
For your convenience, here is the grade each Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools campus received. The grades are based on proficiency on math and reading tests, as well as whether students are improving their scores. High school scores are also based on graduation rate.
A grade of A+NG means it’s an A+ school — the highest standard of test scores, without achievement gaps between white and minority students.
[Agenda story: School letter grades and test scores show a steadily improving CMS. See the 33 schools that made a leap this year]
Here are the grades. Keep in mind that the letter grades do not tell the whole story. Schools can have low grades but still be high-quality if they’re advancing students rapidly. The North Carolina grading system gives high priority to overall proficiency — which correlates strongly with income — and relatively low weighting to whether scores are improving.
School Name |
School performance grade |
School performance score |
Growth status |
Growth score |
Ardrey Kell High |
A |
94 |
Exceeded |
100.0 |
Bailey Middle |
A |
86 |
Exceeded |
99.9 |
Cato Middle College High |
A |
95 |
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Chantilly Montessori |
A |
87 |
Exceeded |
90.7 |
Community House Middle |
A |
87 |
Exceeded |
97.7 |
Elizabeth Lane Elem |
A |
87 |
Met |
81.6 |
Highland Mill Montessori |
A |
85 |
Exceeded |
86.7 |
Jay M Robinson Middle |
A |
91 |
Exceeded |
92.3 |
Levine Middle College High |
A |
97 |
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South Charlotte Middle |
A |
86 |
Exceeded |
91.6 |
Grand Oak Elementary |
A |
86 |
Exceeded |
87.9 |
William Amos Hough High |
A+NG |
89 |
Exceeded |
99.4 |
Bain Elementary |
A+NG |
87 |
Exceeded |
94.5 |
Beverly Woods Elementary |
A+NG |
87 |
Exceeded |
94.0 |
Elon Park Elementary |
A+NG |
89 |
Exceeded |
88.3 |
Polo Ridge Elementary |
A+NG |
88 |
Met |
77.5 |
Hawk Ridge Elementary |
A+NG |
87 |
Exceeded |
91.7 |
Huntersville Elementary |
A+NG |
86 |
Exceeded |
86.5 |
J.V. Washam Elementary |
A+NG |
85 |
Exceeded |
91.4 |
McKee Road Elementary |
A+NG |
88 |
Exceeded |
90.5 |
Olde Providence Elementary |
A+NG |
88 |
Exceeded |
91.5 |
Piedmont IB Middle |
A+NG |
90 |
Exceeded |
100.0 |
Providence Spring Elementary |
A+NG |
93 |
Met |
84.7 |
Providence High |
A+NG |
95 |
Exceeded |
99.2 |
Torrence Creek Elementary |
A+NG |
85 |
Met |
84.1 |
Barnette Elementary |
B |
76 |
Met |
83.3 |
Carmel Middle |
B |
76 |
Exceeded |
92.3 |
Clear Creek Elementary |
B |
73 |
Met |
83.1 |
Collinswood Language Academy |
B |
73 |
NotMet |
62.8 |
Cornelius Elementary |
B |
75 |
Met |
71.2 |
Cotswold Elementary |
B |
70 |
Met |
81.0 |
Crown Point Elementary |
B |
70 |
Met |
82.3 |
Crestdale Middle |
B |
84 |
Exceeded |
89.5 |
Davidson Elementary |
B |
84 |
Exceeded |
87.0 |
Butler High |
B |
80 |
Exceeded |
100.0 |
Dilworth Elementary |
B |
80 |
NotMet |
66.0 |
East Mecklenburg High |
B |
76 |
Exceeded |
95.4 |
Eastover Elementary |
B |
75 |
Exceeded |
85.7 |
Elizabeth Traditional Elem |
B |
71 |
NotMet |
67.3 |
Endhaven Elementary |
B |
75 |
Met |
82.0 |
Hawthorne High |
B |
81 |
Met |
83.9 |
Francis Bradley Middle |
B |
77 |
Exceeded |
