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East Union Middle

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East Union Middle ranks 528 th of 773 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

528^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 773 North Carolina Middle Schools

Better than 32% of North Carolina middle schools

Summary

East Union Middle is a public middle school in Marshville, North Carolina, serving 695 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Union County Public Schools district, which is ranked 42 out of 242 districts in the state.

While East Union Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom half of North Carolina middle schools over the past 10 years, the school faces significant academic challenges. Its performance on state assessments is generally below the district and state averages, with proficiency rates ranging from 39.9% to 63.6% in Mathematics and 36% to 38.8% in Reading across grades 6-8. The school's high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with a free and reduced-price lunch rate of 99.57% in 2023-2024, may be a contributing factor to its academic struggles.

Interestingly, the nearby Weddington Middle and other Union County Public Schools generally outperform East Union Middle on academic measures, with higher rankings, proficiency rates, and lower percentages of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. For example, Weddington Middle ranked 14th out of 773 North Carolina middle schools in 2024-2025, with proficiency rates ranging from 82.6% to 97.5% across different subjects and grade levels. While the reasons for these performance differences are complex, the school's high poverty rate and limited resources may be contributing factors.

683

Students ?

17.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,471

Per pupil spending ?

99.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

6010 W Marshville Blvd
Marshville, NC 28103-0666

(704) 290-1540

District: Union County Public Schools

Students who attend East Union Middle usually attend:

High:

Forest Hills High

Feeder schools for East Union Middle:

Elementary:	Marshville Elementary
	Rock Rest Elementary
	Union Elementary
	Wingate Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

42.9%

White:

26.5%

African American:

25.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 42nd percentile in 2015 → 32nd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (44% vs 54% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 10 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school44%

District avg71%

North Carolina avg54%

528^th of 773

North Carolina public middle schools ?

Bottom 32%▼ down 10 pts since 2015

From bottom 42% (2015) to bottom 32% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 9Middle Schools in the Union County Public Schools

42^nd of 242Union County Public Schools among North Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	31.9	528 of 773	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.2	516 of 793	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.2	555 of 784	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.3	551 of 786	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	28.3	530 of 741	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	36.3	499 of 737	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	27.4	512 of 691	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	34.1	482 of 694	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2016	32.8	480 of 692	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2015	43.3	408 of 705	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2014	32.7	423 of 627	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	47.1	347 of 673	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2012	46.2	424 of 662	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2011	44.8	429 of 648	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2010	42.2	430 of 640	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2009	37.3	461 of 630	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	29.3	476 of 620	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	43.1	413 of 606	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2006	42.6	404 of 598	32.4%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	36.7	335 of 546	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	44.1	297 of 560	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.2	358 of 559	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.1	409 of 550	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	37.3	322 of 533	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.6	373 of 519	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.5	403 of 494	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	47.8	175 of 449	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	26.9	402 of 478	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	40.0	296 of 504	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	19.8	440 of 475	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	33.4	252 of 371	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.8	138 of 356	61.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	37.0	196 of 318	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	67.6	47 of 312	84.9%	★★★★☆
2021	28.3	193 of 236	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.0	117 of 211	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.8	111 of 151	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	32.4	511 of 733	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.2	446 of 738	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.7	532 of 731	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.4	561 of 733	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.0	460 of 706	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.7	446 of 684	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	29.9	498 of 656	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	31.2	407 of 458	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.4	425 of 461	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	32.9	395 of 452	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.6	406 of 450	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	54.3	255 of 448	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	43.9	321 of 416	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	38.8	105 of 127	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	39.2	361 of 562	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	50.9	260 of 564	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	39.7	351 of 553	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.4	306 of 541	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	39.3	328 of 522	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	42.4	301 of 493	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.8	368 of 472	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	42.2	416 of 729	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	49.1	357 of 743	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	45.8	376 of 735	48.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.5	384 of 689	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	42.3	349 of 633	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	48.1	337 of 639	47.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.5	395 of 604	34.6%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	30.7	517 of 733	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.0	538 of 751	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.1	547 of 747	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.2	501 of 748	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	24.5	547 of 711	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.1	511 of 697	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.7	529 of 665	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	47.0	172 of 328	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.6	195 of 306	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	66.7	83 of 302	72.5%	★★★★☆
2022	58.2	102 of 283	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	49.2	111 of 248	55.2%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	38.7	256 of 478	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	59.6	117 of 473	75.3%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	34.1	454 of 649	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.5	462 of 652	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.7	494 of 656	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	37.5	424 of 658	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	22.1	528 of 632	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.8	380 of 624	39.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.9	429 of 596	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Disabled (2022)61st percentile+31 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)48th percentile+16 vs school

Special Education (2025)46th percentile+15 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)43rd percentile+11 vs school

African American (2025)39th percentile+7 vs school

Hispanic (2025)36th percentile+4 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)32nd percentile~ school

Female (2025)30th percentile~ school

White (2025)30th percentile~ school

Male (2025)29th percentile~ school

Gifted and Talented (2025)11th percentile-21 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Science49%-11 vs state

Mathematics48%-5 vs state

Reading37%-16 vs state

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by a student
Sunday, July 20, 2014

