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School Overview

Data & methodology
Overall
A
Matriculation A
Academics A
Extracurriculars A
Community B
Reviews B
Through excellence in education, Charlotte Country Day School develops the potential of each student by fostering intellectual curiosity, principled character, ethical leadership, and a responsibility to serve. Our Key Values and Commitments can be viewed here.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$30880
Enrollment
1747
International Students
15%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
76%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:8
Endowment
$65 millions
AP
22
Average SAT Score
1315
Average ACT Score
29
Class Size
13

Matriculation

(2020-2023)
Ranking University/College Students
#3 Yale University 1 +
#7 University of Pennsylvania 1 +
#10 Duke University 1 +
#13 Brown University 1 +
#18 University of Notre Dame 1 +
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +
#22 Emory University 1 +
#22 Georgetown University 1 +
#25 New York University 1 +
#25 University of Michigan 1 +
#25 University of Southern California 1 +
#25 University of Virginia 1 +
#29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 +
#29 Wake Forest University 1 +
#36 Boston College 1 +
#44 Brandeis University 1 +
#44 Tulane University 1 +
#49 University of Georgia 1 +
#51 Purdue University 1 +
#51 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 +
#55 University of Miami 1 +
LAC #11 Washington and Lee University 1 +
#62 George Washington University 1 +
#70 Wofford College 1 +
#72 American University 1 +
#72 Indiana University Bloomington 1 +
#72 North Carolina State University 1 +
#72 Southern Methodist University 1 +
LAC #15 Davidson College 1 +
#77 Baylor University 1 +
#77 Clemson University 1 +
#89 Elon University 1 +
#89 Texas Christian University 1 +
Auburn University 1 +
#97 University of San Diego 1 +
#115 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 +
LAC #24 Colby College 1 +
#121 University of Missouri: Columbia 1 +
#121 University of Vermont 1 +
#151 James Madison University 1 +
LAC #31 Kenyon College 1 +
LAC #33 College of the Holy Cross 1 +
#166 Virginia Commonwealth University 1 +
#166 Xavier University 1 +
LAC #37 Bucknell University 1 +
LAC #37 Occidental College 1 +
LAC #39 Denison University 1 +
#202 University of North Carolina at Wilmington 1 +
#219 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 1 +
LAC #45 Furman University 1 +
Appalachian State University 1 +
Central Piedmont Community College 1 +
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Worldwide Campus 1 +
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering 1 +
High Point University 1 +
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 1 +
Penn State University Park 1 +
Rollins College 1 +
Rutgers University 1 +
South Carolina State University 1 +
United States Military Academy 1 +
University of Colorado Boulder 1 +
University of North Carolina at Pembroke 1 +
University of St. Andrews 1 +
West Virginia Wesleyan College 1 +
Winthrop University 1 +
zaytuna college 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2023 2019-2022 2020 2019 2017-2018 Total
All schools 38 119 39 39 21
#1 Princeton University 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#2 Harvard College 1 admitted 1 + 2
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#5 Yale University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#6 Stanford University 1 admitted 1
#6 University of Chicago 1 admitted 1 + 2
#8 University of Pennsylvania 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#9 Northwestern University 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#9 Duke University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 admitted 1 + 2
#13 Dartmouth College 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#14 Vanderbilt University 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#14 Brown University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#17 Rice University 1 admitted 1
#17 Cornell University 1 admitted 1 + 2
#19 University of Notre Dame 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#21 Emory University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#22 University of California: Berkeley 1 admitted 1
#23 Georgetown University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#23 University of Michigan 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 1 admitted 1 + 2
#25 University of Virginia 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#27 University of Southern California 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#28 Wake Forest University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#28 University of Florida 1 admitted 1
#28 New York University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#28 Tufts University 1 admitted 1
#28 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 admitted 1 + 2
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 admitted 1 + 2
#34 University of Rochester 1 admitted 1
#36 Boston College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#36 University of California: Irvine 1 admitted 1
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 admitted 1
#38 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#38 University of California: Davis 1 admitted 1
#42 Tulane University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 admitted 1
#42 Boston University 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#42 Brandeis University 1 + 1 admitted 2
#42 Case Western Reserve University 1 admitted 1
#47 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 admitted 1
#48 University of Georgia 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#49 Pepperdine University 1 admitted 1
#49 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 admitted 1
#49 Northeastern University 1 admitted 1
