Schools in Mecklenburg, North Carolina
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School (CMS) system in North Carolina serves more than 133,000 students from kindergarten through 12th grade. CMS takes pride in the diversity of its students, which represent different ethnic groups including students from 160 different countries. CMS has received recognition from the statewide accountability performance programs to national accrediting bodies, including the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and Council on Accreditation and School Improvement and the Magnet Schools of America.
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Quick Facts
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The Mecklenburg County School system employs over 8,000 teachers. Consider the fact that CMS employs over 8,000 teachers with a total number of approximately 16,000 employees in all, making it one of the largest employers in Mecklenburg County. It has 178 schools, 40 of which are magnet schools, with 11 magnet programs. More than 2,100 students earned $66 million in academic or athletic scholarship funds during 2009--2010. Sixty-five percent of CMS graduating seniors took the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and of that number, the top 10 percent scored 1757.
History
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The number of African-American students achieving grade-level reading more than doubled between 1995 and 2001. Bear in mind how much CMS has achieved over time. The first school superintendent, T. J. Mitchell, was appointed in 1882 and presided over a segregated school system. Over the years, court-ordered school busing desegregated the school system, but in 2001, the creation of a new plan allowed families to choose a school closer to home. At the same time, test scores continued to rise, with 82 percent of all fifth grade students on grade level in reading in 2000. The number of African-American students achieving grade-level reading more than doubled between 1995 and 2001 --- increasing from 35 to 70 percent and ending the disparity in achievement.
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Excellence
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Since 2001, Mecklenburg County has not had any schools with low performance scores on the state accountability testing program. Understand that CMS keeps on striving for excellence. CMS was named as a finalist for the Broad Prize for Urban Education for 2004--05; the Broad Prize is the nation's largest education prize given to a single school district. Since 2001, Mecklenburg County has not had any schools with low performance scores on the state accountability testing program. CMS is the first urban school district in the country and one of only 20 districts nationwide to receive recognition from Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and Council on Accreditation and School Improvement. Magnet Schools of America recognized 10 Mecklenburg County schools for excellence in 2009-2010.
Parents and Teachers
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Check the CMS website for information on school programs for your child. Check the CMS website for information on school programs for your child. The listing includes Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate (IB), career and technical education, arts and math and science, to name a few. Call the school board for information on registration. Potential teachers and other job seekers may check employment listings, which are available online. Relocation assistance is available for some positions. (See Resources.)
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