Marvin Ridge High

Located at 2825 Crane Road, in Waxhaw, North Carolina, Marvin Ridge High is a roomy 9-12 campus that educates 1,961 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Union County Public Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Marvin Ridge High sits 158% larger than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, Marvin Ridge High shows that White students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 25% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the resource side, On paper, Marvin Ridge High has 97 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 4% of students at Marvin Ridge High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Union County's rate of about 41%.

After controlling for student poverty, Marvin Ridge High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 77.5%, the actual is 87.5%, a residual of +10.0 points.

Around the school, census data for Union County shows median household income runs about $102,900, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Union County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,934 students), of which Marvin Ridge High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Marvin Ridge Middle, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Marvin Ridge High comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 86.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Marvin Ridge High's enrollment has rose 16% since 2018, when it stood at 1,692 (now 1,961). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 80% to 61%.

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