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What advice would you give to incoming students at Wingate Elementary?
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Enrollment
394
Elementary
DISTRICT 563 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370462001811
Wingate Elementary
301 Bivens Street, Wingate, NC 28174 · (704) 296-0635 · Union County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
391 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 | 23 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
64%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
45.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
74.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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
58.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Wingate Elementary
Wingate Elementary's state test result (58.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wingate Elementary this school | 394 | 99.2% | 58.8% |
| Diggs-Latham Elementary Winston Salem | 385 | 99.2% | 49.8% |
| Butler Avenue Elementary Clinton | 469 | 99.4% | N/A |
| Langdon C Kerr Elementary Clinton | 366 | 99.2% | N/A |
| Harvey R Newlin Elementary Burlington | 491 | 99.4% | 25.7% |
| Belvoir Elementary Greenville | 405 | 99.3% | 44.7% |
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 Wingate Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #540 of 1,297 | #23 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #230 of 1,296 | #14 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #777 of 1,300 | #25 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #917 of 1,485 | #26 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #251 of 1,377 | #6 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.8% | #536 of 1,379 | #9 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #463 of 1,414 | #5 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.3% | #95 of 937 | #3 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
394
-24 (-6%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 584
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 394 | 30 | 13.1:1 | 99% (391) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 33 | 11.6:1 | 99% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 36 | 11.1:1 | 83% (333) |
| 2020-21 | 418 | 36 | 11.6:1 | 99% (415) |
| 2017-18 | 565 | 54 | 10.5:1 | 99% (562) |
| 2015-16 | 608 | 58 | 10.5:1 | 81% (492) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | 57 | 11.3:1 | 77% (494) |
| 2000-01 | 680 | 40 | 17.0:1 | 54% (365) |
| 1990-91 | 584 | 30 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wingate Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (565 to 394); teachers down 44% (54 to 30).
About Wingate Elementary
Wingate Elementary is an elementary school in Wingate, North Carolina, and it is part of Union County Public Schools. It teaches 394 students in pre-K through 5.
Federal data list 52 schools in Union County Public Schools, with 41,272 students enrolled.
The biggest share of students at Wingate Elementary, 49%, is Hispanic. The remaining shares are 32% Black, 13% White, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Union County's population at about 13%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Wingate Elementary scores 64%.
Staffing at Wingate Elementary comes to 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.1:1. The school's 13.1:1 compares with an average of 14.9:1 for elementary schools in North Carolina. On the income side, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Union County averages 41%, lower than here.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Wingate Elementary is +10.3 points: 58.8% actual, 48.5% predicted.
Union County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $102,900, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 58 public schools in the county, enrolling about 45,934, Wingate Elementary among them.
Forest Hills High is about 2.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 7. On average proficiency, Wingate Elementary is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Wingate Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% decrease, from 418 to 394. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.6:1 to 13.1:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Wingate Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Wingate Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Wingate Elementary. Wingate Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Wingate Elementary SchoolShiloh, IL · 424 students
- Wingate Elementary SchoolFt. Wingate, NM · 366 students
- Wingate Elementary SchoolWingate, PA · 365 students
- Wingate Elementary SchoolGRAND JUNCTION, CO · 363 students
Nearby schools
- Forest Hills High2.4 mi · 973
- Rock Rest Elementary2.6 mi · 394
- East Union Middle4.0 mi · 683
- Monroe High4.1 mi · 1,215
- East Elementary4.4 mi · 423
- Monroe Middle4.8 mi · 802
Frequently asked questions
About Wingate ElementaryHow many students attend Wingate Elementary?
Wingate Elementary enrolls approximately 394 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Wingate Elementary serve?
Wingate Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Wingate Elementary?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Wingate Elementary.
How diverse is Wingate Elementary?
Wingate Elementary reports a student body of 13% White, 49% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Wingate Elementary public or private?
Wingate 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.