Parkwood High

Parkwood High is a secondary school of moderately sized scale in Monroe, North Carolina, one of the schools within Union County Public Schools, hosting 1,082 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Parkwood High sits 42% bigger than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, Parkwood High shows that 66% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Union County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Parkwood High has 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Parkwood High tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Parkwood High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.5%; this one delivers 58.4%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Union County indicate median household income runs about $102,900, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Parkwood High is one of 58 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 45,934 students).

Parkwood Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Parkwood High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Parkwood High at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 59.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 13%: 1,238 students in 2018 compared to 1,082 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 66% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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