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What's one thing Union Hill Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
495
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000854
Union Hill Elementary
3523 Triangle Lake Road, High Point, NC 27260 · (336) 819-2130 · Guilford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
492 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 | 29 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · 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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
36.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
51.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 →
Schools most like Union Hill Elementary
Union Hill Elementary's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Hill Elementary this school | 495 | 99.4% | 47.5% |
| Oak View Elementary High Point | 491 | 99.4% | 33.3% |
| Fairview Elementary High Point | 442 | 99.1% | 38.8% |
| South Fork Elementary Winston Salem | 503 | 99.4% | 35.2% |
| Rankin Elementary Greensboro | 673 | 99.6% | 35.0% |
| Northwood Elementary High Point | 502 | 99.4% | 48.6% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 Hill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #890 of 1,297 | #39 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #868 of 1,296 | #34 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #1,057 of 1,300 | #48 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 495 | #623 of 1,485 | #36 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #824 of 1,377 | #45 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #561 of 1,379 | #32 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #289 of 1,414 | #28 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #449 of 937 | #18 of 49 |
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
495
+21 (+4%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 354
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 495 | 32.5 | 15.2:1 | 99% (492) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 33.6 | 14.8:1 | 99% (495) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 35.2 | 14.9:1 | 99% (521) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 99% (471) |
| 2017-18 | 575 | 35.5 | 16.2:1 | 99% (572) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 37 | 13.9:1 | 99% (510) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 33 | 14.7:1 | 89% (433) |
| 2000-01 | 407 | 32 | 12.7:1 | 82% (333) |
| 1990-91 | 354 | 24 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union Hill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (575 to 495); teachers down 8% (35.5 to 32.5).
About Union Hill Elementary
Union Hill Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Guilford County Schools, located in High Point, North Carolina. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 495 students.
Union Hill Elementary is run by Guilford County Schools, whose 123 schools enroll 68,535 students.
At Union Hill Elementary, Black students make up 55% of the student body. The school is also 22% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 7% White, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 34% Black share among all Guilford County residents. Union Hill Elementary's diversity index is 63%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.2:1, with 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That matches the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina fairly closely. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Union Hill Elementary is 99%. Compared with the 89% average for public schools in Guilford County, the school's rate is higher.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Union Hill Elementary falls in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools: 47.5% actual against 48.5% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Guilford County, the median household income is $68,642, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 143 public schools in Guilford County, enrolling about 79,539 students in all.
Nearest public school: Triangle Lake Montessori Elem, about 1.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Union Hill Elementary ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 47.5% against a local average of 47.6%.
Union Hill Elementary is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
The school enrolled 495 students in 2024-25, 21 more than the 474 it had in 2020-21.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Guilford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,940
Census ACS
Median income
$68,642
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
79,539 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Guilford County Schools
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Other schools in High Point
- Phoenix Academy - Primary Elem UpperCombined · 1,583 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- Southwest Guilford MiddleMiddle · 1,032 students
- High Point Central HighHigh · 1,005 students
- Southwest ElementaryElementary · 808 students
- T Wingate Andrews HighHigh · 753 students
Other Union Hill Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Union Hill Elementary. Union Hill Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Union Hill Elementary SchoolROUND ROCK, TX · 602 students
- Union Hill ElementaryGrass Valley, CA · 542 students
Nearby schools
- Triangle Lake Montessori Elem1.3 mi · 390
- College Prep and Leadership Academy1.6 mi · 890
- Allen Jay Elementary1.9 mi · 467
- Parkview Village Elementary2.0 mi · 297
- Montlieu Academy of Technology2.3 mi · 499
- Jamestown Elementary2.4 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About Union Hill ElementaryHow large is Union Hill Elementary?
Union Hill Elementary enrolls approximately 495 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Union Hill Elementary serve?
Union Hill Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Union Hill Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Union Hill Elementary is approximately 15.2:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Union Hill Elementary?
Student demographics at Union Hill Elementary are roughly 7% White, 22% Hispanic, 55% Black, 11% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Union Hill Elementary public or private?
Union Hill Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Guilford County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.