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Enrollment
1,961
High
DISTRICT 1,135 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370462002845
Marvin Ridge High
2825 Crane Road, Waxhaw, NC 28173 · (704) 290-1520 · Union County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,961 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of North Carolina public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public high schools
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
97 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
84 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 454 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 492 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 503 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 512 | 26% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)Math
89.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The North Carolina average is about 52 of 100.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
87.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Marvin Ridge High
Marvin Ridge High's state test result (87.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Ridge High this school | 1,961 | 4.3% | 87.5% |
| Weddington High Matthews | 1,899 | 8.1% | 82.5% |
| Cox Mill High School Concord | 1,772 | 14.1% | 75.7% |
| East Chapel Hill High Chapel Hill | 1,419 | 22.2% | 66.8% |
| Providence High School Charlotte | 2,167 | 15.2% | 81.4% |
| Apex Friendship High Apex | 2,748 | 11.2% | 74.4% |
Matched among North Carolina high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Marvin Ridge High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.5% | #24 of 468 | #3 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.1% | #17 of 464 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,961 | #39 of 598 | #1 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #314 of 473 | #9 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #301 of 474 | #7 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.3% | #526 of 527 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.9% | #42 of 164 | #2 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,961
+32 (+2%) vs 2020
+52% since 2010-11, when it was 1,288
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 23.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,961 | 96.5 | 20.3:1 | 4% (84) |
| 2023-24 | 2,050 | 95.8 | 21.4:1 | 4% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 2,074 | 93.4 | 22.2:1 | 4% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 1,929 | 83 | 23.2:1 | 1% (22) |
| 2017-18 | 1,692 | 79.4 | 21.3:1 | 2% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 1,630 | 77 | 21.2:1 | 2% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 1,288 | 67 | 19.2:1 | 2% (32) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marvin Ridge High.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (1,692 to 1,961); teachers up 22% (79.4 to 96.5).
About Marvin Ridge High
Marvin Ridge High is a public high school run by Union County Public Schools in Waxhaw, North Carolina. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 1,961 students in 2024-25. Across high schools in North Carolina, the average enrollment is about 761.
Union County Public Schools is the district for Marvin Ridge High. It has 52 schools and 41,272 students.
The largest group at Marvin Ridge High is White students, at 61%. Other groups make up 25% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. County-wide, 69% of Union County residents are White. The diversity index for Marvin Ridge High is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Marvin Ridge High lists 96.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 20.3 students per teacher. The gap from the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina is 0.8 students per teacher. About 4% of students at Marvin Ridge High are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Union County is 41%.
Among North Carolina public high schools, Marvin Ridge High outscored 91%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Marvin Ridge High's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (87.5%) and its predicted rate (77.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
For the population of Union County, median household income comes to about $102,900, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Union County counts 58 public schools with about 45,934 students.
Marvin Ridge Middle is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Marvin Ridge High, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Marvin Ridge High is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Marvin Ridge High is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 1,929 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 1,961. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 23.2:1 to 20.3:1.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
250,958
Census ACS
Median income
$102,900
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
45,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union County Public Schools
- Weddington HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Cuthbertson HighHigh · 1,857 students
- Porter Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Porter Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,447 students
- Weddington MiddleMiddle · 1,324 students
- Cuthbertson MiddleMiddle · 1,323 students
Other schools in Waxhaw
- Cuthbertson HighHigh · 1,857 students
- Cuthbertson MiddleMiddle · 1,323 students
- Marvin Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,277 students
- Kensington ElementaryElementary · 901 students
- New Town ElementaryElementary · 691 students
- Rea View ElementaryElementary · 629 students
Nearby schools
- Marvin Ridge Middle0.1 mi · 1,277
- Sandy Ridge Elementary0.6 mi · 528
- Marvin Elementary1.9 mi · 666
- Kensington Elementary2.3 mi · 901
- Monroe Charter Academy2.4 mi · 104
- Cuthbertson Middle3.1 mi · 1,323
Frequently asked questions
About Marvin Ridge HighWhat is the total enrollment at Marvin Ridge High?
Marvin Ridge High enrolls approximately 1,961 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Marvin Ridge High serve?
Marvin Ridge High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Marvin Ridge High?
Approximately 20.3:1 students per teacher at Marvin Ridge High.
What is the student diversity at Marvin Ridge High?
Student demographics at Marvin Ridge High are roughly 61% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 25% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Marvin Ridge High public or private?
Marvin Ridge High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Union County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.