Williams Secondary Montessori

Williams Secondary Montessori is a close-knit 9-12 campus in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the schools within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. The school hosts 401 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Williams Secondary Montessori sits 47% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, which oversees 186 schools and 145,014 students, Williams Secondary Montessori is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Williams Secondary Montessori lists that White students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder consists of 22% Black, 11% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 45%.

On the income-and-resources front, Williams Secondary Montessori logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Williams Secondary Montessori tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 20% of students at Williams Secondary Montessori qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Mecklenburg County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Williams Secondary Montessori sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.8%; this one delivers 78.4%.

Across the wider county, census data for Mecklenburg County shows median household income runs about $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Williams Secondary Montessori is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

The closest other public school is Lincoln Heights Montessori, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Williams Secondary Montessori comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 56.5%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Williams Secondary Montessori has climbed 140%, going from 167 students in 2018 to 401 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 28% to 22%. Class-load math has grew: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.