Enrollment
161
Elementary
DISTRICT 1,143 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION SCHOOL CORPORATION·NCES 181173001874
Union Elementary School
8707 W US Hwy 36, Modoc, IN 47358 · (765) 853-5481 · Randolph County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL161 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
67 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 19 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 32% smaller than its 6th grade class (25).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 57% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Union Elementary School→Union Junior & High School
Based on grade levels within Union School Corporation. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
23.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
27.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for Indiana 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 (26.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Elementary School this school | 161 | 41.6% | 26.4% |
| Pine Village Elementary School Pine Village | 160 | 40.6% | 65.7% |
| Fillmore Elementary School Fillmore | 148 | 39.9% | 66.0% |
| Green Township Elementary School Martinsville | 137 | 42.3% | 60.7% |
| Deerfield Elementary School Ridgeville | 158 | 44.9% | 48.7% |
| Sweetser Elementary School Sweetser | 200 | 42.0% | 45.0% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Indiana | In Randolph County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #764 of 983 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #793 of 986 | #5 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #790 of 986 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 161 | #1,027 of 1,079 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.6% | #765 of 1,058 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -65.2% | #1 of 597 | N/A |
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
161
+17 (+12%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 308
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 161 | 10.7 | 15.1:1 | 42% (67) |
| 2023-24 | 133 | 4.7 | 28.5:1 | 17% (23) |
| 2022-23 | 125 | 10.3 | 12.1:1 | 64% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 144 | 11 | 13.1:1 | 72% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 28 | 16.5:1 | 63% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 120 | 8 | 15.0:1 | 65% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 191 | 14 | 13.6:1 | 62% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 272 | 17 | 16.0:1 | 31% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 308 | 20 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union Elementary School.
About Union Elementary School
Union Elementary School operates as a very small elementary school in Modoc, Indiana. It has an enrollment of 161 students in pre-K through 6. On average, elementary schools in Indiana enroll around 436, and this school is 63% below that mark.
Union School Corporation oversees Union Elementary School and 4 other schools, with 7,821 students in total.
Roughly 91% of students at Union Elementary School are White. The remaining students are 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Randolph County residents are about 92% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Union Elementary School scores 16%.
Staffing at Union Elementary School comes to 10.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Indiana is about 15.5:1. On the income side, 42% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Randolph County averages 63%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Union Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 12% of Indiana public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations places Union Elementary School in the bottom 10% of Indiana schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 19.7 points below it (26.4% actual, 46.1% predicted).
Looking at the county, Randolph County, the median household earns about $60,791 a year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Union Elementary School, Randolph County has 17 public schools.
Indiana Digital JR and High School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Ranked by average proficiency, Union Elementary School places 5th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
The federal government classifies Union Elementary School's location as Rural: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Union Elementary School had a net gain of 17 students, or 12%. The school's ratio increased from 13.1:1 to 15.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Union Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Randolph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
24,387
Census ACS
Median income
$60,791
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
11,772 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union School Corporation
- Indiana Digital JR and High SchoolHigh · 4,166 students
- Indiana Digital ElementaryElementary · 2,125 students
- Indiana Digital Alternative SchoolHigh · 1,238 students
- Union Junior & High SchoolHigh · 131 students
Other schools in Modoc
- Indiana Digital JR and High SchoolHigh · 4,166 students
- Indiana Digital ElementaryElementary · 2,125 students
- Indiana Digital Alternative SchoolHigh · 1,238 students
- Union Junior & High SchoolHigh · 131 students
Other Union Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 14 states are named Union Elementary. Union Elementary School is the 22nd largest of the 26.
- Union Elementary SchoolZionsville, IN · 453 students
- Union Elementary SchoolBargersville, IN · 165 students
- Union Elementary SchoolWest Chester, OH · 682 students
- Union ElementaryShallotte, NC · 654 students
- Union Elementary SchoolGallatin, TN · 620 students
Nearby schools
- Indiana Digital JR and High School0.0 mi · 4,166
- Union Junior & High School0.0 mi · 131
- Indiana Digital Elementary0.0 mi · 2,125
- Indiana Digital Alternative School0.0 mi · 1,238
- Hagerstown Jr-Sr High School8.8 mi · 551
- Hagerstown Elementary School9.3 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About Union Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Union Elementary School?
Union Elementary School enrolls approximately 161 students in grades PK-06.
Is Union Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Union Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Union Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Union Elementary School is approximately 15.1:1 (11 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Union Elementary School?
At Union Elementary School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Union Elementary School?
Union Elementary School is overseen by Union School Corporation in Randolph County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.