Antioch Elementary

Set in Matthews, North Carolina, Antioch Elementary is a roomy elementary-level community, overseen by Union County Public Schools. It instructs 816 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 75% larger than the state mean of about 467.

Within Union County Public Schools, which oversees 52 schools and 41,272 students, Antioch Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Antioch Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder is composed of 15% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Antioch Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Antioch Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.1%, the actual is 87.5%, a residual of +11.3 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Union County indicate median household income runs about $102,900, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Union County's 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,934 students), Antioch Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Union Day School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Antioch Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Antioch Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 82.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Antioch Elementary's enrollment has climbed 12% since 2018, when it stood at 731 (now 816). White enrollment moved from 72% to 65% across the same window.

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