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Albemarle Road Middle

Public, Magnet Grades 6-8

687^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 773 North Carolina Middle Schools

Better than 11% of North Carolina middle schools

Summary

Albemarle Road Middle is a public magnet middle school in Charlotte, North Carolina, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 934. The school is part of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district, which is ranked 119 out of 242 districts in the state.

Albemarle Road Middle consistently performs below the district and state averages in standardized test scores, with proficiency rates in math and reading around 30-40%, compared to the district's 50-60% and the state's 50-60%. The school has a high percentage of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, with 99.68% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Albemarle Road Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom third of North Carolina middle schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years. However, the school's spending per student was $9,035 in the 2018-2019 school year, which is higher than the state average.

Compared to nearby magnet schools like Piedmont Middle, Randolph Middle, and Crestdale Middle, Albemarle Road Middle's academic performance is significantly lower, with much higher proficiency rates and higher rankings from SchoolDigger. The school's performance also varies across different student subgroups, with African American and English Language Learner students performing better than the overall student population, while Asian and White students perform significantly worse.

945

Students ?

18.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,035

Per pupil spending ?

99.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

6900 Democracy Drive
Charlotte, NC 28212-3821

(980) 343-6420

District: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Feeder schools for Albemarle Road Middle:

Elementary:	Albemarle Road Elementary
	J. H. Gunn Elementary
	Piney Grove Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

58.8%

African American:

27.3%

Asian:

9.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 25th percentile in 2015 → 11th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (33% vs 54% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (11th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 14 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school33%

District avg55%

North Carolina avg54%

687^th of 773

North Carolina public middle schools ?

Bottom 11%▼ down 14 pts since 2015

From bottom 25% (2015) to bottom 11% (2025)

See the entire ranking list of North Carolina Middle Schools →

★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

24^th of 29Middle Schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

119^th of 242Charlotte-Mecklenburg 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	14.9	687 of 773	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.0	708 of 793	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.8	669 of 784	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.9	610 of 786	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.3	615 of 741	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.3	611 of 737	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.2	564 of 691	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	19.5	576 of 694	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	20.0	563 of 692	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	27.7	526 of 705	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	22.3	499 of 627	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	27.9	489 of 673	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	40.6	460 of 662	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2011	45.5	420 of 648	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2010	37.6	463 of 640	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	32.6	489 of 630	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	21.4	509 of 620	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	21.1	527 of 606	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	20.5	516 of 598	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	39.5	319 of 546	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.3	390 of 560	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.8	383 of 559	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	46.7	250 of 550	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	37.8	314 of 533	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.9	270 of 519	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	44.9	275 of 494	44.3%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	11.1	107 of 111	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.3	103 of 110	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.0	103 of 110	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.2	100 of 109	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.0	97 of 99	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.0	97 of 102	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.1	91 of 95	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	30.8	315 of 449	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	15.3	471 of 478	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.0	498 of 504	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	21.0	433 of 475	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	28.0	293 of 371	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.7	246 of 356	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.2	266 of 318	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	37.3	196 of 312	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	25.4	208 of 236	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.8	103 of 211	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	31.4	113 of 151	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	18.5	635 of 733	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.4	657 of 738	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.8	643 of 731	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.1	585 of 733	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.3	590 of 706	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.6	594 of 684	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.9	565 of 656	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2024	30.4	407 of 461	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	36.3	375 of 452	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	71.7	53 of 450	88.2%	★★★★☆
2021	36.8	357 of 448	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	50.2	277 of 416	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	26.7	112 of 127	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	18.3	508 of 562	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.0	514 of 564	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.8	485 of 553	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.2	417 of 541	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.9	418 of 522	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.9	399 of 493	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.5	381 of 472	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	35.9	29 of 44	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	62.4	9 of 50	82.0%	★★★★☆
2022	40.5	24 of 37	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.4	51 of 71	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	38.6	8 of 13	38.5%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	34.1	495 of 729	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.3	563 of 743	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.7	525 of 735	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	46.3	342 of 689	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	37.4	395 of 633	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.8	483 of 639	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.2	456 of 604	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	12.4	678 of 733	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.9	687 of 751	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.2	646 of 747	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.3	585 of 748	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.0	595 of 711	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.8	589 of 697	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.1	567 of 665	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	22.9	438 of 478	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	26.2	387 of 473	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	9.5	613 of 649	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.0	633 of 652	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	28.6	504 of 656	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	42.4	384 of 658	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.4	454 of 632	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.6	591 of 624	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.2	540 of 596	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

African American (2025)42nd percentile+30 vs school

Homeless (2025)34th percentile+23 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)32nd percentile+21 vs school

Disabled (2022)30th percentile+7 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)21st percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)13th percentile~ school

Gifted and Talented (2024)12th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)10th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)8th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2025)8th percentile-4 vs school

White (2025)6th percentile-6 vs school

Asian (2025)4th percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Science40%-20 vs state

Reading35%-18 vs state

Mathematics29%-24 vs state

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by a student
Sunday, September 23, 2018

