Francis Bradley Middle, 13345 Beatties Ford Road: CMS, grades 6-8, 1,093 students in 2024-25 and a C (58) in the 2025-26 state grades.
Last checked Oct. 12, 2026. Sources: the school’s website and its principal page, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ 2026-27 bell schedule, 2026-27 calendar (PDF) and Student Placement page, CMS’s current school assignment data for Mecklenburg County parcels, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s 2025-26 accountability data and 2024-25 report card data and the federal NCES school directory.
Francis Bradley Middle School is a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) middle school for grades 6 to 8 at 13345 Beatties Ford Road in west Huntersville, next door to Barnette Elementary. It is the zoned middle school for about half of the home parcels in Huntersville, the largest share of any middle school, and its students go on to Hopewell High. CMS lists it as Bradley Middle.
Who to call
- Front office: 980-343-5750, 13345 Beatties Ford Road
- School website: francisbradleyms.cmsk12.org
- Enrolling, transfers and school assignment: CMS Student Placement, 980-343-5335; Student Placement page
- Which school is my address zoned for? The county’s GeoPortal school lookup
- Buses: CMS Transportation call center, 980-343-6715, weekdays 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (transportation page)
| Address | 13345 Beatties Ford Road, Huntersville, NC 28078 |
| Phone | 980-343-5750 |
| Grades | 6 to 8 |
| District | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools |
| School hours | 9:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. |
| Feeds | Hopewell High |
| State school code | 600394 |
Principal
Principal Lathan Fowler, according to the school’s principal page. The page says he joined Bradley in 2024 after 10 years as principal of Sherrills Ford Elementary in Catawba County, and has lived in Huntersville since 2010.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: an average daily membership of 1,093 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
- Federal count: 1,067 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 18 students per teacher.
State report card
North Carolina gives every public school, charter schools included, an A to F School Performance Grade. The grade is based 80% on student achievement and 20% on academic growth, according to the state’s 2025-26 annual testing report.
| School year | Grade and score | Growth |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | C (58) | Not met |
| 2024-25 | C (60) | Not met |
The grades come from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s accountability data, released in September for 2025-26. From the state’s 2025-26 assessment and indicator data:
- At grade level or above, all state tests: 60.9% (CMS: 60.9%; state: 59.2%)
- College and career ready (Level 4 and above): 39.9%
- Growth: did not meet expected growth
The full report card, with attendance, teacher and course data, is on the state’s NC School Report Cards site under state school code 600394.
Attendance zone and feeder schools
CMS assigns students to schools by home address, and zones do not follow town limits. Check an address with the county’s GeoPortal school lookup or the CMS 2026-27 feeder boundaries map.
In CMS’s current assignment data, which lists the zoned schools for every home parcel in Mecklenburg County:
- Elementary zones that feed it: Barnette, Grand Oak, Long Creek and Torrence Creek.
- High school it feeds: Hopewell High.
Inside Huntersville, Bradley’s zone covers about 50% of the parcels inside town limits, by our count of the CMS assignment data against the county’s jurisdiction map. The other two middle schools zoned for parts of town are J.M. Alexander Middle in south Huntersville and Bailey Middle in Cornelius.
Boundary review: CMS is redrawing school boundaries after its 2024 comprehensive review. The final boundary plan goes to the Board of Education on Monday, Oct. 26, with a public hearing Tuesday, Nov. 10, and a board vote Tuesday, Dec. 8, according to the district’s review page. No new boundaries had been approved as of Oct. 12.
Calendar and bell times
- Wednesday, Oct. 14: early release day; the first quarter ends Friday, Oct. 30.
- Nov. 2-3: teacher workdays, no school for students. Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school.
- Thanksgiving: teacher workday Wednesday, Nov. 25, then the break Nov. 26-27.
- Winter break: Dec. 21 to Jan. 1. Spring break is March 29 to April 2, and the last day of school is Wednesday, June 9, 2027.
The dates come from the CMS 2026-27 traditional calendar (PDF). School runs 9:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule.
More
- The school’s own website and the CMS school directory
- Every public school in Huntersville, with zones and report cards
- Our Huntersville schools guide for the school board, enrollment and the district calendar
- Which schools serve each part of town: our Huntersville neighborhoods guide
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Francis Bradley Middle serve?
Grades 6 to 8. It is a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools middle school at 13345 Beatties Ford Road in Huntersville.
What is Francis Bradley Middle’s school grade?
Francis Bradley Middle earned a C, with a score of 58, in North Carolina’s 2025-26 School Performance Grades, after a C (60) in 2024-25.
Which high school does Francis Bradley Middle feed into?
Hopewell High, according to CMS’s current school assignment data.
What time does Francis Bradley Middle start?
Bradley runs from 9:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., according to the CMS 2026-27 bell schedule.
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