Union Day School

Set in WEDDINGTON, North Carolina, Union Day School is a reasonably sized all-grades campus, overseen by Union Day School. It caters to 638 students across grades K through 11.

Union Day School sits inside Union Day School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Union Day School logs that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 16% Hispanic, 16% Black, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Union Day School shows 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.1:1, putting Union Day School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, census data for Union County shows the typical household earns roughly $102,900 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Union Day School is one of 58 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 45,934 students).

The closest other public school is Antioch Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site. Union Day School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Union Day School has expanded 52%, going from 421 students in 2018 to 638 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 68% to 54%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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