Providence High School

Located at 1800 Pineville-Matthews Rd, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Providence High School is a high-enrollment four-year high school that hosts 2,167 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 185% bigger than the state mean of about 761.

Providence High School is one of 186 schools operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, a district that serves 145,014 students overall.

On demographics, Providence High School reports that White students make up the majority at 62%. Other groups include 15% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 45%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 105 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Around 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Mecklenburg County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Providence High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.2%; this one delivers 81.4%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Mecklenburg County indicate median household income runs about $87,005, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Providence High School is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

Nearest neighbor: Elizabeth Lane Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Providence High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 76.4%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Providence High School's enrollment has edged up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 2,085 (now 2,167). The White share of enrollment declined from 71% to 62% over that span.

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