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Harris Road Middle

Public Grades 6-8

17^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 773 North Carolina Middle Schools

Better than 98% of North Carolina middle schools

Summary

Harris Road Middle is a public middle school in Concord, North Carolina, serving 1,167 students in grades 6-8. This school consistently ranks among the top-performing middle schools in the state, maintaining a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger and outperforming both the Cabarrus County Schools district and the state of North Carolina in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subject areas.

Harris Road Middle's academic performance is particularly impressive, with over 80% of students scoring proficient or better in Mathematics, Reading, and Science in the 2024-2025 school year, significantly higher than the district and state averages. The school's performance is especially noteworthy in Mathematics, where over 87% of students in grades 6-8 scored proficient or better, compared to around 55-66% for the district and 48-57% for the state. Harris Road Middle also excels in serving diverse student populations, with top-ranked performance for African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students compared to their peers across North Carolina.

While Harris Road Middle is a standout school, the nearby Roberta Road Middle and Harold E. Winkler Middle, both in the Cabarrus County Schools district, have significantly lower test scores and rankings. In contrast, Bailey Middle in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district is also a high-performing school, ranking in the top 50 middle schools in North Carolina.

1,368

Students ?

20.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$7,552

Per pupil spending ?

13.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1251 Patriot Blvd
Concord, NC 28027-3511

(704) 260-6470

District: Cabarrus County Schools

Students who attend Harris Road Middle usually attend:

High:

Cox Mill High School

Feeder schools for Harris Road Middle:

Elementary:	Cox Mill Elementary
	W R Odell Elementary
	W R Odell Primary

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

43.3%

White:

30.9%

African American:

14.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 92nd percentile in 2015 → 98th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the North Carolina average (88% vs 54% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 2% of North Carolina middle schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school88%

District avg64%

North Carolina avg54%

17^th of 773

North Carolina public middle schools ?

Top 2%▲ up 6 pts since 2015

From top 8% (2015) to top 2% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 8Middle Schools in the Cabarrus County Schools

66^th of 242Cabarrus County Schools among North Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	97.2	17 of 773	97.8%	★★★★★
2024	96.6	23 of 793	97.1%	★★★★★
2023	95.8	22 of 784	97.2%	★★★★★
2022	96.5	19 of 786	97.6%	★★★★★
2021	95.5	27 of 741	96.4%	★★★★★
2019	91.1	42 of 737	94.3%	★★★★★
2018	89.3	42 of 691	93.9%	★★★★★
2017	90.7	37 of 694	94.7%	★★★★★
2016	89.5	45 of 692	93.5%	★★★★★
2015	89.1	55 of 705	92.2%	★★★★★
2014	88.7	53 of 627	91.5%	★★★★★
2013	88.1	60 of 673	91.1%	★★★★★
2012	81.1	78 of 662	88.2%	★★★★☆
2011	78.2	110 of 648	83.0%	★★★★☆
2010	78.4	107 of 640	83.3%	★★★★☆
2009	80.2	97 of 630	84.6%	★★★★☆
2008	84.7	59 of 620	90.5%	★★★★★
2007	79.9	72 of 606	88.1%	★★★★☆
2006	78.5	81 of 598	86.5%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	93.4	29 of 546	94.7%	★★★★★
2024	97.6	13 of 560	97.7%	★★★★★
2023	97.9	11 of 559	98.0%	★★★★★
2022	98.2	7 of 550	98.7%	★★★★★
2021	98.6	8 of 533	98.5%	★★★★★
2019	93.7	22 of 519	95.8%	★★★★★
2018	91.0	29 of 494	94.1%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	83.7	13 of 111	88.3%	★★★★☆
2024	81.9	20 of 110	81.8%	★★★★☆
2023	83.2	13 of 110	88.2%	★★★★☆
2022	85.0	11 of 109	89.9%	★★★★★
2021	84.1	16 of 99	83.8%	★★★★☆
2019	77.1	26 of 102	74.5%	★★★★☆
2018	78.6	24 of 95	74.7%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	77.8	40 of 449	91.1%	★★★★★
2021	84.4	22 of 478	95.4%	★★★★★
2019	72.1	73 of 504	85.5%	★★★★☆
2018	56.0	141 of 475	70.3%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	97.6	5 of 371	98.7%	★★★★★
2024	92.2	11 of 356	96.9%	★★★★★
2023	99.7	2 of 318	99.4%	★★★★★
2022	99.5	1 of 312	99.7%	★★★★★
2021	74.1	16 of 236	93.2%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	97.0	14 of 733	98.1%	★★★★★
2024	95.8	23 of 738	96.9%	★★★★★
2023	95.2	20 of 731	97.3%	★★★★★
2022	96.2	14 of 733	98.1%	★★★★★
2021	95.9	19 of 706	97.3%	★★★★★
2019	91.9	30 of 684	95.6%	★★★★★
2018	88.6	44 of 656	93.3%	★★★★★

