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Cabarrus County Schools

Cabarrus County, North Carolina · Grades PK-13

Address
4401 Old Airport Road, Concord, NC 28025
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NCES agency ID
3700530
State LEA ID
NC-130
43
Schools
34,999
Students
2,175
Teachers (FTE)
16.4:1
Student–teacher ratio
5
Low-performing schools
37.9%
EL making progress

Enrollment and school counts are the state’s 2024-2025figures where reported, otherwise the federal NCES directory.

School calendar

Term dates, holidays, breaks and teacher workdays for Cabarrus County Schools, as the district publishes them — with printable PDFs and calendar files you can subscribe to.

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NC School Report Card

2024-2025

Official accountability results published by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. School Performance Grades combine achievement (80%) with academic growth (20%).

Schools by type

School typeSchoolsAverage students
Elementary19782
High111,020
Middle9891
6-12266
K-121117
K-81649
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School performance grades

GradeSchoolsShare
A922.0%
B1126.8%
C1639.0%
D37.3%
F24.9%
All graded schools41100.0%

School growth status

GrowthSchoolsShare
Exceeded1947.5%
Met1640.0%
Not Met512.5%

Student performance by subject

SubjectGrade-level proficientCareer & college ready
NC Math 375.1%55.3%
Science (grades 5 & 8)71.4%53.5%
Mathematics (grades 3–8)65.2%47.6%
English II64.9%41.5%
Reading (grades 3–8)62.3%40.2%
Biology49.2%35.1%
NC Math 145.6%20%

Grade-level proficient is achievement levels 3–5; career and college ready is the higher bar of levels 4–5.

Outcomes

MeasureResult
4-year cohort graduation rate91.7%
ACT WorkKeys credential earned66.2%
Students completing Math III95%
Passed end-of-grade assessments53.9%
Students promoted to the next grade81%
Students retained in grade19%
English learners making progress (of 3,175)37.9%
Schools identified as low-performing5 of 40
First page of the Cabarrus County Schools report card PDF

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The Cabarrus County Schools report card as a two-page interactive PDF — bookmarked sections, donut and bar charts, and the NC DPI and NCES sources cited with working links.

Student Demographics

White 37.43%Black 22.99%Hispanic 19.81%Asian 13.9%Two+ Races 5.46%Native Am. 0.3%Pacific Isl. 0.12%
White: 37.43% (13,198) Black: 22.99% (8,106) Hispanic: 19.81% (6,986) Asian: 13.9% (4,900) Two+ Races: 5.46% (1,927) Native Am.: 0.3% (105) Pacific Isl.: 0.12% (42)
White37.43%
Black22.99%
Hispanic19.81%
Asian13.9%
Two+ Races5.46%
Native Am.0.3%
Pacific Isl.0.12%

Gender Distribution

Total Students: 35,264
49.01%17,284 Female
50.99%17,980 Male

Student counts for Cabarrus County Schools, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 35,264 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.

Students

Regular attendance 81.9%Chronically absent 18.1%
Regular attendance: 81.9% (30,742) Chronically absent: 18.1% (6,794)
Regular attendance81.9%
Chronically absent18.1%

Student Population

Students Counted: 37,536
8.97%3,163 English learners

Student indicators for Cabarrus County Schools, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 37,536 students DPI counted, added up from the district’s own schools. A student is chronically absent after missing 10% or more of the days enrolled; the other measures overlap it and each other.

Teachers

Experienced 78.07%Beginning 21.93%
Experienced: 78.07% (1,509) Beginning: 21.93% (424)
Experienced78.07%
Beginning21.93%

Licensing & Certification

Total Teachers: 1,932.8 FTE
95.13%Fully licensed
4.87%Emergency or provisional
9.91%192 teachers certified

Teacher figures for Cabarrus County Schools, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Counts are full-time equivalents, not headcount, added up from the district’s own schools. Licensing and certification percentages are each out of 1,932.8 FTE.

Cabarrus County Schools boundary map

43 campuses

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Click any campus for its details. District boundary from the Census school district geography published by NCES; campus locations from the NCES Common Core of Data.

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Schools in Cabarrus County Schools

43 schools

Directory figures are from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), U.S. Department of Education for 2024-2025.Methodology →