Mount Pleasant High School
700 Walker Road, Mount Pleasant, NC, 28124-9596 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Mount Pleasant High School
School Level High school
Grades Offered Grades 9 - 12
County Cabarrus County, NC
Students & Faculty
Total Students 974 students
% Male / % Female 50%  /  50%
Total Classroom Teachers 72 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 9 - 276 students
Grade 10 - 284 students
Grade 11 - 209 students
Grade 12 - 205 students
This School
(NC) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:14 1:16
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(NC) School Average
% American Indian n/a 1%
% Asian 1% 2%
% Hispanic 2% 5%
% Black 4% 31%
% White 94% 59%
Additional Student Information
This School
(NC) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 14% 27%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 5% 6%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(NC) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name Cabarrus County s School District
This School's Agency
(NC) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 29 12
Number of Students Managed 23,946 students 6,210 students
District Total Revenue $187,262,000 $47,973,000
District Expenditure $177,294,000 $45,994,000
District Revenue / Student $7,820 $7,725
District Expenditure / Student $7,404 $7,406
District Graduation Rates 79% 74%
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School Notes:
  • Mount Pleasant High School is a comprehensive public high school in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, United States, in the Cabarrus County Schools system. It is now in a new facility that opened in 1992.
  • Athletics
  • Mount Pleasant's athletic teams are known as the Tigers. The Tigers are placed in the 3A classification of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) and compete in the South Piedmont Conference. The school values Marching band, interscholastic football, basketball, baseball, golf, cross country, track and field, tennis, swimming, volleyball, softball, wrestling, and soccer. The football team won its lone state championship in 1964. The tennis team won its lone state championship in 1991. In 2000, the Tigers men's basketball team won its first conference championship since 1966. In 2007 the school band won three grand championships in their division, and in 2008 they won two.
  • MPHS is one of the top 3 schools in Cabarrus County in Technology behind only Hickory Ridge High and Cox Mill High. There is at least 1 smartboard per department and most classrooms have NEC digital projectors in two of the science department, all of the CTE Class (Except Masonry & Auto Mechanics), two of the math classes, and three in the Social Studies department. MPHS has approximately two computer labs with about 30 DELL Optiplex Workstations. There are 6 CTE classes with about 25 workstations including Digital Communications, Computer Applications 1 & 2, E-commerce 1 & 2, Digital Media 1, Drafting 1, and Drafting 2. The library is also equipped with 25 workstations for student use and 3 newer workstations for card catalog searching. MPHS also feature 6 C.O.W.S. (Computer on Wheels) which consists of a Dell workstation (some with StarBoards), a Digital Projector, and a cart.
  • MPHS also has 2 dedicated backup power generators which power computers and lights in the event of a power outage in both the main building and the Vocational building.
  • Technology & Generator Information Courtesy of Kellene Scott (Teacher), Carla Holt (Technology Facilitator), and many MPHS students.
  • Notable alumni
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School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (28124)
School Zip (28124)
(NC) State Average
Population (Approximate) 5,463 people 7,780,958 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 25% 24%
Population Average Age 37 years old 35 years old
Average Household size 2.7 persons 2.4 persons
Median Household Income $50,337 $39,726
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.8 rooms 5.3 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 33 years old 32 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (28124)


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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 84% / 16% 66% / 34%
School Map:
1. Central Cabarrus High School - 1683 students - 4.8 mi. away - view location
2. Concord High School - 1221 students - 6.0 mi. away - view location
3. Cabarrus Co Opportunity School - 41 students - 6.3 mi. away - view location
4. North Sargent High School - 98 students - 9.4 mi. away - view location
5. A L Brown High School - 1314 students - 10.0 mi. away - view location
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