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Southwest Middle School

Regular School · Charlotte, NC

Southwest Middle School is a regular school school in Charlotte, North Carolina, serving grades 06–08 with 1,205 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 17.5:1.

Level
Middle
Grades
06 – 08
Enrollment
1,205
Teachers (FTE)
68.9
Student–Teacher Ratio
17.5:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
Black or African American 524 43%
Hispanic/Latino 485 40%
White 111 9%
Asian 45 4%
Two or more races 39 3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 1 0%
Total enrollment 1,205 591M / 614F

English Language Learners: 241 (20% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 23.0% -18.9pp 41.9% 1,266
Reading Proficiency 36.0% -10.9pp 46.9% 1,316
Science Proficiency 56.0% — 466

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)
-0.11 grade levels
Math
+0.14 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
117 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
159
13.2% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
396
32.9% of enrollment · SY 2019–20
Additional Targeted Support (ATSI) Targeted Support School (TSI)

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 1,205 100%

Contact & Location

13624 Steele Creek Rd

Charlotte, NC 28273

Phone: (980)343-5006

http://www.cmsk12.org/southwestMS

District

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Per-pupil expenditure: $16,641

District enrollment: 144,197

Other Schools in District

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Related Data

NCES ID

370297002678

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD