Union Elementary School

As a mid-tier elementary school in Zionsville, Indiana, Union Elementary School enrolls 453 students from grades pre-K through 4, one of the schools within Zionsville Community Schools.

Zionsville Community Schools comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 7,971 students; Union Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Union Elementary School shows that 78% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the income-and-resources front, Union Elementary School shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. An estimated 3% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Boone County's rate of about 22%.

With demographic context factored in, Union Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Boone County indicate median household earnings sit near $111,250, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Boone County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,246 students), Union Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Creekside Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Union Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Union Elementary School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 78.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 31%: 652 students in 2018 compared to 453 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 78% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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