At $13,371 per pupil, Charlotte Secondary School ranks #92 of 328 North Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (North Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Charlotte Secondary School operates 1 public schools serving 175 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Mecklenburg County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,371 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 328 North Carolina districts by per-pupil spending. See how North Carolina compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 21.7% local, 61.5% state, and 16.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 157:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 36.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.9% African American, 33.8% Hispanic or Latino, 14.0% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Charlotte Secondary, enrolling 157 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Charlotte Secondary accounts for 89.7% of all Charlotte Secondary School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Charlotte Secondary School a distant remainder — means Charlotte Secondary School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Charlotte Secondary School student-counselor ratio is 157:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Charlotte Secondary School chronic absenteeism rate is 36.9% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
How many schools are in Charlotte Secondary School?
Charlotte Secondary School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 175 students.
How much does Charlotte Secondary School spend per student?
Charlotte Secondary School spends $13,371 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Charlotte Secondary School?
Charlotte Secondary School students are 38.9% African American, 33.8% Hispanic or Latino, 14.0% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.