The school gives us store food that been there like a month or even more than a month,
the school let other get bullyed and they dont care about it intell theres a fight..
The school principal dont care about her students Close Quote

Schools Near Albemarle 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
Albemarle Road Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	6900 Democracy Drive	Charlotte	28212	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(980) 343-6420	945	52	18.2	99.7%	26 (2.8%)	258 (27.3%)	556 (58.8%)	86 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (1.9%)	14.9	687^th of 773 public middle schools	11.1%		15	708^th of 793 public middle schools	10.7%	21	36.4	30.5	20.4	31.9	39.1	33.6	40.3	$9,035	$942	$8,093
Northeast Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	5960 Brickstone Dr	Mint Hill	28227	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(980) 343-6920	594	33	17.8	99.5%	63 (10.6%)	209 (35.2%)	272 (45.8%)	28 (4.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.4%)	23.5	601^st of 773 public middle schools	22.3%		19.6	660^th of 793 public middle schools	16.8%	59	36.8	36.5	31.9	35.8	46.4	40.2	45.1	$11,166	$1,453	$9,713
McClintock Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	1925 Rama Rd	Charlotte	28212	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(980) 343-6425	1,056	62	17.1	99.7%	125 (11.8%)	346 (32.8%)	482 (45.6%)	63 (6.0%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	36 (3.4%)	49.3	389^th of 773 public middle schools	49.7%		38	504^th of 793 public middle schools	36.4%	115	60.1	56.9	61.7	46.0	41.3	47.7	56.1	$8,800	$1,014	$7,786
Eastway Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	1501 Norland Rd	Charlotte	28205	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(980) 343-6410	849	50	17.0	99.3%	25 (2.9%)	218 (25.7%)	567 (66.8%)	26 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	11 (1.3%)	12.6	702^nd of 773 public middle schools	9.2%		9.7	735^th of 793 public middle schools	7.3%	33	32.8	34.0	35.0	22.3	27.9	28.0	32.1	$9,703	$1,124	$8,578
Mint Hill Middle	Public	6-8	11501 Idlewild Road	Matthews	28105	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	No	(980) 343-5439	878	49	18.0	49.9%	276 (31.4%)	234 (26.7%)	248 (28.2%)	70 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	48 (5.5%)	70.8	190^th of 773 public middle schools	75.4%		66.8	235^th of 793 public middle schools	70.4%	45	63.3	64.4	63.1	56.4	63.9	66.2	64.5	$8,224	$573	$7,651
Randolph Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	4400 Water Oak Rd	Charlotte	28211	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-6700	1,215	62	19.5	48.1%	318 (26.2%)	374 (30.8%)	338 (27.8%)	142 (11.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	41 (3.4%)	79	142^nd of 773 public middle schools	81.6%		85.4	95^th of 793 public middle schools	88.0%	47	70.4	64.6	59.2	68.3	69.7	65.7	74.6	$8,175	$474	$7,701
Northridge Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	7601 The Plaza	Charlotte	28215	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(980) 343-5015	1,014	55	18.3	99.7%	29 (2.9%)	548 (54.0%)	363 (35.8%)	33 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	38 (3.7%)	38	485^th of 773 public middle schools	37.3%		25.7	605^th of 793 public middle schools	23.7%	120	61.9	43.6	29.9	51.9	44.8	41.0	54.5	$9,314	$958	$8,355
Crestdale Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	940 Sam Newell Rd	Matthews	28105	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-5755	989	48	20.4	40.6%	452 (45.7%)	266 (26.9%)	167 (16.9%)	55 (5.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (4.8%)	76.8	158^th of 773 public middle schools	79.6%		80.5	127^th of 793 public middle schools	84.0%	31	72.8	71.1	52.8	62.4	65.4	63.5	75.9	$7,966	$482	$7,485
Martin Luther King Junior Middle	Public	6-8	500 Bilmark Ave	Charlotte	28213	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-0698	844	51	16.4	99.6%	12 (1.4%)	254 (30.1%)	535 (63.4%)	28 (3.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	12 (1.4%)	8.6	727^th of 773 public middle schools	6.0%		5.5	764^th of 793 public middle schools	3.7%	37	27.4	26.9	24.3	25.2	27.7	25.8	33.5	$9,655	$1,565	$8,090
Piedmont Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	1241 E 10th St	Charlotte	28204	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(980) 343-5435	1,108	55	20.2	46.5%	204 (18.4%)	630 (56.9%)	150 (13.5%)	80 (7.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (3.9%)	87.7	75^th of 773 public middle schools	90.3%		83.2	109^th of 793 public middle schools	86.3%	34	71.4	69.9	81.2	69.6	71.8	76.7	83.1	$7,641	$438	$7,203

Frequently Asked Questions about Albemarle Road Middle

What district is Albemarle Road Middle in?

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Is Albemarle Road Middle a good school?

Albemarle Road Middle ranks in the bottom 11.1% of North Carolina middle schools.

What is the racial makeup of Albemarle Road Middle?

Students at Albemarle Road Middle are 59% Hispanic, 27% African American, 9% Asian, 3% White, 2% Two or more races.

How many students attend Albemarle Road Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 945 students attended Albemarle Road Middle.

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