Performance & Accreditation

Academic Performance: We are incredibly proud that for each and every year (results below) since we were selected in 2014* as a charter school participant, Commonwealth High School has received the highest possible rating under the state's alternative accountability model - our Report Card. While no ratings were awarded** in 2019-2020 and 2020-2021, in our most recent evaluations:

Commonwealth Accountability Rating: "Highly Effective"

See additional information: School Report Card / Overall Performance

Read more about school accountability and reporting.

School Performance Grade and Accountability
Year	Rating
2014-15	"Highly Effective"
2015-16	"Highly Effective"
2016-17	"Highly Effective"
2017-18	"Highly Effective"
2018-19	"Highly Effective"
2019-20	No Rating Awarded**
2020-21	No Rating Awarded**
2021-22	"Highly Effective"
2022-23	"Highly Effective"
2023-24	"Highly Effective"
2024-25	"Highly Effective"

Student Success: We also invite you to listen to our Student Success Stories directly from the source - our students themselves!

Accreditation: Commonwealth High School has met the criteria for educational quality established by the Cognia Global Commission and is accredited by the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement, the Northwest Accreditation Commission, and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement.

*Commonwealth High School was selected September 4, 2014 as the participant charter school under the Dropout Prevention and Recovery Pilot Program established through the General Assembly's enactment of Session Law 2014-104 (HB884). After the State Board of Education (SBE) approved its policy on Alternative Schools' Accountability Models (GCS-C-038) on December 14, 2014, Commonwealth submitted proposed measured which were approved by the SBE at its April 2015 meeting. Commonwealth was later approved as an "Alternative School" by the North Carolina State Board of Education (NC-SBE) for purposed of participation in the North Carolina Alternative Schools' Accountability Model (ASAM).

**On March 23, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education approved North Carolina's request to waive spring statewide assessments, accountability ratings, and certain reporting requirements in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) for the 2019-2020 school year due to widespread school closures related to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). For the 2020-2021 school year, the United States Department of Education and the North Carolina General Assembly granted North Carolina waivers from school accountability.