This school is horrible honestly, take it from a graduated student. They do nothing about bullying which happens a lot until you're forced to fight in self defense then all of a sudden they "care." Nobody respects the principal, he's a very bad leader. Everything went downhill once he arrived. They hire almost anybody, they hired one substitute for my 7th grade reading class who called us all strippers and said he'd cut our heads off. He got fired but still, why was that guy not in jail? I've met about 4 teachers here that are absolutely amazing leaders but the rest don't care. They hired one woman for science who JUST graduated and had NO experience, nobody knew the EOG material by the end of the year. I knew a student there who was literally 17 years old and in 8th grade, their codes make no sense. They'll yell at you for having on tight jeans but will let people get bullied in the hallway. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOG Mathematics (2025)					EOG Reading (2025)					EOG Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
East Union Middle	Public	6-8	6010 W Marshville Blvd	Marshville	28103	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 290-1540	683	40	17.1	99.6%	181 (26.5%)	176 (25.8%)	293 (42.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.5%)	31.9	528^th of 773 public middle schools	31.7%		37.2	516^th of 793 public middle schools	34.9%	12			63.6	42.9	39.9			38.8	36.0	36.4		49.0	$11,471	$1,160	$10,311
Monroe Middle	Public	6-8	601 E Sunset Drive	Monroe	28112	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-3120	802	46	17.6	99.6%	38 (4.7%)	209 (26.1%)	524 (65.3%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (3.1%)	15.7	679^th of 773 public middle schools	12.2%		14.3	713^th of 793 public middle schools	10.1%	34			42.9	40.9	26.7			33.1	25.5	27.3		37.5	$11,427	$1,174	$10,252
Piedmont Middle	Public	6-8	2816 Sikes Mill Rd	Monroe	28110	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-6350	980	53	18.4	40.8%	643 (65.6%)	58 (5.9%)	222 (22.7%)	28 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (3.0%)	70.3	199^th of 773 public middle schools	74.3%		72.3	191^st of 793 public middle schools	75.9%	8			70.1	70.0	68.1			51.4	53.9	60.7		68.4	$7,738	$507	$7,231
Porter Ridge Middle School	Public	6-8	2827 Ridge Road	Indian Trail	28079	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 225-7555	1,447	63	23.0	39.7%	688 (47.5%)	191 (13.2%)	349 (24.1%)	118 (8.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	100 (6.9%)	79.7	139^th of 773 public middle schools	82.0%		89	72^nd of 793 public middle schools	90.9%	67			80.5	72.3	60.8			66.2	62.1	71.8		66.2	$7,814	$463	$7,351
Parkwood Middle	Public	6-8	3219 Parkwood School Rd	Monroe	28112	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-0655	879	44	20.1	47.2%	551 (62.7%)	94 (10.7%)	171 (19.5%)	8 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (6.1%)	61.6	271^st of 773 public middle schools	64.9%		53.4	354^th of 793 public middle schools	55.4%	83			63.3	69.3	44.6			61.3	57.0	54.5		58.1	$8,571	$578	$7,993
Sun Valley Middle	Public	6-8	1409 Wesley Chapel Rd	Indian Trail	28079	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-3009	909	56	16.3	54.3%	441 (48.5%)	177 (19.5%)	213 (23.4%)	29 (3.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (5.2%)	81.8	119^th of 773 public middle schools	84.6%		55.6	329^th of 793 public middle schools	58.5%	210			79.7	75.1	70.8			62.5	62.4	68.5		72.1	$7,578	$417	$7,161
Anson Middle	Public	7-8	832 US Hwy 52 N	Wadesboro	28170	Anson County	Anson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 694-3945	414	28	14.9	99.3%	103 (24.9%)	236 (57.0%)	43 (10.4%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.0%)	13.8	693^rd of 773 public middle schools	10.3%		9.5	738^th of 793 public middle schools	6.9%	45				32.0	27.1				36.7	29.6		30.8	$9,167	$956	$8,210
Wadesboro Elementary	Public	4-6	321 Camden Road	Wadesboro	28170	Anson County	Anson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 694-9383	215	14	15.3	97.2%	29 (13.5%)	156 (72.6%)	17 (7.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.6%)								(n/a)	25.0	18.8	43.7			33.8	30.0	38.9			23.8		$11,235	$2,965	$8,270
Weddington Middle	Public	6-8	5903 Deal Road	Matthews	28104	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-6318	1,324	65	20.3	7.3%	770 (58.2%)	85 (6.4%)	101 (7.6%)	308 (23.3%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (4.4%)	97.4	14^th of 773 public middle schools	98.2%		98.3	9^th of 793 public middle schools	98.9%	5			91.9		97.5			82.6	85.2	88.6		89.9	$6,716	$201	$6,515

Frequently Asked Questions about East Union Middle

Is East Union Middle a good school?

East Union Middle ranks 528^th of 773 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of East Union Middle?

Students at East Union Middle are 43% Hispanic, 27% White, 26% African American, 5% Two or more races.

How many students attend East Union Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 683 students attended East Union Middle.

What high school do graduates of East Union Middle attend?

Students who attend East Union Middle usually go on to attend Forest Hills High

What district is East Union Middle in?

Union County Public Schools

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