UNION PARK ELEMENTARY

UNION PARK ELEMENTARY is one of the compact elementary schools in ORLANDO, Florida, overseen by ORANGE, with 447 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 26% leaner than typical.

ORANGE comprises 272 schools with combined enrollment of 207,778 students; UNION PARK ELEMENTARY is among them.

Demographically, UNION PARK ELEMENTARY shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 13% Black, 13% White, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting UNION PARK ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Orange County (around 39%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, UNION PARK ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.3%, the actual is 49.1%, a residual of -0.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Orange County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,719 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Orange County runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), of which UNION PARK ELEMENTARY is one.

UNION PARK MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around UNION PARK ELEMENTARY. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), UNION PARK ELEMENTARY ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 13%: 511 students in 2018 compared to 447 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.