#49 Purdue University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#49 Lehigh University 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#49 Villanova University 1 admitted 1
#55 Florida State University 1 admitted 1
#55 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1 admitted 2
#55 Santa Clara University 1 admitted 1
#55 University of Miami 1 + 1 admitted 2
#59 University of Maryland: College Park 1 admitted 1
#59 Syracuse University 1 admitted 1 + 2
#59 University of Washington 1 admitted 1 + 2
#62 University of Pittsburgh 1 admitted 1 + 2
#63 George Washington University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#63 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 admitted 1
#68 Indiana University Bloomington 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#68 Fordham University 1 admitted 1
#68 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 admitted 1
#68 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 1 admitted 1
#68 Southern Methodist University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#75 Loyola Marymount University 1 admitted 1
#75 Clemson University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#75 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#75 Baylor University 1 + 1 admitted 2
#79 Brigham Young University 1 admitted 1 + 2
#79 American University 1 + 1 admitted 2
#79 Gonzaga University 1 admitted 1
#79 North Carolina State University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#83 Colorado School of Mines 1 admitted 1
#83 Elon University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#83 Marquette University 1 admitted 1
#83 Stevens Institute of Technology 1 admitted 1
#83 University of Iowa 1 admitted 1
#83 Howard University 1 admitted 1
#83 Michigan State University 1 admitted 1
#83 Texas Christian University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#93 University of San Diego 1 + 1
#93 University of Delaware 1 admitted 1 + 2
#93 University of Denver 1 admitted 1
#93 SUNY University at Stony Brook 1 admitted 1
#99 University of Oregon 1 admitted 1
#99 University of Utah 1 admitted 1 + 2
#99 Auburn University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#103 Clark University 1 admitted 1
#103 Creighton University 1 admitted 1
#103 Loyola University Chicago 1 admitted 1
#103 Drexel University 1 admitted 1
#103 Miami University: Oxford 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#103 University of Arizona 1 admitted 1
#103 University of California: Santa Cruz 1 admitted 1
#103 Temple University 1 admitted 1
#103 University of South Florida 1 admitted 1 + 2
#103 University of San Francisco 1 admitted 1
#103 Saint Louis University 1 admitted 1
#117 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 admitted 1
#117 University of Vermont 1 + 1 admitted 2
#117 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#117 Arizona State University 1 admitted 1
#122 Chapman University 1 admitted 1
#122 University of Kansas 1 admitted 1
#122 University of Missouri: Columbia 1 + 1 admitted 2
#127 Seattle University 1 admitted 1
#127 DePaul University 1 admitted 1
#127 University of Kentucky 1 admitted 1
#127 Seton Hall University 1 admitted 1
#136 Samford University 1 admitted 1
#136 University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1 admitted 1
#136 University of the Pacific 1 admitted 1
#136 University of Texas at Dallas 1 admitted 1
#148 University of Cincinnati 1 admitted 1
#148 University of Alabama 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
College of William and Mary 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
University of Colorado Boulder 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
Rutgers University 1 + 1
Penn State University Park 1 + 1 admitted 2
University of Tennessee: Knoxville 1 admitted 1 + 2
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2023 2019-2022 2020 2019 2017-2018 Total
All schools 10 36 11 16 11
#1 Williams College 1 admitted 1 + 2
#2 Amherst College 1 admitted 1 + 2
#3 Swarthmore College 1 admitted 1 + 2
#5 Wellesley College 1 admitted 1
#6 United States Naval Academy 1 admitted 1
#8 Claremont McKenna College 1 admitted 1
#9 Middlebury College 1 admitted 1 + 2
#9 Carleton College 1 admitted 1
#11 Washington and Lee University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#11 United States Military Academy 1 + 1
#13 Hamilton College 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#13 Davidson College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#16 Haverford College 1 admitted 1 + 2
#17 Wesleyan University 1 admitted 1 + 2
#17 Colgate University 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#17 Colby College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#22 University of Richmond 1 admitted 1
#25 Bates College 1 admitted 1 + 2
#26 Colorado College 1 admitted 1 + 2
#30 Scripps College 1 admitted 1 + 2
#30 Kenyon College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#35 College of the Holy Cross 1 + 1 admitted 2
#38 Bucknell University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#38 Skidmore College 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#38 Whitman College 1 admitted 1 + 2
#38 Lafayette College 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#42 Occidental College 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#42 Denison University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 3
#46 Trinity College 2 admitted 2
#46 DePauw University 1 admitted 1
#46 Furman University 1 + 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 4
#50 Connecticut College 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#50 Dickinson College 1 admitted 1 + 2
#50 The University of the South 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
#59 Centre College 1 admitted 1 + 1 + 3
Franklin & Marshall College 1 admitted 1

AP Scores

(2023)
Number of tests taken
544
31%
32%
29%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

