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Best High Schools in Charlotte, NC (2025-26)
Every ranked high school in Charlotte, NC, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.
Charlotte, NC rankings: High Schools · Elementary Schools
Charlotte, NC high schools ranked
How Charlotte, NC's high schools compare
A: 7B: 7C: 7D: 11
44% of the 32 ranked high schools in Charlotte, NC earn an A or B (7 A grades, 7 B, 7 C, 11 D, 0 F), against 50% of high schools nationwide. 29 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (91% here, 74% nationally), and 24 exceed it. On average 54% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 43% (national averages: 44% actual, 41% projected).
The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Jackson Day School (63% against 37%, B), Corvian Community School (72% against 49%, A-), Williams Secondary Montessori (82% against 61%, A-), Sugar Creek Charter (50% against 29%, C), Performance Learning Center (86% against 66%, A).
Districts with the most schools in the top quarter (the top 10): Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (8).
The largest ranked high schools: Myers Park High School (3,593 students, B, #11), Ardrey Kell High School (3,529 students, A-, #4), South Mecklenburg High School (3,344 students, C+, #16).
Of the top 25, 8 are magnet schools and 7 are charters. Selective and specialised schools tend to post high actual scores; the projection column is the fairer comparison for a neighborhood school.
High schools in Charlotte, NC that are not ranked
6 graded high schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.
Special-purpose schools (5)
Alternative, special-education and vocational schools serve a different mission and a different student body, so they are graded but not ranked against regular schools.
- F Charlotte Mecklenburg Academy, Charlotte
- F Commonwealth High, Charlotte
- D Metro School, Charlotte
- D- Stewart Creek High, Charlotte
- F Turning Point Academy, Charlotte
Not yet graded (1)
Our source data has no school-level proficiency results for these schools, so they carry no SchoolGrade yet.
- Harper Middle College High, Charlotte
About this ranking
- Scope: public high schools in Charlotte, NC, as grouped on its schools page; the North Carolina ranking covers the whole state.
- Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
- Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
- Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the high schools.
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works
Questions about high schools in Charlotte, NC
What is the best high school in Charlotte, NC?
Providence High School in Charlotte ranks first among the 32 ranked high schools in Charlotte, NC with a SchoolGrade of A, 88% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 80%.
How are high schools in Charlotte, NC ranked?
By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.
How many high schools does Charlotte, NC have?
SchoolGrade grades 38 public high schools in Charlotte, NC; 32 are ranked here and 6 are listed as not ranked.