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Private · Grades 9–12 · 29 students
Commonwealth High
5112 Central Ave, Charlotte, NC 28205
Grades
9–12
High
Students
377
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
32.2 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Commonwealth High School
Mecklenburg County
Not graded
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About Commonwealth High
Commonwealth High is a charter high school in Charlotte, North Carolina, serving grades 9–12. It is part of Commonwealth High School. The school is located in a large city in Mecklenburg County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 377 students were enrolled, with about 32.2 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical North Carolina high school (18.0 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from NC State Board of Education.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 377 students
- Students per teacher
- 32.2 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- NC State Board of Education
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Commonwealth High School
- County
- Mecklenburg County
- NCES school ID
- 370038203336
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.