97.7 |
Alexander Graham Middle |
B |
78 |
Exceeded |
94.5 |
Highland Creek Elementary |
B |
76 |
Exceeded |
86.9 |
Independence High |
B |
77 |
Exceeded |
100.0 |
Morehead STEM Academy |
B |
78 |
Met |
81.0 |
Ballantyne Elementary |
B |
83 |
Exceeded |
88.4 |
Mallard Creek High |
B |
80 |
Exceeded |
99.7 |
Matthews Elementary |
B |
81 |
Exceeded |
91.3 |
McAlpine Elementary |
B |
77 |
Met |
70.5 |
Myers Park High |
B |
83 |
Exceeded |
90.4 |
Northwest School of the Arts |
B |
84 |
Exceeded |
95.4 |
Oaklawn Language Academy |
B |
76 |
Exceeded |
85.7 |
Park Road Montessori |
B |
83 |
Met |
82.0 |
Palisades Park Elementary |
B |
83 |
Exceeded |
96.4 |
Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology |
B |
78 |
Met |
72.7 |
Randolph Middle |
B |
80 |
NotMet |
65.7 |
Selwyn Elementary |
B |
79 |
Met |
71.7 |
Sharon Elementary |
B |
81 |
Met |
77.6 |
Waddell Language Academy |
B |
83 |
Exceeded |
92.6 |
Smithfield Elementary |
B |
72 |
Exceeded |
86.0 |
South Mecklenburg High |
B |
82 |
Exceeded |
100.0 |
Charlotte Engineering Early College-UNCC |
B |
73 |
Met |
78.1 |
Irwin Academic Center |
B |
75 |
NotMet |
51.4 |
River Gate Elementary |
B |
73 |
Exceeded |
88.8 |
Olympic High-Math Eng Tech Science |
B |
77 |
Met |
72.0 |
Olympic High – Biotech Health Pub Admin |
B |
77 |
Exceeded |
99.8 |
Albemarle Road Elementary |
C |
56 |
Exceeded |
92.6 |
J M Alexander Middle |
C |
56 |
NotMet |
58.4 |
Barringer Academic Center |
C |
69 |
Exceeded |
85.5 |
Whitewater Academy |
C |
59 |
Exceeded |
87.7 |
Berryhill School |
C |
55 |
NotMet |
65.4 |
Coulwood STEM Academy |
C |
56 |
Exceeded |
89.5 |
David Cox Road Elementary |
C |
56 |
Met |
83.4 |
Devonshire Elementary |
C |
60 |
Exceeded |
94.4 |
First Ward Creative Arts Acad |
C |
63 |
Met |
72.4 |
Berewick Elementary |
C |
64 |
Exceeded |
86.4 |
Lawrence Orr Elementary |
C |
59 |
Exceeded |
93.9 |
Parkside Elementary |
C |
65 |
Met |
76.2 |
Hopewell High |
C |
63 |
NotMet |
58.1 |
Hornets Nest Elementary |
C |
61 |
Exceeded |
87.0 |
Croft Community Elementary |
C |
69 |
Exceeded |
89.9 |
Huntingtowne Farms Elementary |
C |
61 |
Exceeded |
87.7 |
Idlewild Elementary |
C |
66 |
Met |
80.0 |
Joseph W Grier Academy |
C |
64 |
Met |
82.6 |
Kennedy Middle |
C |
59 |
Exceeded |
93.9 |
Trillium Springs Montessori |
C |
64 |
Met |
77.6 |
Lake Wylie Elementary |
C |
65 |
Exceeded |
88.8 |
Lansdowne Elementary |
C |
66 |
Met |
73.3 |
Lebanon Road Elementary |
C |
67 |
Exceeded |
90.8 |
Blythe Elementary |
C |
68 |
Met |
81.6 |
Long Creek Elementary |
C |
69 |
Met |
83.8 |
Mallard Creek Elementary |
C |
57 |
NotMet |
58.7 |
Merry Oaks Elementary |
C |
58 |
Exceeded |
92.0 |
Mint Hill Middle |
C |
69 |
NotMet |
56.3 |
Rocky River High |
C |
56 |
NotMet |
61.3 |
Mountain Island Lake Academy |
C |
55 |
NotMet |
59.9 |
River Oaks Academy |
C |
60 |
Met |
75.5 |
Myers Park Traditional |
C |
69 |
Met |
78.3 |
Nathaniel Alexander Elementary |
C |
58 |
Exceeded |
88.8 |
J H Gunn Elementary |
C |
57 |
Met |
82.5 |
North Mecklenburg High |
C |
61 |
NotMet |
54.8 |
Northridge Middle |
C |
57 |
Exceeded |
89.5 |
Oakhurst STEAM Academy |
C |
60 |
Met |
81.5 |
Paw Creek Elementary |
C |
64 |
Exceeded |
