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What's one thing West Mecklenburg High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,290
High
DISTRICT 1,315 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001286
West Mecklenburg High School
7400 Tuckaseegee Rd, Charlotte, NC 28214 · (980) 343-6080 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,290 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of North Carolina public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,287 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 407 | 32% |
| Grade 10 | 334 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 270 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 279 | 22% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
35.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
15.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like West Mecklenburg High School
West Mecklenburg High School's state test result (22.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Mecklenburg High School this school | 1,290 | 99.8% | 22.4% |
| Ben L. Smith High School Greensboro | 1,348 | 99.8% | 26.2% |
| Rocky River High School Mint Hill | 1,562 | 99.8% | 26.0% |
| Southeast Raleigh High Raleigh | 1,438 | 99.8% | 24.3% |
| North Mecklenburg High School Huntersville | 1,854 | 99.8% | 42.4% |
| Julius L. Chambers High School Charlotte | 2,225 | 99.9% | 26.0% |
Matched among North Carolina high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where West Mecklenburg High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #449 of 468 | #26 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #423 of 464 | #25 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #408 of 448 | #25 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,290 | #120 of 598 | #20 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #165 of 473 | #8 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #247 of 474 | #18 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #36 of 527 | #11 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #71 of 277 | #9 of 16 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,290
+221 (+21%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 1,320
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 12.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,290 | 74.6 | 17.3:1 | 100% (1,287) |
| 2023-24 | 1,287 | 80.3 | 16.0:1 | 100% (1,284) |
| 2022-23 | 1,207 | 75.1 | 16.1:1 | 100% (1,204) |
| 2020-21 | 1,069 | 83 | 12.9:1 | 100% (1,066) |
| 2017-18 | 1,545 | 109.7 | 14.1:1 | 100% (1,542) |
| 2015-16 | 2,013 | 115 | 17.5:1 | 100% (2,008) |
| 2010-11 | 2,193 | 131 | 16.7:1 | 75% (1,637) |
| 2000-01 | 1,606 | 97 | 16.6:1 | 26% (417) |
| 1990-91 | 1,320 | 95 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Mecklenburg High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,545 to 1,290); teachers down 32% (109.7 to 74.6).
About West Mecklenburg High School
West Mecklenburg High School is a large high school in Charlotte, North Carolina, under Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Total enrollment is 1,290 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in North Carolina enroll about 761 students on average.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has 145,014 students in 186 schools, and West Mecklenburg High School is one of those schools.
The biggest share of students at West Mecklenburg High School, 50%, is Black. The next largest groups are 38% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. In Mecklenburg County overall, about 30% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
Teacher count: 74.6 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 17.3:1. The gap from the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina is 2.3 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. Compared with the 71% average for public schools in Mecklenburg County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, West Mecklenburg High School lands at F, ahead of 3% of North Carolina public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, West Mecklenburg High School is in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools: 22.4% actual against 48.4% predicted.
In Mecklenburg County, home to about 1,154,681 people, median household income comes to about $87,005, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 226 public schools in the county, enrolling about 170,407, West Mecklenburg High School among them.
East Voyager Academy of Charlotte is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. West Mecklenburg High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 45.8% on proficiency, and West Mecklenburg High School is below that at 22.4%.
NCES describes the area around West Mecklenburg High School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 1,069 to 1,290, a 21% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 12.9:1 in 2020-21 to 17.3:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Mecklenburg County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,154,681
Census ACS
Median income
$87,005
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
170,407 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
- Myers Park High SchoolHigh · 3,225 students
- Ardrey Kell High SchoolHigh · 3,036 students
- South Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,534 students
- William Amos Hough HighHigh · 2,518 students
- East Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,422 students
- Palisades High SchoolHigh · 2,332 students
Other schools in Charlotte
- Myers Park High SchoolHigh · 3,225 students
- Ardrey Kell High SchoolHigh · 3,036 students
- South Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,534 students
- East Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,422 students
- Palisades High SchoolHigh · 2,332 students
- Julius L. Chambers High SchoolHigh · 2,225 students
Nearby schools
- East Voyager Academy of Charlotte0.2 mi · 200
- Wilson STEM Academy0.4 mi · 456
- Tuckaseegee Elementary0.6 mi · 544
- Jackson Day School1.2 mi · 882
- Turning Point Academy1.8 mi · 144
- Allenbrook Elementary2.3 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About West Mecklenburg High SchoolHow many students attend West Mecklenburg High School?
West Mecklenburg High School enrolls approximately 1,290 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does West Mecklenburg High School serve?
West Mecklenburg High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at West Mecklenburg High School?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at West Mecklenburg High School.
What is the student diversity at West Mecklenburg High School?
Student demographics at West Mecklenburg High School are roughly 4% White, 38% Hispanic, 50% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is West Mecklenburg High School public or private?
West Mecklenburg High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.