Cuthbertson Middle

Cuthbertson Middle operates as a roomy junior high in Waxhaw, North Carolina, run under Union County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,323 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 119% larger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 605 students.

Union County Public Schools comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 41,272 students; Cuthbertson Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cuthbertson Middle shows that White students make up the majority at 66%; the rest looks like 13% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. Compared to Union County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Cuthbertson Middle records 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.4:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Union County (around 41%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Cuthbertson Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.5%, the actual is 84.2%, a residual of +8.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Union County shows median household earnings sit near $102,900, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Union County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,934 students), of which Cuthbertson Middle is one.

Cuthbertson High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cuthbertson Middle. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cuthbertson Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 84.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Cuthbertson Middle's enrollment has rose 7% since 2018, when it stood at 1,234 (now 1,323). The White share of enrollment fell from 77% to 66% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Cuthbertson Middle community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.