89.9 |
Performance Learning Center |
C |
61 |
NotMet |
59.5 |
Pineville Elementary |
C |
67 |
Exceeded |
91.0 |
Pinewood Elementary |
C |
57 |
Exceeded |
90.4 |
Piney Grove Elementary |
C |
60 |
Exceeded |
85.7 |
Quail Hollow Middle |
C |
60 |
Exceeded |
93.6 |
Rama Road Elementary |
C |
55 |
Exceeded |
90.2 |
Reedy Creek Elementary |
C |
68 |
Exceeded |
90.2 |
Ridge Road Middle |
C |
62 |
Met |
81.6 |
Stoney Creek Elementary |
C |
62 |
Exceeded |
90.7 |
Shamrock Gardens Elementary |
C |
63 |
Met |
84.9 |
Southwest Middle School |
C |
60 |
Exceeded |
93.1 |
Statesville Road Elementary |
C |
65 |
Exceeded |
92.5 |
Steele Creek Elementary |
C |
63 |
Exceeded |
92.6 |
University Park Creative Arts |
C |
60 |
Met |
77.8 |
University Meadows Elementary |
C |
64 |
Exceeded |
89.1 |
West Charlotte High |
C |
57 |
Met |
84.5 |
Winding Springs Elementary |
C |
58 |
Exceeded |
89.4 |
Windsor Park Elementary |
C |
59 |
Met |
72.6 |
Winget Park Elementary |
C |
68 |
Met |
81.9 |
Vance High |
C |
58 |
Met |
82.2 |
Olympic High – Renaissance School |
C |
67 |
Exceeded |
85.3 |
Olympic TEAM High School |
C |
58 |
Exceeded |
91.4 |
Olympic High-Leadership and Development |
C |
67 |
Exceeded |
88.1 |
Albemarle Road Middle |
D |
46 |
Met |
76.3 |
Allenbrook Elementary |
D |
47 |
NotMet |
56.6 |
Ashley Park PreK-8 School |
D |
45 |
Exceeded |
88.9 |
Whitewater Middle |
D |
49 |
Exceeded |
89.9 |
Briarwood Elementary |
D |
50 |
Exceeded |
85.8 |
Billingsville Elementary |
D |
46 |
Met |
82.6 |
Cochrane Collegiate Academy |
D |
45 |
Met |
72.2 |
Military and Global Leadership Academy |
D |
51 |
Met |
70.1 |
Druid Hills Academy |
D |
41 |
Met |
77.0 |
Garinger High |
D |
54 |
Exceeded |
92.1 |
Greenway Park Elementary |
D |
52 |
Met |
79.5 |
Harding University High |
D |
50 |
NotMet |
56.8 |
Hickory Grove Elementary |
D |
54 |
Met |
83.4 |
Hidden Valley Elementary |
D |
53 |
Exceeded |
87.2 |
Highland Renaissance Academy |
D |
53 |
NotMet |
68.1 |
James Martin Middle |
D |
47 |
Met |
80.8 |
Martin Luther King Jr Middle |
D |
41 |
Met |
82.2 |
McClintock Middle |
D |
48 |
NotMet |
64.5 |
Montclaire Elementary |
D |
48 |
Exceeded |
87.3 |
Nations Ford Elementary |
D |
51 |
Exceeded |
89.0 |
Newell Elementary |
D |
49 |
Met |
73.4 |
Northeast Middle |
D |
49 |
NotMet |
69.6 |
Oakdale Elementary |
D |
53 |
Exceeded |
85.1 |
Ranson Middle |
D |
53 |
Exceeded |
92.5 |
Sedgefield Elementary |
D |
46 |
NotMet |
63.5 |
Sedgefield Middle |
D |
41 |
Met |
73.7 |
Starmount Acad of Excellence |
D |
46 |
Met |
76.1 |
Thomasboro Academy |
D |
45 |
Exceeded |
87.3 |
Tuckaseegee Elementary |
D |
47 |
Met |
83.0 |
Westerly Hills Academy |
D |
43 |
Exceeded |
90.0 |
West Mecklenburg High |
D |
49 |
NotMet |
57.2 |
Winterfield Elementary |
D |
50 |
Exceeded |
88.6 |
Eastway Middle |
F |
36 |
NotMet |
56.0 |
Bruns Academy |
F |
30 |
Met |
70.6 |
Reid Park Academy |
F |
39 |
Met |
82.8 |
Sterling Elementary |
F |
38 |
NotMet |
66.4 |
Walter G Byers School |
F |
39 |
Met |
79.2 |
Turning Point Academy |
N/A |
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Metro School |
N/A |
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Lincoln Heights Academy |
N/A |