AP

(22)
Art History
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
Computer Science A
English Language and Composition
Art History
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
Computer Science A
English Language and Composition
Environmental Science
Music Theory
Psychology
Statistics
Studio Art: 2-D Design
United States History
French Language and Culture
Spanish Language and Culture
Biology
Latin
Physics 1
Comparative Government and Politics
European History
Human Geography
English Literature and Composition
Studio Art: 3-D Design
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IB

(13)
IB English A: Literature
IB History of the Americas
IB Information Technology in a Global Society
IB Psychology
IB World History
IB Biology
IB English A: Literature
IB History of the Americas
IB Information Technology in a Global Society
IB Psychology
IB World History
IB Biology
IB Chemistry
IB Analysis and Approaches
IB Applications and Interpretations
IB Art
IB Music
IB Theatre
IB Theory of Knowledge
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Sports

(15)
Baseball
Basketball
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Field Hockey
American Football
Baseball
Basketball
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Field Hockey
American Football
Golf
Lacrosse
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
Wrestling
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(10)
Diversity Awareness Forum (DAF)
Asian Affinity Club
Black Student Union (BSU)
Amig@s
Interfaith Club
International Club
Diversity Awareness Forum (DAF)
Asian Affinity Club
Black Student Union (BSU)
Amig@s
Interfaith Club
International Club
MIXED (bi/multi racial group)
PRISSM (Promoting Respect
Inclusion and Safety for Sexual Minorities
SWAG (Super Women's Affinity Group)
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Arts

(10)
Band
Chamber Choir
Music
Music Theory
Theater
Art History
Band
Chamber Choir
Music
Music Theory
Theater
Art History
Sculpture
Studio Art
Art
Design
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Contact Info

https://www.charlottecountryday.org/
1440 Carmel Road, Charlotte, NC 28226
704-943-4530
nancy.ehringhaus@charlottecountryday.org
North Carolina

Basic Info

Co-ed
Day S. Grades: Prek-12
Urban
IB: Yes
ESL: Yes
Year Founded: 1941
Campus Size: 117 acres
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 01/15
Interview: Skype, On Campus
Other Accepted Scores: ISEE,TOEFL
Recommended
Boarding
North Cross School United States Flag
4.8
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Boarding
Saint Mary's School United States Flag
4.5

Frequently Ask Questions about Charlotte Country Day School

Tell me a bit about Charlotte Country Day School.
Charlotte Country Day School is Co-ed private day school located in North Carolina, US. It was founded 1941 , and currently has about 1747 students, 15.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit https://www.charlottecountryday.org/.
Does Charlotte Country Day School have rigorous academic requirements?
Charlotte Country Day School is offering 22 AP courses.

In recent years, 32 of their students score 4 and 5 in AP exams.

Charlotte Country Day School also have 76% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Charlotte Country Day School students typically go for their colleges?
In 2020-2023, some students attended Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, Brown University and University of Notre Dame.
What is the application requirement for Charlotte Country Day School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Charlotte Country Day School’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Charlotte Country Day School’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for Charlotte Country Day School in 2024 is $30,880 which typically includes tuition, boarding fee, student management fee and a few other fees associated with managing international students.

For more information, please contact school’s admission team at nancy.ehringhaus@charlottecountryday.org .
Where is Charlotte Country Day School located?
Charlotte Country Day School is located in the State of North Carolina of USA. The closest major city is Charlotte, which is about 6 miles away from school. Most families can choose Charlotte Douglas International Airport to travel in and out of school.
How popular is Charlotte Country Day School on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, Charlotte Country Day School is among the most popular schools, within top 335 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also Charlotte Country Day School has been favorited by 49 users.
How to start with an application with Charlotte Country Day School?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about Charlotte Country Day School. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit Charlotte Country Day School’s official site: https://www.charlottecountryday.org/ or call them at 704-943-4530.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to Charlotte Country Day School?
Yes, here are few: Charlotte Christian School, Providence Day School and United Faith Christian Academy.

The closest major city is Charlotte. You can find out more schools near Charlotte here.
What is the FindingSchool rating for Charlotte Country Day School?
The overall rating for Charlotte Country Day School is A.

The section ratings of Charlotte Country Day School are:
A for Matriculation
A for Academics
A for Extracurriculum
B for Community
B for Students and Parents reviews

Nearby City

Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, a major city and commercial hub in North Carolina, is known for its vibrant Uptown area. The Levine Museum of the New South offers a deep dive into post-Civil War history, while Discovery Place features engaging science exhibits. Charlotte is also home to the NASCAR Hall of Fame, celebrating the sport of auto racing with interactive displays and films. The city boasts a growing skyline and is a central point for banking and business in the region.
Population (2022) 687,456
Cost of Living Lower than the national average 3%
Nearby Airport Charlotte Douglas International Airport

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