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	78.5	2 of 458	99.6%	★★★★★
2024	75.0	32 of 461	93.1%	★★★★★
2023	77.7	11 of 452	97.6%	★★★★★
2022	78.0	10 of 450	97.8%	★★★★★
2021	76.8	34 of 448	92.4%	★★★★★
2019	75.7	6 of 416	98.6%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	98.7	5 of 562	99.1%	★★★★★
2024	98.4	10 of 564	98.2%	★★★★★
2023	94.7	20 of 553	96.4%	★★★★★
2022	94.5	14 of 541	97.4%	★★★★★
2021	89.0	30 of 522	94.3%	★★★★★
2019	89.8	23 of 493	95.3%	★★★★★
2018	87.2	24 of 472	94.9%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	92.0	31 of 729	95.7%	★★★★★
2024	94.6	20 of 743	97.3%	★★★★★
2023	91.4	27 of 735	96.3%	★★★★★
2022	92.5	25 of 689	96.4%	★★★★★
2021	92.5	17 of 633	97.3%	★★★★★
2019	86.6	38 of 639	94.1%	★★★★★
2018	79.9	61 of 604	89.9%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	96.8	17 of 733	97.7%	★★★★★
2024	96.6	19 of 751	97.5%	★★★★★
2023	95.5	22 of 747	97.1%	★★★★★
2022	96.1	21 of 748	97.2%	★★★★★
2021	94.1	35 of 711	95.1%	★★★★★
2019	90.3	41 of 697	94.1%	★★★★★
2018	89.7	46 of 665	93.1%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	96.2	4 of 328	98.8%	★★★★★
2024	83.9	33 of 306	89.2%	★★★★☆
2023	86.0	27 of 302	91.1%	★★★★★
2022	90.1	14 of 283	95.1%	★★★★★
2021	86.8	24 of 248	90.3%	★★★★★
2019	83.8	20 of 237	91.6%	★★★★★
2018	86.1	15 of 221	93.2%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	75.5	39 of 478	91.8%	★★★★★
2024	80.3	32 of 473	93.2%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	90.8	42 of 649	93.5%	★★★★★
2024	92.4	28 of 652	95.7%	★★★★★
2023	89.9	47 of 656	92.8%	★★★★★
2022	91.3	35 of 658	94.7%	★★★★★
2021	91.2	36 of 632	94.3%	★★★★★
2019	86.9	62 of 624	90.1%	★★★★★
2018	85.6	61 of 596	89.8%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Gifted and Talented (2025)100th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)99th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2025)99th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2025)99th percentile~ school

Female (2025)98th percentile~ school

Male (2025)98th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)96th percentile~ school

African American (2025)95th percentile-3 vs school

White (2025)94th percentile-4 vs school

Special Education (2025)92nd percentile-6 vs school

Disabled (2022)91st percentile-6 vs school

Asian (2025)88th percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Science93%+33 vs state

Mathematics89%+36 vs state

Reading85%+32 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, April 8, 2016

The principal of this school could care less about your child. He is very unprofessional and doesn't care about parent concerns. The teachers do very little teaching and even less supervising. Bullies run the school. Children go to school scared and frightened, with no protection. Close Quote

