NCES CCD 2024-25 36 schools NC

Best-Resourced Schools in Concord, NC

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36 public K-12 schools in Concord from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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36
Schools
27,996
Students
42.1/100
Avg Resource Index
17.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Concord has more public-school enrollment than 96% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Concord sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Concord's list includes 12 elementary, 7 middle, and 9 high-school campuses, plus 8 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 81-point gap between Cabarrus Co Opportunity School and Cabarrus Health Sciences Institute shows the range hidden by Concord's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 4%
School count
Top 6%
Resource Index average
56th percentile
Teacher staffing
33rd percentile

Concord school enrollment varies 43× across entities

Concord school enrollment ranges from 41 students (lowest) to 1,772 students (highest), a spread of 1,731 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Concord student-teacher ratio is 17.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Concord is typically wider than the Concord-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Cabarrus Co Opportunity School 81
2. Performance Learning Center 68
3. Cabarrus County Schools Virtual Academy 56
4. Coltrane-Webb Elementary 52
5. Harris Road Middle 49
6. Beverly Hills Elementary 49
7. Carolina International School 48
8. Cox Mill Elementary 47
9. Northwest Cabarrus High 46
10. J N Fries Magnet School 46
11. Rocky River Elementary 45
12. Concord Middle 45
13. Weddington Hills Elementary 44
14. Carl a Furr Elementary 44
15. Winecoff Elementary 44
16. Patriots Elementary 44
17. Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early Coll 44
18. W R Odell Primary 43
19. A T Allen Elementary 43
20. Pitts School Road Elementary 42
21. Cox Mill High School 41
22. C C Griffin Middle 41
23. W M Irvin Elementary 41
24. Cabarrus Early College of Technology 41
25. W R Odell Elementary 40
26. Northwest Cabarrus Middle 39
27. Wolf Meadow Elementary 39
28. Central Cabarrus High 37
29. Concord High 37
30. Jay M Robinson High 36
31. R Brown Mcallister Elementary 36
32. West Cabarrus High 33
33. Harold E. Winkler Middle 29
34. Roberta Road Middle 24
35. Cabarrus Charter Academy 20
36. Cabarrus Health Sciences Institute -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Concord

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Cabarrus Health Sciences Institute 77.8/100
  2. 2 Patriots Elementary 75.5/100
  3. 3 Northwest Cabarrus Middle 74.2/100
  4. 4 Weddington Hills Elementary 74.0/100
  5. 5 Harold E. Winkler Middle 73.4/100

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Which Concord school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Cabarrus Co Opportunity School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Concord schools in this federal-data comparison at 81/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Concord, NC? ▼

Concord has 36 public schools with a total enrollment of 27,996 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.