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Enrollment
615
Elementary
DISTRICT 563 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370462001808
Waxhaw Elementary
1101 Old Providence Rd, Waxhaw, NC 28173 · (704) 290-1590 · Union County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL615 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
300 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
55%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
53.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
72.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 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 Waxhaw Elementary
Waxhaw Elementary's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waxhaw Elementary this school | 615 | 48.8% | 66.5% |
| Richlands Elementary Richlands | 591 | 49.7% | 55.8% |
| Wallburg Elementary Winston-Salem | 717 | 51.0% | 67.4% |
| Heritage Elementary School Richlands | 565 | 52.9% | 53.2% |
| Mooresville Intermediate Mooresville | 690 | 44.9% | 65.5% |
| Clear View Elementary Jacksonville | 535 | 52.7% | 52.2% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary 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 Waxhaw Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #308 of 1,297 | #15 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #283 of 1,296 | #17 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #501 of 1,300 | #17 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 615 | #325 of 1,485 | #13 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #769 of 1,377 | #18 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #874 of 1,379 | #19 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.8% | #1,169 of 1,414 | #15 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #861 of 937 | #16 of 18 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
615
+127 (+26%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 521
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 615 | 40.9 | 15.1:1 | 49% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 657 | 41.9 | 15.7:1 | 45% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 638 | 37 | 17.2:1 | 43% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 34 | 14.3:1 | 34% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 632 | 37.9 | 16.7:1 | 35% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 621 | 36 | 17.3:1 | 45% (281) |
| 2010-11 | 666 | 39 | 17.1:1 | 43% (286) |
| 2000-01 | 558 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 28% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 521 | 22 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waxhaw Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (632 to 615); teachers up 8% (37.9 to 40.9).
About Waxhaw Elementary
Waxhaw Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Waxhaw, North Carolina. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 615 students. That puts enrollment 32% above the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Union County Public Schools includes 52 schools. Together they enroll 41,272 students.
More than half of the students at Waxhaw Elementary are White (64%). Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Waxhaw Elementary scores 55%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Waxhaw Elementary is 15.1:1, based on 40.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in North Carolina is similar, at 14.9:1. Lunch program data show 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Union County, the average is 41%.
Waxhaw Elementary holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 64% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Waxhaw Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 66.5%, compared with a predicted 64.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Union County area, median household income comes to about $102,900, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Union County counts 58 public schools with about 45,934 students.
South Providence sits about 0.5 miles from Waxhaw Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Waxhaw Elementary comes in 5th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 615, from 488 in 2020-21.
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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 Waxhaw
- Marvin Ridge HighHigh · 1,961 students
- Cuthbertson HighHigh · 1,857 students
- Cuthbertson MiddleMiddle · 1,323 students
- Marvin Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,277 students
- Kensington ElementaryElementary · 901 students
- New Town ElementaryElementary · 691 students
Nearby schools
- South Providence0.5 mi · 91
- Western Union Elementary2.5 mi · 539
- Kensington Elementary3.0 mi · 901
- Cuthbertson Middle3.9 mi · 1,323
- Cuthbertson High4.0 mi · 1,857
- Indian Land High4.0 mi · 1,905
Frequently asked questions
About Waxhaw ElementaryHow large is Waxhaw Elementary?
Waxhaw Elementary enrolls approximately 615 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Waxhaw Elementary serve?
Waxhaw Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Waxhaw Elementary?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Waxhaw Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Waxhaw Elementary?
At Waxhaw Elementary, the student body is approximately 64% White, 15% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Waxhaw Elementary public or private?
Waxhaw 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.