Rocky River High School

Rocky River High School is a well-populated senior high in Mint Hill, North Carolina, overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. The school teaches 1,562 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 105% bigger than the state mean of about 761.

Across the 186 schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (145,014 students total), Rocky River High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Rocky River High School logs that the most-represented group is Black (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 37% Hispanic, 4% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Mecklenburg County as a whole is about 30% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Rocky River High School lists 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Rocky River High School 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 above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Rocky River High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.4%; this one comes in at 26.0%, -22.3 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Mecklenburg County put median household earnings sit near $87,005, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Mecklenburg County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), Rocky River High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Clear Creek Elementary, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rocky River High School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 52.0%.

Rocky River High School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Rocky River High School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 1,534 (now 1,562). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 30% to 37% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.