New Town Elementary

New Town Elementary is a mid-sized primary school in Waxhaw, North Carolina, part of Union County Public Schools. The school hosts 691 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 48% larger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Across the 52 schools in Union County Public Schools (41,272 students total), New Town Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, New Town Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Union County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, New Town Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 75.5%; this one delivers 87.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Union County shows the typical household earns roughly $102,900 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. New Town Elementary is one of 58 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 45,934 students).

The closest other public school is Cuthbertson High, roughly 1.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, New Town Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 81.1%.

New Town Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. New Town Elementary's enrollment has decreased 28% since 2018, when it stood at 955 (now 691). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 77% to 71%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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