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What's the most underrated thing about Wesley Chapel Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
729
Elementary
DISTRICT 563 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370462001809
Wesley Chapel Elementary
110 Potter Rd S, Monroe, NC 28110 · (704) 296-3081 · Union County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL729 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
105 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 151 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 139 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (139).
Student demographics
61%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
92.2%
NC avg 50.9%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The North Carolina average is about 51 of 100.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
92.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 74% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Wesley Chapel Elementary
Wesley Chapel Elementary's state test result (92.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Chapel Elementary this school | 729 | 14.4% | 92.2% |
| Summerfield Charter Academy Summerfield | 774 | 19.8% | N/A |
| Scotts Ridge Elementary Apex | 869 | 8.2% | 85.6% |
| Holly Grove Elementary Holly Springs | 889 | 13.3% | 83.2% |
| Laurel Park Elementary Apex | 694 | 12.7% | 76.0% |
| Antioch Elementary Matthews | 816 | 8.9% | 87.5% |
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 Wesley Chapel Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 92.2% | #1 of 1,297 | #1 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.2% | #2 of 1,300 | #1 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 729 | #153 of 1,485 | #6 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #859 of 1,377 | #23 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #669 of 1,379 | #16 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.4% | #1,389 of 1,414 | #23 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +69.5% | #19 of 369 | #1 of 12 |
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
729
+152 (+26%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 655
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 729 | 47.5 | 15.3:1 | 14% (105) |
| 2023-24 | 767 | 49.5 | 15.5:1 | 13% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 760 | 46.5 | 16.3:1 | 15% (117) |
| 2020-21 | 577 | 33 | 17.5:1 | 7% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 430 | 26.9 | 16.0:1 | 10% (45) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 29 | 17.3:1 | 10% (50) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | 32 | 16.7:1 | 13% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 613 | 32 | 19.2:1 | 8% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 655 | 32 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wesley Chapel Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 70% (430 to 729); teachers up 77% (26.9 to 47.5).
About Wesley Chapel Elementary
Wesley Chapel Elementary is one of the public schools in Monroe, North Carolina. It is a large elementary school. It enrolled 729 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students each.
The district, Union County Public Schools, operates 52 schools serving 41,272 students.
Wesley Chapel Elementary's enrollment is 58% White. Other groups make up 19% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 69% of Union County residents are White. Wesley Chapel Elementary has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Wesley Chapel Elementary is 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.3:1. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is about 14.9:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 14%. It compares with 41% for public schools in Union County.
A school in North Carolina with Wesley Chapel Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 74.5%. Wesley Chapel Elementary scores 92.2%.
Union County census figures show that median household income is about $102,900, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Union County number 58 and enroll about 45,934.
The closest public school to Wesley Chapel Elementary is Shiloh Valley Elementary, about 2.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 73.8%, lower than Wesley Chapel Elementary's 92.2%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 577 in 2020-21 and 729 in 2024-25, a rise of 152 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.3:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Wesley Chapel Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Monroe
- Union AcademyCombined · 2,186 students
- Sun Valley HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Piedmont HighHigh · 1,270 students
- Monroe HighHigh · 1,215 students
- Parkwood HighHigh · 1,082 students
- Piedmont MiddleMiddle · 980 students
Other Wesley Chapel Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Wesley Chapel Elementary. Wesley Chapel Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- WESLEY CHAPEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWESLEY CHAPEL, FL · 724 students
Nearby schools
- Shiloh Valley Elementary2.6 mi · 574
- New Town Elementary2.6 mi · 691
- Shiloh Valley Primary School2.7 mi · 563
- Sun Valley Middle2.8 mi · 909
- Weddington Middle2.9 mi · 1,324
- Weddington Elementary3.0 mi · 652
Frequently asked questions
About Wesley Chapel ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Wesley Chapel Elementary?
Wesley Chapel Elementary enrolls approximately 729 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Wesley Chapel Elementary serve?
Wesley Chapel Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wesley Chapel Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wesley Chapel Elementary is approximately 15.3:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Wesley Chapel Elementary?
Student demographics at Wesley Chapel Elementary are roughly 58% White, 10% Hispanic, 7% Black, 19% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Wesley Chapel Elementary public or private?
Wesley Chapel 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.