Mooresville is a town in southern Iredell County next to Lake Norman
Mooresville is in the Metrolina metro area, and is on Lake Norman. The population was 32,711 at the 2010 United States Census. It is located approximately 25 miles north of Charlotte. It is best known as the home of many NASCAR racing teams and drivers, along with an IndyCar team and its drivers, as well as racing technology suppliers, which has earned the city the nickname “Race City USA.” Also located here is the corporate headquarters of Lowe’s Companies and Universal Technical Institute’s NASCAR Technical Institute.
Mooresville, North Carolina | |
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Nickname(s): Race City USA | |
Coordinates: 35°35′4″N 80°49′13″WCoordinates: 35°35′4″N 80°49′13″W | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Iredell |
Government | |
Mayor | Miles Atkins |
Area | |
Total | 20.93 sq mi (38.1 km2) |
Land | 20.93 sq mi (38.0 km2) |
Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
Elevation | 925 ft (282 m) |
Population (2010) | |
Total | 32,711 |
Density | 1,281.6/sq mi (411.8/km2) |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
ZIP codes | 28115, 28117 |
Area code(s) | 704, 980 |
FIPS code | 37-44220[1] |
GNIS feature ID | 0990209[2] |
Website | www |
Schools
Mooresville is primarily served by the Mooresville Graded School District, but is also partly in the Iredell-Statesville school system. A proposal in the 2007 North Carolina state budget could have possibly consolidated the two systems. It states that only one school system in a county would be funded. It was stalled in committee though and failed passage. Previous attempts to consolidate have been defeated. By 2010, every student in the fourth through twelfth grades in the Mooresville Graded School District had a MacBook laptop.[13] Mooresville recently built a new intermediate school and elementary school, then moved the middle school to Mooresville Intermediate School, and is using the old middle school as an extended campus of the Mooresville High School, known as the Magnolia Street Campus. In 2010, Mooresville Graded School District dedicated and renamed the high school’s football stadium after Coach Joe Popp. Coach Popp and the 1961 the Blue Devils won the NC State High School Football Championship and remain the only team to have that honor. Coach Popp is also a member of the Catawba College Sports Hall of Fame. Coach Popp Stadium is located behind the Magnolia Street Campus of Mooresville High School. The town is also the location of a campus of Mitchell Community College, whose main campus is in Statesville, the county seat of Iredell County. In addition to having top notch schools, the community has a class 5A Marching Band, Pride in Motion, that is revered as one of the best in the state.
The Graded School District
- Park View Elementary (grades K–3)
- South Elementary (grades K–3)
- Rocky River Elementary (grades K–3)
- East Mooresvlle Intermediate (Grades 4–6)
- Mooresville Intermediate (Grades 4–6)
- Mooresville Middle School (Grades 7–8)
- Mooresville Senior High School (Grades 9–12)
- N.F. Woods Technology & Art Center (Part of MHS)
Iredell-Statesville School District
- Mt. Mourne International Baccalaureate School
- Woodland Heights Elementary School
- Lake Norman Elementary School
- Lakeshore Elementary School
- Shepherd Elementary School
- Brawely Middle School
- Lakeshore Middle School
- Lake Norman High School
- South Iredell High School
- Collaborative College for Technology and Leadership (Early College High School program)
- Coddle Creek Elementary
- Mount Mourne IB School
- Troutman Elementary School
- Troutman Middle School
Private schools
- Lake Norman Christian School
- Davidson Day School (located in Davidson, North Carolina)
- Woodlawn School located 1 mile north of Davidson College in Iredell County
Charter schools
via Wikipedia