High Schools in Kannapolis City Schools

Summary:

The Kannapolis City Schools district in North Carolina is home to a single high school, A.L. Brown High, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school has consistently underperformed compared to state averages, ranking in the bottom half of North Carolina high schools over the past few years.

A.L. Brown High has a low SchoolDigger rating of 1 out of 5 stars, indicating below-average performance. The school's four-year graduation rate for the 2024-2025 school year is 87.7%, slightly below the state average. Academically, the school's proficiency rates on End-of-Course (EOC) exams are significantly lower than the state averages across all subjects, with only 8.6% of students proficient in Math I, compared to the state average of 34.4%.

The high percentage of students (99.83%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at A.L. Brown High suggests a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population, which may contribute to the school's underperformance. Additionally, the school's per-student spending of $9,314 for the 2018-2019 school year is lower than the state average, which could also impact the quality of education and resources available to students.

District Detail

100 Denver Street
Kannapolis, NC 28083

(704) 938-1131

SchoolDigger Rank:
208^th of 242 North Carolina districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 5,377

Primary Schools: 6
Middle Schools: 2
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOC Biology (2025)	EOC English II (2025)	EOC Math I (2025)	EOC Math III (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOC Biology End of Course	EOC English II End of Course	EOC Math I End of Course	EOC Math III End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
A L Brown High	Public	9-12	415 Martin Luther King Jr Ave	Kannapolis	28083	Cabarrus County	Kannapolis City Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 932-6125	1,753	94	18.6	99.8%	422 (24.1%)	497 (28.4%)	702 (40.0%)	10 (0.6%)	4 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	118 (6.7%)	11.4	591^st of 641 public high schools	7.8%		11.2	583^rd of 640 public high schools	8.9%	8	21.4	37.8	8.6	35.5	$9,314	$705	$8,609

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Cabarrus County Schools	2.09 mi	43	66^th
Concord Lake STEAM Academy	2.76 mi	1	56^th
Rowan-Salisbury Schools	3.48 mi	32	207^th
Valor Preparatory Academy	6.63 mi	1
Carolina International School	8.98 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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High Schools in Kannapolis City Schools

District Detail

A L Brown High

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