Performance Learning Center

Public high school, grades 9 to 13 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Performance Learning Center in Charlotte, North Carolina enrolled 278 students in 2024-25 with 10.0 full-time teachers, 27.8 students per teacher against the North Carolina high-school median of 18.4. It ran a schoolwide Title I program 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 85-89% (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 276% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 22%

74 students in 2022-23, 178 students in 2023-24, 278 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 12.8 to 10.0.

Students enrolled at Performance Learning Center by school year2022-23: 74, 2023-24: 178, 2024-25: 27801002003002022-23742023-241782024-25278
Students enrolled at Performance Learning Center by school year2022-23: 74, 2023-24: 178, 2024-25: 27801002003002022-23742023-241782024-25278
Students enrolled at Performance Learning Center by school year2022-23: 74, 2023-24: 178, 2024-25: 27801002003002022-23742023-241782024-25278
Students enrolled at Performance Learning Center by school year2022-23: 74, 2023-24: 178, 2024-25: 27801002003002022-23742023-241782024-25278
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-237412.85.8
2023-241789.019.8
2024-2527810.027.8

27.8 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 90 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.

Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; This school 27.8; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherThis school 27.8state median 18.4U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; This school 27.8; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherThis school 27.8state median 18.4U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; This school 27.8; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherThis school 27.8state median 18.4U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; This school 27.8; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherThis school 27.8state median 18.4U.S. 14.5

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).

2 AP courses and one counselor per 73 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Performance Learning Center enrolled 73 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 16 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement courses2
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 73 of the 73 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions16
  • Chronically absent44.6% (2022-23)

Who attends

41.0% of students were Black, 32.0% Hispanic, 17.3% White in 2024-25.

  1. Black41.0%
  2. Hispanic32.0%
  3. White17.3%
  4. Asian5.4%
  5. Two or more races4.3%

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

85-89% of the 96 students in Performance Learning Center'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.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtNorth Carolina
Four-year graduation rate85‑89%83%86.5%
Students in the class9611,654120,822

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.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Myers Park High School3,22520.933.1%
Ardrey Kell High School3,03620.813.8%
South Mecklenburg High School2,53417.844.0%
East Mecklenburg High School2,42218.599.9%
Palisades High School2,33221.448.5%
Julius L. Chambers High School2,22518.999.9%
Providence High School2,16720.614.1%
Mallard Creek High School2,06819.099.9%

All public schools in Charlotte →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Performance Learning Center

  1. Harper Middle College HighThe nearest public high school, 1.8 miles away: 125 students, 26.0 per teacher (2024-25).1.8 mi
  2. Olympic High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 2.9 miles away: 1,483 students, 16.8 per teacher (2024-25).2.9 mi
  3. Compare Performance Learning Center with Harper Middle College HighStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. 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
  5. The largest public schools in North CarolinaPerformance Learning Center is the number 417 by size of 601 North Carolina high schools open in 2024-25.#417 of 601
  6. North Carolina schools by students per teacher27.8 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 18.4 for high schools.27.8:1
  7. 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 Performance Learning Center

  1. How many students attend Performance Learning Center?
    278 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 74 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Charlotte, NC.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Performance Learning Center?
    27.8 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.
  3. Is Performance Learning Center a Title I school?
    Performance Learning Center ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. What is the graduation rate at Performance Learning Center?
    85-89% of the 96 students in Performance Learning Center'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.
  5. What district is Performance Learning Center in?
    Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, NCES district ID 3702970. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370297002842 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.

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