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Palisades High School

Charlotte · NC · Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools · Public

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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Palisades High School compares for families

What families should know about Palisades High School.

  • LocallyNC sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Olympic High School, Elbert Edwin Waddell High School, The John Crosland School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🏛️ Federal Title I context

Title I Schoolwide eligible

≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program

53.3%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 439 in 2023 to 454 in 2024 — over 1 years.
+3.4%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +20.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,332 students:

2025
2,802
2027
4,046
2029
5,843

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At $11,749 per student in district revenue, the 3,511 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $41,250,739/year in additional funding.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Olympic High School
Charlotte
Public 6.0 1,483 -43.1%
Elbert Edwin Waddell High School
Charlotte
Public 8.1 123 +7.9%
The John Crosland School
Charlotte
Private 9.0 77 +0.0%
Forestview High
Gastonia
Public 9.1 1,133 +11.3%
South Point High
Belmont
Public 9.1 989 +6.9%
South Mecklenburg High School
Charlotte
Public 9.2 2,534 -22.2%
Charlotte Catholic High School
Charlotte
Private 9.7 1,171 -3.9%
Manus Academy
Charlotte
Private 10.1 60 +5.3%

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