Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology

Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology operates as a substantial high school in Charlotte, North Carolina, part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,533 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 101% larger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 761 students.

Within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, which oversees 186 schools and 145,014 students, Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology lists that 62% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the resource side, On paper, Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology has 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Mecklenburg County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 50.8%, a residual of +2.2 points.

In the area at large, 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 the poverty rate sits near 7%. Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

The closest other public school is Stewart Creek High, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.5%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 1,670 students in 2018 compared to 1,533 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 22% to 29% over that span.

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