Troy Union Elementary School

Set in TROY, Michigan, Troy Union Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary-level community, one of the schools within Troy School District. It instructs 395 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within Troy School District, which oversees 21 schools and 11,596 students, Troy Union Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Troy Union Elementary School shows that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 32% Asian, 8% Black, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 23% of students at Troy Union Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Oakland County (around 32%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Troy Union Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.2%, the actual is 51.4%, a residual of -4.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Oakland County shows median household earnings sit near $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Troy Union Elementary School is one.

Smith Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Troy Union Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 62.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 470 students in 2018 compared to 395 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 70% to 48%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Troy Union Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.