Enrollment
456
Middle
DISTRICT 902 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297003468
Wilson STEM Academy
7020 Tuckaseegee Rd, Charlotte, NC 28214 · (980) 343-6070 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of North Carolina public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
453 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 82%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 151 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 157 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 148 | 32% |
Student demographics
55%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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
36.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
35.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Wilson STEM Academy
Wilson STEM Academy's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson STEM Academy this school | 456 | 99.3% | 36.0% |
| James E Shepard Middle Durham | 423 | 98.6% | 52.6% |
| Charles H Darden Middle Wilson | 378 | 99.2% | 34.6% |
| Centennial Campus Middle Raleigh | 477 | 99.4% | 35.5% |
| Coulwood STEM Academy Charlotte | 632 | 99.5% | 59.6% |
| Paisley Magnet School Winston Salem | 553 | 99.5% | 36.7% |
Matched among North Carolina middle 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 Wilson STEM Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #383 of 463 | #23 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #362 of 461 | #21 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #379 of 463 | #23 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #342 of 478 | #29 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #429 of 456 | #25 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #306 of 456 | #24 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #158 of 472 | #15 of 29 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
456
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 456 | 23.4 | 19.5:1 | 99% (453) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 28 | 13.4:1 | 99% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 29.9 | 12.3:1 | 99% (364) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 38 | 12.1:1 | 99% (457) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson STEM Academy.
About Wilson STEM Academy
Wilson STEM Academy, a low-enrollment middle school, is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 456 students. By comparison, middle schools in North Carolina enroll about 605 students on average.
Within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Wilson STEM Academy is one of 186 schools. The district enrolls 145,014 students.
More than half of enrollment at Wilson STEM Academy is Black: 60%. Enrollment also includes 30% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% White, and 3% Asian. The school's Black share is 30 points above the 30% share among Mecklenburg County residents. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at Wilson STEM Academy are from different groups.
Wilson STEM Academy has 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.5:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in North Carolina is 15.9:1. At Wilson STEM Academy, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 71% average among public schools in Mecklenburg County.
Wilson STEM Academy earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 17% of North Carolina public middle schools.
A school with Wilson STEM Academy's lunch-eligibility share in North Carolina is predicted to score 48.5%. Wilson STEM Academy scores 36.0%, 12.6 points below that line.
In the surrounding county, Mecklenburg County, median household income comes to about $87,005, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 226, with about 170,407 students.
The closest school to Wilson STEM Academy is Tuckaseegee Elementary, located about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Wilson STEM Academy. On proficiency, Wilson STEM Academy is behind the 43.1% nearby average, ranking 4th of 6.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (460) and 2024-25 (456). Federal data show the ratio rising from 12.1:1 to 19.5:1.
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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
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- 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
- Tuckaseegee Elementary0.2 mi · 544
- West Mecklenburg High School0.4 mi · 1,290
- East Voyager Academy of Charlotte0.5 mi · 200
- Jackson Day School0.9 mi · 882
- Turning Point Academy1.7 mi · 144
- Allenbrook Elementary1.9 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson STEM AcademyHow large is Wilson STEM Academy?
Wilson STEM Academy enrolls approximately 456 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Wilson STEM Academy serve?
Wilson STEM Academy serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Wilson STEM Academy?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at Wilson STEM Academy.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wilson STEM Academy?
At Wilson STEM Academy, the student body is approximately 4% White, 30% Hispanic, 60% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Wilson STEM Academy?
Wilson STEM Academy is overseen by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in Mecklenburg County.
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