Enrollment
245
Middle
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263441006982
Union City Middle School
435 SAINT JOSEPH ST, UNION CITY, MI 49094 · (517) 741-5381 · Branch County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL245 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
141 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 City Middle School→Union City High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Union City Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
41.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
29.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
245
-103 (-30%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 16.3:1
% White
89%
was 97%
% Hispanic
2%
was 1%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Union City Middle School
Union City Middle School, a tight-knit middle school in UNION CITY, Michigan, operated by Union City Community Schools, enrolls 245 students, covering grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 502 students each, so Union City Middle School sits 51% leaner than that benchmark.
Within Union City Community Schools, which oversees 3 schools and 909 students, Union City Middle School is one campus in the system.
On demographics, Union City Middle School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school reports 7% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Branch County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Union City Middle School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Union City Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Union City Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.8%, the actual is 40.4%, a residual of -0.4 points.
In the area at large, census data for Branch County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,724 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Branch County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,546 students), of which Union City Middle School is one.
Union City High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Union City Middle School has shrank 30%, going from 348 students in 2018 to 245 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 97% to 89% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.
On the community side, the feed for Union City Middle School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Branch County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,300
Census ACS
Median income
$63,724
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
6,546 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union City Community Schools
- Union City Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Union City High SchoolHigh · 305 students
Other schools in UNION CITY
- Union City Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Union City High SchoolHigh · 305 students
Nearby schools
- Union City High School0.2 mi · 305
- Union City Elementary School0.8 mi · 359
- Athens JuniorSenor High School4.9 mi · 256
- East Leroy Elementary School8.1 mi · 199
- Tekonsha Schools8.1 mi · 193
- Waldron Learning Center9.7 mi · 248
Frequently asked questions
About Union City Middle SchoolHow many students attend Union City Middle School?
Union City Middle School enrolls approximately 245 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Union City Middle School serve?
Union City Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Union City Middle School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Union City Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Union City Middle School?
Student demographics at Union City Middle School are roughly 89% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Union City Middle School?
Union City Middle School is overseen by Union City Community Schools in Branch County.
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