Socrates Academy

Socrates Academy operates as a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels in Matthews, North Carolina. It had 1,039 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 12. Combined schools in North Carolina have about 731 students on average; enrollment here is 42% higher.

Socrates Academy is its own local education agency in federal data.

Of every 100 students at Socrates Academy, about 49 are White, the largest group. It is also 18% Asian, 13% Black, 12% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.

Classroom staffing at Socrates Academy totals 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.6:1. The average for combined schools in North Carolina, 16.1:1, is lower.

The school's county is Mecklenburg County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $87,005 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Mecklenburg County number 226, with about 170,407 students.

Antioch Elementary is about 1.0 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.

By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Socrates Academy is run as a public charter school.

From 769 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 1,039 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 16.0 to 19.6 over 4 years.

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