Schools Near Harris Road Middle

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOG Mathematics (2025)			EOG Reading (2025)			EOG Science (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	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Harris Road Middle	Public	6-8	1251 Patriot Blvd	Concord	28027	Cabarrus County	Cabarrus County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 260-6470	1,368	68	20.0	13.5%	423 (30.9%)	201 (14.7%)	88 (6.4%)	593 (43.3%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (4.3%)	97.2	17^th of 773 public middle schools	97.8%		96.6	23^rd of 793 public middle schools	97.1%	6	90.5	88.2	87.9	82.5	83.6	89.6	93.4	$7,552	$400	$7,151
Ridge Road Middle	Public	6-8	7260 Highland Creek Pkwy	Charlotte	28269	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 344-3410	840	49	17.1	99.6%	53 (6.3%)	560 (66.7%)	154 (18.3%)	33 (3.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (4.5%)	19.6	642^nd of 773 public middle schools	16.9%		21.2	648^th of 793 public middle schools	18.3%	6	51.4	28.4	25.0	38.1	34.7	36.6	39.1	$8,052	$671	$7,381
Northwest Cabarrus Middle	Public	6-8	5140 NW Cabarrus Drive	Concord	28027	Cabarrus County	Cabarrus County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 260-6550	825	40	20.4	33.0%	323 (39.2%)	173 (21.0%)	121 (14.7%)	156 (18.9%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	45 (5.5%)	81.5	124^th of 773 public middle schools	84.0%		44.7	442^nd of 793 public middle schools	44.3%	318	73.6	73.0	59.1	69.3	68.3	66.7	74.5	$8,575	$473	$8,102
Harold E. Winkler Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	4501 Weddington Rd NW	Concord	28027	Cabarrus County	Cabarrus County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(704) 260-6450	1,094	63	17.3	62.2%	317 (29.0%)	292 (26.7%)	352 (32.2%)	54 (4.9%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	73 (6.7%)	47.8	406^th of 773 public middle schools	47.5%		79.9	132^nd of 793 public middle schools	83.4%	274	49.6	45.8	48.8	53.9	49.9	53.6	58.7	$8,533	$668	$7,865
Bailey Middle	Public	6-8	11900 Bailey Rd	Cornelius	28031	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-1068	1,315	72	18.3	23.5%	806 (61.3%)	127 (9.7%)	202 (15.4%)	106 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	73 (5.6%)	91.4	49^th of 773 public middle schools	93.7%		90.8	59^th of 793 public middle schools	92.6%	10	85.3	84.3	76.1	72.6	71.7	74.0	84.0	$7,387	$321	$7,066
Kannapolis Middle School 7/8	Public	7-8	1000 Virginia Dare Street	Kannapolis	28081	Cabarrus County	Kannapolis City Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 932-4102	782	47	16.5	99.6%	211 (27.0%)	189 (24.2%)	322 (41.2%)	10 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (6.4%)	13.8	694^th of 773 public middle schools	10.2%		15.9	700^th of 793 public middle schools	11.7%	6		32.1	26.7		28.0	34.3	38.0	$9,092	$930	$8,162
Kannapolis Middle School 6	Public	6	1445 Oakwood Ave.	Kannapolis	28081	Cabarrus County	Kannapolis City Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(704) 932-4102	358	18	20.0	99.2%	78 (21.8%)	107 (29.9%)	139 (38.8%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.8%)								(n/a)	31.6			27.1
J. M. Alexander Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	12010 Hambright Rd	Huntersville	28078	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-3830	799	43	18.6	99.6%	39 (4.9%)	466 (58.3%)	246 (30.8%)	20 (2.5%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.0%)	14.5	690^th of 773 public middle schools	10.7%		17.1	687^th of 793 public middle schools	13.4%	3	32.6	36.6	22.7	31.6	33.6	37.2	35.0	$8,261	$602	$7,659
Roberta Road Middle	Public	6-8	4850 Roberta Rd	Concord	28027	Cabarrus County	Cabarrus County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(704) 260-6840	906	53	17.2	53.8%	307 (33.9%)	278 (30.7%)	218 (24.1%)	45 (5.0%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	52 (5.7%)	54.5	334^th of 773 public middle schools	56.8%		43.8	451^st of 793 public middle schools	43.1%	117	57.7	59.5	29.8	59.6	58.0	53.9	61.6
Mooresville Middle	Public	6-8	233 Kistler Farm Rd	Mooresville	28115	Iredell County	Mooresville Graded School District	No	No	No	No	(704) 658-2720	696	42	16.5	40.9%	429 (61.6%)	124 (17.8%)	85 (12.2%)	6 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	49 (7.0%)	75.6	163^rd of 773 public middle schools	78.9%		77.4	147^th of 793 public middle schools	81.5%	16	66.9	73.2	75.9	55.9	61.8	65.8	67.4	$8,335	$447	$7,888

Frequently Asked Questions about Harris Road Middle

What is the racial makeup of Harris Road Middle?

Students at Harris Road Middle are 43% Asian, 31% White, 15% African American, 6% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.

How many students attend Harris Road Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,368 students attended Harris Road Middle.

What district is Harris Road Middle in?

Cabarrus County Schools

Is Harris Road Middle a good school?

Yes! Harris Road Middle is one of the best middle schools in the state. It ranks 17^th of 773 North Carolina middle schools.

What high school do graduates of Harris Road Middle attend?

Students who attend Harris Road Middle usually go on to attend Cox Mill High School

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