Myers Park High School
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Charlotte, North Carolina
Myers Park High School in Charlotte, North Carolina enrolled 3,225 students in 2024-25 with 154.1 full-time teachers, 20.9 students per teacher against the North Carolina high-school median of 18.4. It was not a Title I school in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 85% (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 fell 10% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 6%
3,593 students in 2022-23, 3,430 students in 2023-24, 3,225 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 164.3 to 154.1.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 3,593 | 164.3 | 21.9 |
| 2023-24 | 3,430 | 169.8 | 20.2 |
| 2024-25 | 3,225 | 154.1 | 20.9 |
20.9 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 68 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).
26 AP courses and one counselor per 355 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Myers Park High School enrolled 3,567 students and had 10.1 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 199 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses26
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)10.1, one per 355 of the 3,567 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions199
- Chronically absent24.0% (2022-23)
Who attends
51.4% of students were White, 22.6% Black, 19.8% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- White51.4%
- Black22.6%
- Hispanic19.8%
- Two or more races3.1%
- Asian2.7%
- American Indian0.2%
- Pacific Islander0.1%
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
85% of the 943 students in Myers Park High School'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 | 85% | 83% | 86.5% |
| Students in the class | 943 | 11,654 | 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 Charlotte
30 public high schools in Charlotte report 2024-25 enrollment; Myers Park High School is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myers Park High School | 3,225 | 20.9 | 33.1% |
| Ardrey Kell High School | 3,036 | 20.8 | 13.8% |
| South Mecklenburg High School | 2,534 | 17.8 | 44.0% |
| East Mecklenburg High School | 2,422 | 18.5 | 99.9% |
| Palisades High School | 2,332 | 21.4 | 48.5% |
| Julius L. Chambers High School | 2,225 | 18.9 | 99.9% |
| Providence High School | 2,167 | 20.6 | 14.1% |
| Mallard Creek High School | 2,068 | 19.0 | 99.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Myers Park High School
- Performance Learning CenterThe nearest public high school, 4.0 miles away: 278 students, 27.8 per teacher (2024-25).4.0 mi
- Hawthorne Academy of Health SciencesThe next nearest public high school, 4.1 miles away: 239 students, 13.3 per teacher (2024-25).4.1 mi
- Compare Myers Park High School with Performance Learning CenterStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools spends per student$12,198 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,198
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaMyers Park High School is the largest of 601 North Carolina high schools open in 2024-25.#1 of 601
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher20.9 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 18.4 for high schools.20.9:1
- 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 Myers Park High School
How many students attend Myers Park High School?
3,225 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 3,593 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Charlotte, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at Myers Park High School?
20.9 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 Myers Park High School a Title I school?
Myers Park High School was not a Title I school in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What is the graduation rate at Myers Park High School?
85% of the 943 students in Myers Park High School'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 Myers Park High School in?
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, NCES district ID 3702970. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370297001244 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.