Palisades High School

As a substantial secondary school in Charlotte, North Carolina, Palisades High School enrolls 2,332 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Compared to the state average of about 761 students per school, that is 206% larger than typical.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools comprises 186 schools with combined enrollment of 145,014 students; Palisades High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Palisades High School logs that 46% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 30% Hispanic, 15% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 109 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 53% of students at Palisades High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Mecklenburg County's rate of about 71%.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Palisades High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 62.6%; actual is 45.1%, a gap of -17.5 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Mecklenburg County put median household earnings sit near $87,005, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mecklenburg County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), of which Palisades High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Palisades Park Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Palisades High School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Palisades High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.5%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

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