📍 500 Phifer Road, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, 28086
Kings Mountain High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Kings Mountain, Cleveland County. The school has 1,236 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cleveland County Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 72.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1. 65% of students are proficient in reading. 68% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 92%. The school offers 10 AP courses, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kings Mountain High enrolls 1,236 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 72.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% White, 23% Black or African American and 7.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 768 | 62% |
| Black or African American | 279 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 95 | 7.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 83 | 6.7% |
| Asian | 10 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
697 of the school's 1,236 students (56%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 668 qualify for free lunch and 29 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kings Mountain High is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 44, state house district 111.
Kings Mountain High is one of 28 schools in Cleveland County Schools, based in Shelby, North Carolina. The district serves 14,504 students district-wide and employs 981 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,236 students, Kings Mountain High is larger than the district average of about 518 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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