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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	Distance	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 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Kensington Elementary	0.0mi	Public	K-5	8701 Kensington Drive	Waxhaw	28173	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 290-1500	901	57	15.8	12.0%	595 (66.0%)	61 (6.8%)	93 (10.3%)	99 (11.0%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	48 (5.3%)	94.2	58^th of 1490 public elementary schools	96.1%		94	60^th of 1505 public elementary schools	96.0%	2	86.2	89.9	83.9	69.6	85.5	82.9	86.3	$7,723	$344	$7,379
Sandy Ridge Elementary	2.2mi	Public	K-5	10101 Waxhaw Manor Drive	Waxhaw	28173	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 290-1505	528	34	15.5	7.2%	283 (53.6%)	33 (6.3%)	33 (6.3%)	150 (28.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.1%)	98.2	5^th of 1490 public elementary schools	99.7%		97.1	18^th of 1505 public elementary schools	98.8%	13	93.0	99.0	96.8	79.1	96.1	89.0	94.5	$9,036	$563	$8,473
Waxhaw Elementary	3.0mi	Public	PK, KG-5	1101 Old Providence Rd	Waxhaw	28173	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 290-1590	615	41	15.0	48.8%	394 (64.1%)	67 (10.9%)	92 (15.0%)	15 (2.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (7.3%)	67.3	439^th of 1490 public elementary schools	70.5%		69.7	410^th of 1505 public elementary schools	72.8%	29	71.3	57.3	92.2	44.4	55.3	64.4	81.1	$9,582	$657	$8,925
Monroe Charter Academy	3.2mi	Public, Charter	K-7	7513 Broomes Old Mill Road	Waxhaw	28173	Union County	Monroe Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(980) 210-3627	104	4	26.0		7 (6.7%)	64 (61.5%)	19 (18.3%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (12.5%)								(n/a)		9.1			9.1
Marvin Elementary	4.2mi	Public	PK, KG-5	9700 Marvin School Rd	Marvin	28173	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-6357	666	46	14.5	4.4%	361 (54.2%)	42 (6.3%)	47 (7.1%)	176 (26.4%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (5.3%)	97.7	10^th of 1490 public elementary schools	99.3%		95.9	37^th of 1505 public elementary schools	97.5%	27	92.9	89.4	97.2	81.0	90.9	89.4	93.6	$8,481	$307	$8,174
New Town Elementary	4.6mi	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 Waxhaw-Indian Tr. Rd.	Waxhaw	28173	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 290-1525	691	47	14.7	10.9%	493 (71.3%)	43 (6.2%)	71 (10.3%)	61 (8.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.0%)	96.1	39^th of 1490 public elementary schools	97.4%		95.9	36^th of 1505 public elementary schools	97.6%	3	92.5	86.9	92.6	82.1	82.3	81.1	89.9	$8,693	$723	$7,971
Weddington Elementary	4.8mi	Public	PK, KG-5	3927 Twelve Mile Creek Road	Matthews	28104	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-6317	652	45	14.6	4.8%	431 (66.1%)	29 (4.4%)	51 (7.8%)	104 (16.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.2%)	95.5	48^th of 1490 public elementary schools	96.8%		97	22^nd of 1505 public elementary schools	98.5%	26	83.2	90.6	96.8	63.4	91.4	88.9	96.0	$9,084	$768	$8,316
Rea View Elementary	5.0mi	Public	K-5	320 Reid Dairy Road	Waxhaw	28173	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 290-1524	629	40	15.7	5.4%	452 (71.9%)	18 (2.9%)	36 (5.7%)	98 (15.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (3.5%)	97.5	14^th of 1490 public elementary schools	99.1%		97.1	17^th of 1505 public elementary schools	98.9%	3	92.3	91.1	95.5	80.3	90.2	89.3	92.0	$8,855	$523	$8,331
Western Union Elementary	5.0mi	Public	K-5	4111 Western Union Sch Rd	Waxhaw	28173	Union County	Union County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 296-6355	539	37	14.5	40.6%	340 (63.1%)	65 (12.1%)	99 (18.4%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (5.2%)	53.8	673^rd of 1490 public elementary schools	54.8%		64.3	500^th of 1505 public elementary schools	66.8%	173	70.7	54.3	66.7	54.3	55.3	47.6	54.3	$9,869	$511	$9,358
Knights View Elementary School	6.4mi	Public	PK, KG-4	11000 Beau Riley Rd	Charlotte	28277	Mecklenburg County	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(980) 343-7442	511	35	14.5	19.4%	202 (39.5%)	44 (8.6%)	57 (11.2%)	182 (35.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.1%)								(n/a)	96.5	97.3		86.0	95.4

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