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What's the biggest difference between New Town Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
691
Elementary
DISTRICT 563 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370462002821
New Town Elementary
1100 Waxhaw-Indian Tr. Rd., Waxhaw, NC 28173 · (704) 290-1525 · Union County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL691 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of North Carolina public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
75 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 152 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 45% smaller than its 5th grade class (152).
Student demographics
47%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+)English Language Arts
81.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
90.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
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
87.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 New Town Elementary
New Town Elementary's state test result (87.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Town Elementary this school | 691 | 10.9% | 87.0% |
| Jones Dairy Elementary Wake Forest | 627 | 15.0% | 81.8% |
| Elizabeth Lane Elementary Matthews | 702 | 15.5% | 83.9% |
| Kensington Elementary Waxhaw | 901 | 12.0% | 83.5% |
| Oak Ridge Elementary Oak Ridge | 712 | 15.7% | 85.9% |
| Holly Ridge Elementary Holly Springs | 735 | 18.1% | 80.4% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary 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 New Town Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #23 of 1,297 | #6 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.7% | #21 of 1,296 | #5 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.7% | #35 of 1,300 | #7 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 691 | #193 of 1,485 | #7 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #665 of 1,377 | #16 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.8% | #1,058 of 1,379 | #25 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.9% | #1,401 of 1,414 | #25 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.6% | #118 of 937 | #4 of 18 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
691
-64 (-8%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 925
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 691 | 47 | 14.7:1 | 11% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 728 | 45.9 | 15.9:1 | 10% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 761 | 47 | 16.2:1 | 8% (61) |
| 2020-21 | 755 | 45 | 16.8:1 | 5% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 955 | 49.8 | 19.2:1 | 5% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 966 | 51 | 18.9:1 | 6% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 925 | 52 | 17.8:1 | 8% (71) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Town Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (955 to 691); teachers down 6% (49.8 to 47).
About New Town Elementary
Families in Waxhaw, North Carolina, are served by New Town Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 691 students. It has 48% more students than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina (about 467).
Within Union County Public Schools, New Town Elementary is one of 52 schools. The district enrolls 41,272 students.
At New Town Elementary, 71% of students are White. It is also 10% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put Union County at about 69% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, New Town Elementary scores 47%.
Its staff includes 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.7 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 14.9:1. New Town Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 11%. Among public schools in Union County, the average eligibility rate is 41%.
On the allk12 Grade, New Town Elementary lands at A, ahead of 94% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
New Town Elementary is 11.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (87.0% versus 75.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
In Union County, the median household earns about $102,900 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Union County has 58 public schools with about 45,934 students, including New Town Elementary.
The closest school to New Town Elementary is Cuthbertson High, located about 1.9 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of New Town Elementary. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, New Town Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for New Town Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 691, compared with 755 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 16.8 in 2020-21 to 14.7 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for New Town Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Marvin Ridge HighHigh · 1,961 students
- 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
Other schools in Waxhaw
- Marvin Ridge HighHigh · 1,961 students
- Cuthbertson HighHigh · 1,857 students
- Cuthbertson MiddleMiddle · 1,323 students
- Marvin Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,277 students
- Kensington ElementaryElementary · 901 students
- Rea View ElementaryElementary · 629 students
Other New Town Elementary schools
One other US public school is named New Town Elementary. New Town Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- New Town ElementaryOwings Mills, MD · 772 students
Nearby schools
- Cuthbertson High1.9 mi · 1,857
- Weddington Elementary2.0 mi · 652
- Weddington High2.0 mi · 1,899
- Cuthbertson Middle2.0 mi · 1,323
- Weddington Middle2.2 mi · 1,324
- Wesley Chapel Elementary2.6 mi · 729
Frequently asked questions
About New Town ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at New Town Elementary?
New Town Elementary enrolls approximately 691 students in grades PK-05.
Is New Town Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
New Town Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at New Town Elementary?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at New Town Elementary.
How diverse is New Town Elementary?
New Town Elementary reports a student body of 71% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees New Town Elementary?
New Town Elementary is overseen by Union County Public Schools in Union County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.