Turning Point Academy

Turning Point Academy, a micro-enrollment high school in Charlotte, North Carolina, part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, educates 144 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 81% smaller than the state mean of about 761.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools comprises 186 schools with combined enrollment of 145,014 students; Turning Point Academy is among them.

Looking at the student body, Turning Point Academy reports that 87% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Mecklenburg County as a whole is about 30% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Turning Point Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Mecklenburg County reports that the typical household earns roughly $87,005 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Turning Point Academy is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

The closest other public school is Jackson Day School, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Turning Point Academy's enrollment has declined 26% since 2018, when it stood at 195 (now 144). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 10% to 5%.

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