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District profile / North Carolina

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Charlotte, North Carolina · Superintendent: Dr Crystal Hill · #2 of 112 North Carolina districts by enrollment

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147,299
Students
2024-25 school year
186
Schools
2024-25 school year
$10,534
Spending per student
FY2020-21 · 6% below the North Carolina median
16.5
Students per teacher
2024-25 · North Carolina median 15.7

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is a public school district based in Charlotte, North Carolina, serving 147,299 students in 186 schools. By enrollment it ranks #2 of the 112 North Carolina districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 99% of them. Its schools average 792 students each, more than the North Carolina median of 446. Its superintendent is Dr Crystal Hill. It spends about $10,534 per student on day-to-day operations, 6% less than the North Carolina median. It has roughly 16.5 students per teacher. We've matched 17 news stories to the district.

How Charlotte-Mecklenburg compares

Charlotte-MecklenburgNorth Carolina median, districts with 1,000+ students
Spending per student$10,534
North Carolina median $11,153 · 6% below · FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$6,998
North Carolina median $6,920 · about the same · FY2020-21
Students per school792
North Carolina median 446 · 78% above · 2024-25
Students per teacher16.5
North Carolina median 15.7 · 5% above · 2024-25
Students per counselor333
North Carolina median 358 · 7% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$1.68 billion in revenue · FY2020-21
Federal 10%State 56%Local 34%
MeasureCharlotte-MecklenburgNorth Carolina medianYear
Current spending per student$10,534$11,153FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$6,998$6,920FY2020-21
Total spending$2.08 billionn/aFY2020-21
Total revenue$1.68 billionn/aFY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)8,917n/a2024-25
Students per teacher16.515.72024-25
Students per counselor3333582024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The North Carolina median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

Leadership

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Dr Crystal Hill

Superintendent, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Source: NC Department of Public Instruction, EDDIE, checked 2026-10-19. Report a change

In the news

17 stories matched

Peer districts in North Carolina

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DistrictStudentsSchoolsSpending per studentStudents per teacherRank
Wake County SchoolsCary163,325198$9,89915.3#1
Charlotte-Mecklenburg SchoolsCharlotte · this district147,299186$10,53416.5#2
Guilford County SchoolsGreensboro67,620120$11,25415.1#3
Winston Salem / Forsyth County SchoolsWinston Salem52,43081$10,62614.2#4
Cumberland County SchoolsFayetteville49,00286$10,28616.8#5

Similar-size districts nationally

DistrictStudentsSpending per studentStudents per teacher
Montgomery County Public SchoolsRockville, MD159,181$17,75313.8
Dallas ISDDallas, TX139,802$12,24014.9
Prince George's County Public SchoolsUpper Marlboro, MD132,123$17,15514.1
Duval County Public SchoolsJacksonville, FL130,054$10,09719.1

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-nc-charlotte-mecklenburg-schools