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Enrollment
475
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIBB COUNTY·NCES 130042001869
Union Elementary School
4831 Mamie Carter Dr, Macon, GA 31210 · (478) 773-2629 · Bibb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
372 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
13.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.6pp since 2021
Math
15.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +8.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.3% | 15.4% |
| 2023-24 | 10.4% | 9.5% |
| 2022-23 | 7.3% | 7.3% |
| 2021-22 | 10.7% | 7.2% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
12.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Union Elementary School
Union Elementary School's state test result (12.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Elementary School this school | 475 | 78.3% | 12.1% |
| Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc Atlanta | 436 | 79.4% | N/A |
| Ingram/Pye Elementary School Macon | 450 | 81.6% | 9.5% |
| Burdell Elementary School Macon | 433 | 76.9% | 34.4% |
| Hartley Elementary School Macon | 385 | 75.8% | 11.5% |
| Chattahoochee Hills Charter School Fairburn | 536 | 83.0% | 29.5% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Union Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Bibb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #1,180 of 1,208 | #17 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #1,142 of 1,215 ▲ 57 | #14 of 21 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #1,163 of 1,215 ▲ 33 | #15 of 21 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.4pp | #352 of 1,183 | #7 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #914 of 1,324 | #12 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #953 of 1,301 | #15 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.0% | #1,295 of 1,301 | #22 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.3% | #747 of 1,312 | #7 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #678 of 854 | #12 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
475
-18 (-4%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 942
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 475 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 78% (372) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 34.5 | 13.6:1 | 76% (357) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 32.5 | 14.9:1 | 100% (486) |
| 2020-21 | 493 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 100% (493) |
| 2017-18 | 505 | 29.5 | 17.1:1 | 99% (501) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 32 | 17.1:1 | 99% (543) |
| 2010-11 | 623 | 37 | 16.8:1 | 99% (618) |
| 2000-01 | 705 | 43 | 16.4:1 | 60% (426) |
| 1990-91 | 942 | 43 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (505 to 475); teachers up 12% (29.5 to 33).
About Union Elementary School
Union Elementary School is a small elementary school in Macon, Georgia. A total of 475 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students, so this school is 21% smaller than average.
Bibb County enrolls 21,334 students, and its 35 schools include Union Elementary School.
Most students at Union Elementary School are Black: 96% of enrollment. Bibb County as a whole is about 55% Black, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Union Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 7%.
Teachers at Union Elementary School total 33 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.4:1. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 372 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 78%. The average for public schools in Bibb County is 61%.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Union Elementary School is among the bottom 10% of schools in Georgia. Predicted: 36.9%. Actual: 12.1%.
Across Bibb County, median household income is about $51,234, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 20%. The public schools of Bibb County number 41 and enroll about 23,725.
Weaver Middle School is located about 1.5 miles from Union Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Union Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Union Elementary School had 493 students in 2020-21 and 475 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.4:1 in 2020-21, and 14.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Bibb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,578
Census ACS
Median income
$51,234
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
23,725 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bibb County
- Howard High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,013 students
- Howard Middle SchoolMiddle · 973 students
- Rutland High SchoolHigh · 921 students
- Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 892 students
Other schools in Macon
- Academy For Classical EducationCombined · 1,808 students
- Howard High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,013 students
- Howard Middle SchoolMiddle · 973 students
- Rutland High SchoolHigh · 921 students
- Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
Other Union Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 14 states are named Union Elementary. Union Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 26.
- Union Elementary SchoolTemple, GA · 346 students
- Union Elementary SchoolWest Chester, OH · 682 students
- Union ElementaryShallotte, NC · 654 students
- Union Elementary SchoolGallatin, TN · 620 students
- Union Elementary SchoolUnion, OH · 539 students
Nearby schools
- Weaver Middle School1.5 mi · 894
- Veterans Elementary School1.7 mi · 715
- John Robert Lewis Elementary School1.9 mi · 712
- Westside High School2.0 mi · 1,013
- Heritage Elementary School2.0 mi · 524
- Hartley Elementary School2.8 mi · 385
Frequently asked questions
About Union Elementary SchoolHow large is Union Elementary School?
Union Elementary School enrolls approximately 475 students in grades PK-05.
Is Union Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Union Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Union Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Union Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Union Elementary School?
Student demographics at Union Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 96% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Union Elementary School in?
Union Elementary School is part of Bibb County.
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