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What's the biggest difference between Weddington Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
652
Elementary
DISTRICT 563 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370462002353
Weddington Elementary
3927 Twelve Mile Creek Road, Matthews, NC 28104 · (704) 296-6317 · Union County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL652 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% 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.
- BBeats 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
14.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
31 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 | 14 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 140 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
53%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
82.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
90.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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
84.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Weddington Elementary
Weddington Elementary's state test result (84.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weddington Elementary this school | 652 | 4.8% | 84.4% |
| Rea View Elementary Waxhaw | 629 | 5.4% | 89.4% |
| Antioch Elementary Matthews | 816 | 8.9% | 87.5% |
| Laurel Park Elementary Apex | 694 | 12.7% | 76.0% |
| Oak Ridge Elementary Oak Ridge | 712 | 15.7% | 85.9% |
| Oakview Elementary Apex | 873 | 11.9% | 80.5% |
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 Weddington Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #36 of 1,297 | #7 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.7% | #20 of 1,296 | #4 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #24 of 1,300 | #6 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 652 | #256 of 1,485 | #10 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #643 of 1,377 | #15 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #937 of 1,379 | #22 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.8% | #1,411 of 1,414 | #29 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #222 of 937 | #7 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
652
-61 (-9%) vs 2020
-37% since 2000-01, when it was 1,041
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 652 | 44.6 | 14.6:1 | 5% (31) |
| 2023-24 | 662 | 45.1 | 14.7:1 | 5% (34) |
| 2022-23 | 696 | 44.9 | 15.5:1 | 5% (33) |
| 2020-21 | 713 | 42 | 17.0:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2017-18 | 842 | 46.4 | 18.1:1 | 3% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 757 | 42 | 18.0:1 | 5% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 674 | 39 | 17.3:1 | 10% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 1,041 | 35 | 29.7:1 | 3% (31) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Weddington Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (842 to 652); teachers down 4% (46.4 to 44.6).
About Weddington Elementary
Weddington Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Matthews, North Carolina. The school enrolls 652 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
A total of 52 schools make up Union County Public Schools, with 41,272 students enrolled.
The share of White students at Weddington Elementary is 66%, a majority. The school is also 16% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. Census estimates put Union County at about 69% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
On staff are 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. About 5% of students at Weddington Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Union County average 41%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Weddington Elementary outscored 86%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Weddington Elementary scores 84.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 77.4%.
Looking at the county, Union County, median household income comes to about $102,900, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 58 public schools and about 45,934 students.
Weddington High is less than a tenth of a mile from Weddington Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Weddington Elementary is 5th among 8 schools close by.
The federal government classifies Weddington Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 713 (2020-21) to 652 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 14.6:1, from 17.0:1.
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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 Matthews
- Weddington HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Butler High SchoolHigh · 1,791 students
- Weddington MiddleMiddle · 1,324 students
- Socrates AcademyCombined · 1,039 students
- Crestdale MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- Mint Hill MiddleMiddle · 878 students
Other Weddington Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Weddington Elementary. Weddington Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Weddington Elementary SchoolGreenville, MS · 249 students
Nearby schools
- Weddington High0.0 mi · 1,899
- Weddington Middle0.4 mi · 1,324
- Cuthbertson High1.9 mi · 1,857
- New Town Elementary2.0 mi · 691
- Monroe Charter Academy2.0 mi · 104
- Cuthbertson Middle2.1 mi · 1,323
Frequently asked questions
About Weddington ElementaryHow large is Weddington Elementary?
Weddington Elementary enrolls approximately 652 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Weddington Elementary serve?
Weddington Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Weddington Elementary?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Weddington Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Weddington Elementary?
Student demographics at Weddington Elementary are roughly 66% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 16% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Weddington Elementary in?
Weddington Elementary is part of Union County Public Schools.
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