Hopewell High, 11530 Beatties Ford Road: CMS, grades 9-12, 1,818 students in 2024-25 and a B (76) 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, the NCHSAA’s 2025-29 realignment and the federal NCES school directory.

Hopewell High School is a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) high school for grades 9 to 12 at 11530 Beatties Ford Road in west Huntersville. It is the zoned high school for about half of the home parcels in Huntersville, more than any other school, and its zone also reaches into north Charlotte.

Who to call
Address 11530 Beatties Ford Road, Huntersville, NC 28078
Phone 980-343-5988
Grades 9 to 12
District Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
School hours 7:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
CMS transportation zone Violet
State school code 600415

Principal

Principal James Vanosdall, according to the school’s principal page.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: an average daily membership of 1,818 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
  • Federal count: 1,774 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 95 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 19 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. For a high school, achievement also counts end-of-course tests, the ACT or WorkKeys, NC Math 3 and the four-year graduation rate.

School year Grade and score Growth
2025-26 B (76) Exceeded
2024-25 C (67) 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, end-of-course tests: 60.8% (CMS, all state tests: 60.9%; state: 59.2%)
  • College and career ready (Level 4 and above): 35.0%
  • ACT composite of 17 or higher (11th graders): 51.7%
  • Growth: exceeded expected growth
  • Four-year graduation rate: 89.6% (CMS: 88.1%)

The full report card, with attendance, teacher and course data, is on the state’s NC School Report Cards site under state school code 600415.

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:

Inside Huntersville, Hopewell’s zone covers the Bradley Middle pattern across the west and center of town: about 50% of the parcels inside town limits, by our count of the CMS assignment data against the county’s jurisdiction map. The rest of town is zoned for North Mecklenburg High or William Amos Hough High.

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 7:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule.

Sports and activities

Hopewell High is a 7A school in the NCHSAA’s 7A/8A Conference D for the 2025-29 alignment, with West Mecklenburg (7A), Garinger (8A), Hough (8A), Myers Park (8A) and South Mecklenburg (8A), according to the approved realignment. The teams are the Titans.

The school’s athletics site lists teams in:

  • Boys: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor track, soccer, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, wrestling
  • Girls: basketball, competitive cheer, cross country, flag football, golf, indoor track, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, wrestling

Friday scores and schedules: our Friday night football page and the Huntersville scoreboard.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Hopewell High serve?

Grades 9 to 12. It is a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools high school at 11530 Beatties Ford Road in Huntersville.

What is Hopewell High’s school grade?

Hopewell High earned a B, with a score of 76, in North Carolina’s 2025-26 School Performance Grades, up from a C (67) in 2024-25. Its four-year graduation rate was 89.6%.

Which middle schools feed Hopewell High?

Francis Bradley Middle and Mountain Island Lake Academy, plus part of Ranson Middle’s zone, according to CMS’s current school assignment data.

What time does Hopewell High start?

Hopewell High runs from 7:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., according to the CMS 2026-27 bell schedule.

What conference is Hopewell High in?

Hopewell is a 7A school in the NCHSAA’s 7A/8A Conference D for the 2025-29 alignment. Its teams are the Titans.