Whitewater Middle

Set in Charlotte, North Carolina, Whitewater Middle is a mid-tier middle school, one of the schools within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. It caters to 731 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 21% larger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 605 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Whitewater Middle shows that the largest single group is Black at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 36% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Mecklenburg County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Whitewater Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.4%; this one delivers 46.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Mecklenburg County) reports that median household earnings sit near $87,005, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Whitewater Middle is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

Whitewater Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Whitewater Middle at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 56.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Whitewater Middle's enrollment has shrank 3% since 2018, when it stood at 756 (now 731). Black enrollment moved from 60% to 51% across the same window.

On the community side, the feed for Whitewater Middle typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.