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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Porter Ridge Elementary?
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Enrollment
765
Elementary
DISTRICT 563 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370462002741
Porter Ridge Elementary
2843 Ridge Road, Indian Trail, NC 28079 · (704) 289-1965 · Union County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL765 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
16.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
433 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 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 146 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (127).
Student demographics
72%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
49.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
68.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Porter Ridge Elementary
Porter Ridge Elementary's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Ridge Elementary this school | 765 | 56.6% | 59.8% |
| Audrey W. Garrett Elementary Mebane | 785 | 58.5% | 63.2% |
| Adams Elementary Cary | 655 | 61.2% | 56.4% |
| Dillard Drive Elementary Raleigh | 648 | 56.5% | 46.6% |
| Matthews Charter Academy Matthews | 771 | 57.5% | N/A |
| Lake Myra Elementary Wendell | 722 | 55.4% | 52.5% |
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 Porter Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #504 of 1,297 | #22 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #388 of 1,296 | #20 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #637 of 1,300 | #22 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 765 | #117 of 1,485 | #4 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,080 of 1,377 | #28 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #95 of 1,379 | #2 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.6% | #1,128 of 1,414 | #11 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +63.5% | #22 of 369 | #2 of 12 |
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
765
+235 (+44%) vs 2020
+22% since 2010-11, when it was 625
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 765 | 47 | 16.3:1 | 57% (433) |
| 2023-24 | 724 | 43 | 16.8:1 | 53% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 664 | 43.5 | 15.3:1 | 48% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 37 | 14.3:1 | 35% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 468 | 31 | 15.1:1 | 38% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 28 | 16.7:1 | 47% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 625 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 47% (291) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Porter Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 63% (468 to 765); teachers up 52% (31 to 47).
About Porter Ridge Elementary
Porter Ridge Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Indian Trail, North Carolina. Enrolled students number 765 students, in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 64% higher than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina, which is about 467.
Porter Ridge Elementary is one school in a 52-school district, Union County Public Schools, which enrolls 41,272 students.
The most common group at Porter Ridge Elementary is White students, at 37%. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 20% Black, 6% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 69% White. Porter Ridge Elementary's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 47 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Porter Ridge Elementary was 16.3:1. This ratio sits 1.4 above the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 57%. Among public schools in Union County, the average eligibility rate is 41%.
The allk12 Grade for Porter Ridge Elementary is B-. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 49% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Porter Ridge Elementary is 1.8 points below its prediction. Actual: 59.8%. Predicted: 61.6%.
Federal survey data for Union County show that the median household income is $102,900, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Union County is home to 58 public schools and about 45,934 public school students.
Nearest public school: Porter Ridge High School, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Porter Ridge Elementary ranks 7th of 8 nearby schools, at 59.8% versus a 68.3% average.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Porter Ridge Elementary reported 530 students in 2020-21 and 765 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.3:1) than in 2020-21 (14.3:1).
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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
- 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 Indian Trail
- Porter Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Porter Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,447 students
- Union Prep Academy at Indian TrailCombined · 1,268 students
- Sun Valley MiddleMiddle · 909 students
- Poplin ElementaryElementary · 756 students
- Indian Trail ElementaryElementary · 633 students
Nearby schools
- Porter Ridge High School0.2 mi · 1,809
- Porter Ridge Middle School0.4 mi · 1,447
- Poplin Elementary1.5 mi · 756
- Hemby Bridge Elementary2.6 mi · 491
- Sardis Elementary3.0 mi · 529
- Unionville Elementary3.8 mi · 679
Frequently asked questions
About Porter Ridge ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Porter Ridge Elementary?
Porter Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 765 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Porter Ridge Elementary serve?
Porter Ridge Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Porter Ridge Elementary?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Porter Ridge Elementary.
How diverse is Porter Ridge Elementary?
Porter Ridge Elementary reports a student body of 37% White, 32% Hispanic, 20% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Porter Ridge Elementary?
Porter Ridge 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.