Enrollment
410
Elementary
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280438001342
Union Elementary School
101 Forest Street, Union, MS 39365 · (601) 774-8257 · Newton County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Mississippi public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
407 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 80%
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 | 59 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 5% larger than its 4th grade class (59).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 62% · 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
Based on grade levels within Union Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -22.6pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
MS avg 52.8% . -9.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 23 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.6% | 71.6% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Mississippi's top 10%.
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 (66.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Elementary School this school | 410 | 99.3% | 66.5% |
| Ackerman Elementary ACKERMAN | 462 | 99.4% | 85.3% |
| Leakesville Elem. School Leakesville | 423 | 99.3% | 47.9% |
| Redwood Elementary REDWOOD | 367 | 100.0% | 66.2% |
| WEST MARION PRIMARY SCHOOL Foxworth | 435 | 99.3% | 70.0% |
| Bovina Elementary VICKSBURG | 340 | 100.0% | 83.8% |
Matched among Mississippi 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 Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #116 of 428 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #136 of 439 ▼ 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #160 of 439 ▼ 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #214 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #201 of 408 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.7% | #203 of 409 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #155 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.9% | #36 of 90 |
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
410
+58 (+16%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 410 | 27.5 | 14.9:1 | 99% (407) |
| 2023-24 | 367 | 30.4 | 12.1:1 | 100% (367) |
| 2022-23 | 360 | 30.6 | 11.8:1 | 100% (360) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | 25 | 14.1:1 | 99% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 26.4 | 14.1:1 | 64% (240) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | 26 | 16.2:1 | 72% (302) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 24 | 17.6:1 | 67% (283) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union Elementary School.
About Union Elementary School
Union Elementary School is an elementary school in Union, Mississippi, reachable at (601) 774-8257. It has an enrollment of 410 students in pre-K through 4.
Union Public School District enrolls 976 students, and its 3 schools include Union Elementary School.
More than half of the students at Union Elementary School are White (70%). Other reported shares: 24% Black and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 60% White among all Newton County residents. The diversity index for Union Elementary School is 45%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 14.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Union Elementary School, which has 27.5. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Mississippi is 15.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Union Elementary School is about 99%. The 75% average for public schools in Newton County is 24 points lower.
Union Elementary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 86% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Union Elementary School is 44.5%. It actually posts 66.5%, which is 22.1 points higher and in the top 10% of Mississippi schools.
In Newton County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $50,540, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 18% of residents are in poverty. There are 12 public schools in the county, enrolling about 3,634, Union Elementary School among them.
Union High School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Union Elementary School. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Union Elementary School is 6th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Union Elementary School is coded Rural: Remote, for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 410, up from 352 in 2020-21.
People who know Union Elementary School can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Newton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,093
Census ACS
Median income
$50,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,634 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union Public School District
- Union Middle SchoolMiddle · 286 students
- Union High SchoolHigh · 280 students
Other schools in Union
- Union Middle SchoolMiddle · 286 students
- Union High SchoolHigh · 280 students
Other Union Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 14 states are named Union Elementary. Union Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 26.
- Union Elementary SchoolWest Chester, OH · 682 students
- Union ElementaryShallotte, NC · 654 students
- Union Elementary SchoolGallatin, TN · 620 students
- Union Elementary SchoolUnion, OH · 539 students
- Union Elementary SchoolMacon, GA · 475 students
Nearby schools
- Union High School0.0 mi · 280
- Union Middle School0.2 mi · 286
- Newton County Elementary School8.6 mi · 882
- Newton County High School10.2 mi · 768
- Tucker Elementary School10.2 mi · 119
- Conehatta Elementary School11.8 mi · 226
Frequently asked questions
About Union Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Union Elementary School?
Union Elementary School enrolls approximately 410 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Union Elementary School serve?
Union Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Union Elementary School have?
Union Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Union Elementary School?
Student demographics at Union Elementary School are roughly 70% White, 1% Hispanic, 24% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Union Elementary School public or private?
Union Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Union Public School District.
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