Central Cabarrus High
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Concord, North Carolina
Central Cabarrus High in Concord, North Carolina enrolled 1,369 students in 2024-25 with 86.0 full-time teachers, 15.9 students per teacher against the North Carolina high-school median of 18.4. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 88% (North Carolina: 86.5%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment rose 5% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 11%
1,305 students in 2022-23, 1,323 students in 2023-24, 1,369 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 77.5 to 86.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,305 | 77.5 | 16.8 |
| 2023-24 | 1,323 | 75.3 | 17.6 |
| 2024-25 | 1,369 | 86.0 | 15.9 |
15.9 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 74 of every 100 North Carolina high schools
Among the 588 North Carolina high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 18.4; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
18 AP courses and one counselor per 316 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Central Cabarrus High enrolled 1,264 students and had 4.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 140 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses18
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)4.0, one per 316 of the 1,264 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions140
- Chronically absent33.8% (2022-23)
Who attends
38.8% of students were White, 29.1% Black, 24.8% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- White38.8%
- Black29.1%
- Hispanic24.8%
- Two or more races5.5%
- Asian0.9%
- American Indian0.4%
- Pacific Islander0.4%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
88% of the 288 students in Central Cabarrus High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.5% across North Carolina. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | North Carolina | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 88% | 89% | 86.5% |
| Students in the class | 288 | 2,834 | 120,822 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
High schools in Concord
11 public high schools in Concord report 2024-25 enrollment; Central Cabarrus High is number 3 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cox Mill High School | 1,772 | 21.8 | 13.0% |
| West Cabarrus High | 1,627 | 19.0 | 52.4% |
| Central Cabarrus High | 1,369 | 15.9 | 50.3% |
| Jay M Robinson High | 1,210 | 17.6 | 47.8% |
| Northwest Cabarrus High | 1,142 | 16.9 | 31.7% |
| Concord High | 1,128 | 16.0 | 99.1% |
| Cabarrus Early College of Technology | 236 | 36.1 | 26.3% |
| Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early Coll | 234 | 24.3 | 29.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Central Cabarrus High
- Cabarrus Co Opportunity SchoolThe nearest public high school, 3.4 miles away: 41 students, 4.2 per teacher (2024-25).3.4 mi
- Cabarrus Early College of TechnologyThe next nearest public high school, 4.2 miles away: 236 students, 36.1 per teacher (2024-25).4.2 mi
- Compare Central Cabarrus High with Cabarrus Co Opportunity SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Cabarrus County Schools spends per student$10,749 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$10,749
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaCentral Cabarrus High is the number 108 by size of 601 North Carolina high schools open in 2024-25.#108 of 601
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher15.9 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 18.4 for high schools.15.9:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Central Cabarrus High
How many students attend Central Cabarrus High?
1,369 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,305 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Concord, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at Central Cabarrus High?
15.9 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the North Carolina median for high schools is 18.4. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Central Cabarrus High a Title I school?
Central Cabarrus High was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).What is the graduation rate at Central Cabarrus High?
88% of the 288 students in Central Cabarrus High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.5% across North Carolina. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Central Cabarrus High in?
Cabarrus County Schools, NCES district ID 3700530. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370053000210 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.