📍 301 Bivens Street, Wingate, Union County, 28174
Wingate Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wingate, Union County. The school has 400 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Union County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 38% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Wingate Elementary enrolls 400 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 36 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% Hispanic or Latino, 35% Black or African American and 14% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 182 | 46% |
| Black or African American | 139 | 35% |
| White | 57 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
333 of the school's 400 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 314 qualify for free lunch and 19 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Wingate Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-80, state senate district 35, state house district 69.
Wingate Elementary is one of 52 schools in Union County Public Schools, based in Monroe, North Carolina. The district serves 41,404 students district-wide and employs 2,454 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 400 students, Wingate Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 796 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large