Ranson Middle

Located at 5850 Statesville Rd, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Ranson Middle is a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school that serves 757 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 25% larger than the state mean of about 605.

Ranson Middle is one of 186 schools operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, a district that educates 145,014 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Ranson Middle lists that Black students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Ranson Middle has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Ranson Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Ranson Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Mecklenburg County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Ranson Middle is in the bottom 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 48.4%; Ranson Middle posts 23.2%, -25.3 points below that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Mecklenburg County put median household income runs about $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Ranson Middle is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

The closest other public school is Charlotte-Mecklenburg Academy, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ranson Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ranson Middle has shrank 14%, going from 883 students in 2018 to 757 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 25% to 30% across the same window.

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