📍 5320 White Store Rd, Wingate, Union County, 28174
Union Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wingate, Union County. The school has 274 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Union County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Union Elementary enrolls 274 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% White, 27% Hispanic or Latino and 8.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 159 | 58% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 73 | 27% |
| Black or African American | 24 | 8.8% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 6.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
198 of the school's 274 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 179 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.
Union Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 55.
Union 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 274 students, Union 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: Rural - Fringe