📍 101 Forest St, Union, Newton County, 39365
Union Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Union, Newton County. The school has 360 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Union Public School Dist school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 67% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Union Elementary School enrolls 360 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% White, 28% Black or African American and 3.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 244 | 68% |
| Black or African American | 102 | 28% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 3.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
360 of the school's 360 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 209 qualify for free lunch and 151 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 Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). 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 MS-30, state senate district 31, state house district 78.
Union Elementary School is one of 3 schools in Union Public School District, based in UNION, Mississippi. The district serves 976 students district-wide and employs 79 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 360 students, Union Elementary School is close to the district average of about 325 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote
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