Lake Norman Charter School


Lake Norman Charter School is a public charter school in Huntersville, North Carolina. Founded in 1996, it is one of the oldest and largest charter schools in the state. The high school and middle school are on adjacent campuses near downtown Huntersville, while the elementary school is 3.2 miles away. The school has brought together a diverse variety of students who are admitted through a non-weighted lottery system.
Lake Norman Charter is divided into 3 schools:
Lake Norman Charter has high academic standards and is primarily a college preparatory school. It is a "One-to-One" school, providing laptop computers to each high school student and utilizes Schoology, an online system for class submissions and grades. Lake Norman Charter offers 16 Advanced placement courses and 82% of the students in those classes pass the AP exam.
College enrollment: 96% of the Class of 2017 went on to pursue a post-
secondary degree ; 3% enlisted in the military or took a gap year.
26% of the Class of 2017 attended colleges and universities outside of
North Carolina.
Lake Norman Charter's math team regularly competes in the AMC 8 and the Math Counts Competition.
The Demographic makeup of the school is Caucasian: 74%, African American: 14%, Asian 4%,
Multi-Racial: 3%, Hispanic: 4%, Native American: 1%, Island Pacific: <1%.

Athletics

Lake Norman Charter competes in the NCHSAA 2A level for Athletics and has state championships in Tennis, Cross Country, and Swimming. Lake Norman Charter's Cheer Team also known as “Charter Cheer” won NCHSAA's 2018 and 2019 State Competition