High · North Carolina

Turning Point Academy

Alternative

Turning Point Academy, a public high school in Shelby, North Carolina: grades 6–12, 142 students, 11.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Cleveland County Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 142
Teachers (FTE): 12.0
Students per teacher: 11.8
Grades: 6–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 89% of high schools in North Carolina

Median 18.4 · 604 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 69% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 85% of high schools in North Carolina

Median 634 · 611 schools compared

Smaller than 76% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on North Carolina's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

North Carolina: 53%

20%proficient

+17.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 64% of high schools in North Carolina

Median 35% · 72 high schools compared

30 students tested, grades 3–8 · End-of-Grade Tests - Edition 5; proficient means Levels 2-4

Math

North Carolina: 57%

2.5%proficient

Unchanged from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 72% of high schools in North Carolina

Median 25% · 72 high schools compared

30 students tested, grades 3–8 · End-of-Grade Tests - Edition 5; proficient means Levels 2-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 6–12
Type: District school · Alternative
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Area: Distant town
Run by: Cleveland County Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Cleveland County Schools.

Location

Address: 409 West Sumter Street, Shelby, NC 28150
Phone: (704)476-8399
City or town: Shelby
County: Cleveland County

Website Quality of life in Shelby Schools in Shelby

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Shelby High	9–12	792	15.4	1.3 mi
Cleveland ECHS	9–13	225	20.2	3.1 mi
Crest High	9–12	1,098	18.8	3.9 mi
Burns High	9–12	928	15.9	8.8 mi
Kings Mountain High	9–12	1,305	18.2	10.7 mi
Cherryville High	9–12	484	14.7	11.5 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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