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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 28262

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Schools

1,405

Students

Top rankedGov's Village STEM (Upper)617^th of 778 North Carolina middle schools

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Biggest riser

James Martin Middle up 28 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

ZIP code 28262 in Charlotte, North Carolina, has three middle schools—Gov's Village STEM (Upper), serving grades 5–8, and James Martin Middle and Turning Point Middle, both serving grades 6–8—all part of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district, which ranks in the 57th percentile statewide. These schools serve an almost exclusively high-poverty population, with free/reduced-price lunch eligibility above 95% at every school, and chronic absenteeism is a serious concern across the board, ranging from 34.5% at Gov's Village STEM to 57.3% at Turning Point Middle—well above the state rate of 24.2%.

Gov's Village STEM is the strongest overall school in the ZIP, with the best state ranking (617th of 778, 21st percentile), the largest enrollment at 684 students, and the highest average EOG proficiency at about 46%. It also has the lowest chronic absenteeism and its 5th-grade scores are the strongest in the building. James Martin Middle is improving, moving from the 8th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 15th percentile in 2025-2026, and it now actually outperforms Gov's Village STEM in every 8th-grade subject—24.3% vs. 21.9% in math, 45.5% vs. 39.0% in reading, and 62.6% vs. 59.6% in science. Turning Point Middle, with only 62 students, faces the biggest challenges: a 2nd-percentile state ranking, 57.3% chronic absenteeism, and proficiency rates below 35% in every subject and grade. Despite having a very low student-teacher ratio of 4.1 to 1, its outcomes remain far below the other two schools.

No school in this ZIP exceeds the CMS district average on any reported 2025-2026 test, and the only result above the North Carolina average is 5th-grade science at Gov's Village STEM. At Gov's Village STEM, math proficiency drops sharply from 52.3% in 5th grade to just 21.9% in 8th grade, suggesting upper-grade math is a major concern. The consistent pattern is that the school with the lowest chronic absenteeism—Gov's Village STEM—performs best, while Turning Point Middle, with the highest absenteeism, performs worst. James Martin is worth watching as an improving school, but overall, ZIP 28262 represents an academically vulnerable cluster where poverty and attendance issues loom large over student outcomes.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOG Mathematics (2026)				EOG Reading (2026)				EOG Science (2026)		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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
James Martin Middle	Public	6-8	6301 University Pointe Blvd	Charlotte	28262	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(980) 343-5382	659	39	17.1	99.5%	18 (2.7%)	348 (52.8%)	251 (38.1%)	12 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (4.2%)	18.6	664^th of 778 public middle schools	14.7%		14.1	692^nd of 773 public middle schools	10.5%	28		29.0	30.7	24.3		33.9	43.9	45.5		62.6	$9,806	$1,067	$8,739
Gov's Village STEM (Upper)	Public, Magnet	5-8	7810 Neal Rd	Charlotte	28262	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(980) 343-5775	684	37	18.5	99.6%	11 (1.6%)	395 (57.7%)	212 (31.0%)	39 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.9%)	23.7	617^th of 778 public middle schools	20.7%		33.1	519^th of 773 public middle schools	32.9%	98	52.3	44.1	39.2	21.9	46.1	40.5	49.5	39.0	69.3	59.6	$8,809	$242	$8,567
Turning Point Middle	Public	6-8	2300 W Sugar Creek Rd	Charlotte	28262	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(980) 343-5681	62	15	4.1	95.2%	1 (1.6%)	49 (79.0%)	8 (12.9%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.8%)	3.5	761^st of 778 public middle schools	2.2%		2.4	760^th of 773 public middle schools	1.7%	1		6.7	12.0	13.0		12.5	34.6	26.1		25.5

Cities Near Zip Code 28262

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Charlotte	0.79 mi	185	282^nd
Concord	1.84 mi	35	227^th
Harrisburg	3.95 mi	5	107^th
Huntersville	5.2 mi	16	116^th
Mint Hill	8.89 mi	4	233^rd

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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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