West Union Attendance Center

West Union Attendance Center is one of the moderately sized unified-grade schools in MYRTLE, Mississippi, run under Union County School District, with 660 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 25% above the state mean of about 527.

Union County School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,986 students. West Union Attendance Center is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, West Union Attendance Center records that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 2% Black. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.8:1, putting West Union Attendance Center higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 58% of students at West Union Attendance Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, West Union Attendance Center is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 67.0%; this one delivers 81.4%, a residual of +14.3 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Union County put median household earnings sit near $55,505, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. West Union Attendance Center is one of 9 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 5,135 students).

The closest other public school is Myrtle Attendance Center, roughly 6.8 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Union Attendance Center ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 72.5%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Union Attendance Center has contracted 4%, going from 684 students in 2018 to 660 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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