | 45.1% |
| Rolesville High Rolesville | 2,321 | 50.6% | 36.8% |
| South Garner High Garner | 1,835 | 61.5% | 45.5% |
| Butler High School Matthews | 1,791 | 50.1% | 51.3% |
| East Wake High Wendell | 1,777 | 63.5% | 33.8% |
| Garner High Garner | 1,670 | 54.7% | 39.2% |
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 Palisades High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #257 of 468 | #13 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #271 of 464 | #14 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #190 of 448 | #14 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,332 | #12 of 598 | #6 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #350 of 473 | #27 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #118 of 474 | #11 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.3% | #372 of 527 | #18 of 35 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,332 | 109.2 | 21.4:1 | 53% (1,242) |
| 2023-24 | 2,241 | 110.6 | 20.3:1 | 53% (1,183) |
| 2022-23 | 1,615 | 68.7 | 23.5:1 | 35% (564) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Palisades High School.
About Palisades High School
Palisades High School, a large high school, is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. In all, 2,332 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. It has 206% more students than the average for high schools in North Carolina (about 761).
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has 145,014 students in 186 schools, and Palisades High School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Palisades High School, about 46 are Black, the largest group. Smaller groups are 30% Hispanic, 15% White, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Mecklenburg County is roughly 30% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
The school has 109.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 21.4 students per teacher. High schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 19.6:1. The school reported 53% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Mecklenburg County average 71%.
On the allk12 Grade, Palisades High School lands at C+, ahead of 35% of North Carolina public high schools.
A school in North Carolina with Palisades High School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 62.6%. Palisades High School scores 45.1%.
In Mecklenburg County, the median household earns about $87,005 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Mecklenburg County has 226 public schools with about 170,407 students, including Palisades High School.
Palisades Park Elementary is the nearest public school to Palisades High School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Palisades High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Palisades High School is behind the 59.5% nearby average, ranking 5th of 6.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
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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
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- East Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,422 students
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Other Palisades High schools
One other US public school is named Palisades High. Palisades High School is the largest of the 2.
- Palisades High SchoolKintnersville, PA · 465 students
Nearby schools
- Palisades Park Elementary0.3 mi · 940
- Unity Classical Charter School1.7 mi · 928
- Southwest Middle School2.0 mi · 1,205
- River Gate Elementary2.5 mi · 693
- Tega Cay Elementary2.9 mi · 743
- Winget Park Elementary2.9 mi · 677
Frequently asked questions
About Palisades High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Palisades High School?
Palisades High School enrolls approximately 2,332 students in grades 09-12.
Is Palisades High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Palisades High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Palisades High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Palisades High School is approximately 21.4:1 (109 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Palisades High School?
At Palisades High School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 30% Hispanic, 46% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Palisades High School in?
Palisades High School is part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
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