Enrollment
340
High
DISTRICT 1,135 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370462002893
Union County Early College
4209A Old Charlotte Hwy, Monroe, NC 28110 · (704) 290-1565 · Union County
GRADES 09–13HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of North Carolina public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
119 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 82%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 84 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 87 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 68 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 70 | 21% |
Student demographics
63%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
94.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
92.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 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
92.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.2%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 93% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% 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 25 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 →
Schools most like Union County Early College
Union County Early College's state test result (92.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union County Early College this school | 340 | 35.0% | 92.9% |
| Randolph Early College High School Asheboro | 358 | 44.4% | 79.5% |
| ABSS Early College at ACC Graham | 247 | 36.4% | 93.8% |
| Early College of Forsyth Co Winston Salem | 306 | 34.0% | N/A |
| Carrboro High Carrboro | 885 | 30.4% | 50.8% |
| Henderson County Early College Flat Rock | 197 | 50.3% | N/A |
Matched among North Carolina high 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 Union County Early College ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 92.9% | #2 of 468 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.9% | #5 of 464 | #1 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #8 of 448 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #396 of 598 | #11 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #398 of 473 | #12 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #205 of 474 | #4 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.0% | #454 of 527 | #8 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #119 of 277 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
340
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
+32% since 2010-11, when it was 258
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 27.1:1
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 | 340 | 14.5 | 23.4:1 | 35% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 344 | 14.3 | 24.1:1 | 35% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 303 | 14.3 | 21.3:1 | 37% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | 13 | 27.1:1 | 25% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 380 | 13 | 29.2:1 | 26% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 363 | 13 | 27.9:1 | 38% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 258 | 12 | 21.5:1 | 29% (75) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union County Early College.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (380 to 340); teachers up 12% (13 to 14.5).
About Union County Early College
Union County Early College is a small high school in Monroe, North Carolina. It enrolls 340 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 13. The school is 55% below the average for high schools in North Carolina.
The 52 schools in Union County Public Schools enroll 41,272 students altogether, Union County Early College among them.
White students account for 48% of enrollment at Union County Early College, more than any other group. The remaining students are 37% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 6% Asian. Among people living in Union County, the White share is about 69%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
Union County Early College lists 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 23.4 students per teacher. Across high schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 19.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 35% of the student body.
Union County Early College earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 97% of North Carolina public high schools.
Compared with North Carolina schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Union County Early College does better than predicted by 24.7 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 92.9%; the prediction is 68.2%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Union County show that the median household earns about $102,900 a year, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Union County has 58 public schools with about 45,934 students, including Union County Early College.
Shiloh Valley Primary School is about 1.7 miles from Union County Early College, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Union County Early College is 1st among 7 schools close by.
NCES assigns Union County Early College the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 12 students, from 352 to 340. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 27.1:1 to 23.4:1.
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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 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
- Shiloh Valley Primary School1.7 mi · 563
- Sun Valley High1.7 mi · 1,272
- Shiloh Valley Elementary1.7 mi · 574
- Sun Valley Middle1.8 mi · 909
- Rocky River Elementary2.6 mi · 536
- Sardis Elementary2.7 mi · 529
Frequently asked questions
About Union County Early CollegeHow large is Union County Early College?
Union County Early College enrolls approximately 340 students in grades 09-13.
What age range does Union County Early College serve?
Union County Early College serves students from grade 09 through grade 13.
How many teachers does Union County Early College have?
Union County Early College employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.4:1.
How diverse is Union County Early College?
Union County Early College reports a student body of 48% White, 37% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Union County Early College?
Union County Early College is overseen by Union County Public Schools in Union County.
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