Sardis Elementary

Sardis Elementary is an elementary school of average-sized scale in Monroe, North Carolina, part of Union County Public Schools, hosting 529 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sardis Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% White, 14% Black, 5% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 13% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Sardis Elementary has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Union County (around 41%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sardis Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.9%, the actual is 63.5%, a residual of +14.7 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Union County put median household earnings sit near $102,900, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sardis Elementary is one of 58 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 45,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Poplin Elementary, around 1.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sardis Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sardis Elementary at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 69.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Sardis Elementary's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 531 (now 529).

On the community side, the feed for Sardis Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.