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).

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