Weddington Elementary

Weddington Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school in Matthews, North Carolina, part of Union County Public Schools, educates 652 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 40% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Weddington Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 16% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Union County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 5% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Weddington Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 77.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 84.4%.

In the broader community, Union County reports that median household earnings sit near $102,900, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Weddington Elementary is one of 58 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 45,934 students).

The closest other public school is Weddington High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Weddington Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Weddington Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 86.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Weddington Elementary has shrank 23%, going from 842 students in 2018 to 652 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 71% to 66% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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