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Does Weddington Hills Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
1,038
Elementary
DISTRICT 755 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370053001818
Weddington Hills Elementary
4401 Weddington Road, Concord, NC 28025 · (704) 260-6350 · Cabarrus County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,038 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
15.2:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
560 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 151 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 172 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 171 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 185 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 173 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 186 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (151) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (186).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
55.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
67.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Hills Elementary
Weddington Hills Elementary's state test result (62.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weddington Hills Elementary this school | 1,038 | 53.9% | 62.7% |
| Porter Ridge Elementary Indian Trail | 765 | 56.6% | 59.8% |
| Audrey W. Garrett Elementary Mebane | 785 | 58.5% | 63.2% |
| Charles E Boger Elementary Kannapolis | 895 | 47.9% | 66.4% |
| Harris Creek Elementary Raleigh | 827 | 51.6% | 53.8% |
| Carl A Furr Elementary Concord | 782 | 61.0% | 46.5% |
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 Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cabarrus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #425 of 1,297 | #12 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #412 of 1,296 | #10 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #437 of 1,300 | #11 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,038 | #13 of 1,485 | #3 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #809 of 1,377 | #22 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #33 of 1,379 | #2 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.9% | #1,142 of 1,414 | #18 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #299 of 369 | #14 of 14 |
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
1,038
+79 (+8%) vs 2020
-2% since 2000-01, when it was 1,061
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 1,038 | 68.3 | 15.2:1 | 54% (560) |
| 2023-24 | 971 | 67.2 | 14.4:1 | 61% (594) |
| 2022-23 | 937 | 67.7 | 13.8:1 | 58% (548) |
| 2020-21 | 959 | 66 | 14.5:1 | 41% (396) |
| 2017-18 | 1,006 | 64.5 | 15.6:1 | 53% (536) |
| 2015-16 | 931 | 60 | 15.5:1 | 60% (561) |
| 2010-11 | 856 | 55 | 15.6:1 | 54% (462) |
| 2000-01 | 1,061 | 62 | 17.1:1 | 19% (199) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Weddington Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (1,006 to 1,038); teachers up 6% (64.5 to 68.3).
About Weddington Hills Elementary
Concord, North Carolina, is home to Weddington Hills Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school. Enrolled students number 1,038 students, in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 122% higher than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina, which is about 467.
Cabarrus County Schools counts 44 schools and 35,568 students, including Weddington Hills Elementary.
At Weddington Hills Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 33%. The next largest groups are 32% Hispanic, 19% Black, 10% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The school's White share is 26 points below the 59% share among Cabarrus County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 74% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Weddington Hills Elementary employs 68.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Weddington Hills Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 54%. That tracks the 56% average for public schools in Cabarrus County.
Weddington Hills Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 55% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Weddington Hills Elementary is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 62.7% actual, 62.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cabarrus County show that the median household income is $89,005, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Weddington Hills Elementary, Cabarrus County has 55 other public schools.
The closest public school, Harold E. Winkler Middle, is about 0.3 miles from Weddington Hills Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Weddington Hills Elementary ranks 1st in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Weddington Hills Elementary is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment has grown by 79 students since 2020-21, to 1,038.
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Cabarrus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
236,133
Census ACS
Median income
$89,005
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
43,278 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cabarrus County Schools
- Cox Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,772 students
- Hickory Ridge HighHigh · 1,671 students
- West Cabarrus HighHigh · 1,627 students
- Central Cabarrus HighHigh · 1,369 students
- Harris Road MiddleMiddle · 1,368 students
- Jay M Robinson HighHigh · 1,210 students
Other schools in Concord
- Cox Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,772 students
- West Cabarrus HighHigh · 1,627 students
- Central Cabarrus HighHigh · 1,369 students
- Harris Road MiddleMiddle · 1,368 students
- Jay M Robinson HighHigh · 1,210 students
- Northwest Cabarrus HighHigh · 1,142 students
Nearby schools
- Harold E. Winkler Middle0.3 mi · 1,094
- Cabarrus County Schools Virtual Academy0.3 mi · 107
- Performance Learning Center0.4 mi · 77
- West Cabarrus High0.5 mi · 1,627
- Valor Preparatory Academy1.5 mi · 608
- Wolf Meadow Elementary1.8 mi · 655
Frequently asked questions
About Weddington Hills ElementaryHow large is Weddington Hills Elementary?
Weddington Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 1,038 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Weddington Hills Elementary serve?
Weddington Hills Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Weddington Hills Elementary?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Weddington Hills Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Weddington Hills Elementary?
At Weddington Hills Elementary, the student body is approximately 33% White, 32% Hispanic, 19% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Weddington Hills Elementary public or private?
Weddington Hills Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cabarrus County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.