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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Rock Rest Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
394
Elementary
DISTRICT 563 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370462002862
Rock Rest Elementary
814 Old Pageland-Monroe Rd, Monroe, NC 28112 · (704) 290-1513 · Union County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
391 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
46.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
80.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
394
-202 (-34%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.5:1
% White
9%
was 8%
% Hispanic
75%
was 71%
% Black
15%
was 18%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Rock Rest Elementary
Rock Rest Elementary is a compact elementary school in Monroe, North Carolina, overseen by Union County Public Schools. The school instructs 394 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Within Union County Public Schools, which oversees 52 schools and 41,272 students, Rock Rest Elementary is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Rock Rest Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 75%. The remainder is composed of 15% Black, 9% White. The wider county runs roughly 13% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Rock Rest Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Union County's rate of about 41%.
With demographic context factored in, Rock Rest Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 65.6%, a residual of +17.0 points.
In the broader community, census data for Union County shows median household income runs about $102,900, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Union County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,934 students), of which Rock Rest Elementary is one.
The closest other public school is Monroe High, roughly 2.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rock Rest Elementary. On composite proficiency, Rock Rest Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.9%.
Rock Rest Elementary operates from a countryside location.
Over the past 7-year window. Rock Rest Elementary's enrollment has shrank 34% since 2018, when it stood at 596 (now 394).
On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Monroe
- Union AcademyCombined · 2,186 students
- Sun Valley HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Piedmont HighHigh · 1,270 students
- Monroe HighHigh · 1,215 students
- Parkwood HighHigh · 1,082 students
- Piedmont MiddleMiddle · 980 students
Nearby schools
- Monroe High2.4 mi · 1,215
- Wingate Elementary2.6 mi · 394
- East Elementary2.9 mi · 423
- Monroe Middle3.1 mi · 802
- Wolfe School4.0 mi · 109
- Forest Hills High4.4 mi · 973
Frequently asked questions
About Rock Rest ElementaryHow many students attend Rock Rest Elementary?
Rock Rest Elementary enrolls approximately 394 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Rock Rest Elementary serve?
Rock Rest Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Rock Rest Elementary have?
Rock Rest Elementary employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rock Rest Elementary?
At Rock Rest Elementary, the student body is approximately 9% White, 75% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Rock Rest Elementary public or private?
Rock Rest Elementary 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.