Walter Bickett Elementary

Walter Bickett Elementary is a mid-sized K-5 school in Monroe, North Carolina, part of Union County Public Schools. The school educates 444 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Walter Bickett Elementary is one of 52 schools operated by Union County Public Schools, a district that teaches 41,272 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Walter Bickett Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 30% Black, 7% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Walter Bickett Elementary has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Union County (around 41%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Walter Bickett Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 31.5%, a residual of -17.0 points.

Around the school, census data for Union County shows the typical household earns roughly $102,900 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Union County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,934 students), of which Walter Bickett Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Central Academy of Technology and Arts, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Walter Bickett Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Walter Bickett Elementary at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 58.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Walter Bickett Elementary's enrollment has decreased 35% since 2018, when it stood at 684 (now 444). Hispanic enrollment moved from 49% to 58% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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