📍 1795 Wabash St e, Bartow, Polk County, 33830
Union Academy is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Bartow, Polk County. The school has 396 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Polk school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.8:1. 71% of students are proficient in reading. 65% are proficient in maths.
Union Academy enrolls 396 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 20 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% White, 24% Hispanic or Latino and 19% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 200 | 51% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 95 | 24% |
| Black or African American | 77 | 19% |
| Asian | 12 | 3% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
139 of the school's 396 students (35%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 139 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Union Academy is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 26, state house district 56.
Union Academy is one of 164 schools in POLK, based in BARTOW, Florida. The district serves 111,372 students district-wide and employs 5,972 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 396 students, Union Academy is smaller than the district average of about 679 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe