Union Intermediate

Union Intermediate is a close-knit K-5 school in Clinton, North Carolina, operated by Sampson County Schools. The school enrolls 396 students in grades 3 through 5.

Union Intermediate is one of 18 schools operated by Sampson County Schools, a district that serves 7,986 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Union Intermediate logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 19% Black, 18% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Sampson County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Union Intermediate logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Union Intermediate performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.1%, the actual is 39.3%, a residual of -9.9 points.

Around the school, Sampson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $52,432 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Union Intermediate is one of 23 public schools in Sampson County (combined enrollment of about 11,001 students).

Nearest neighbor: Union Middle, around 1.7 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Union Intermediate ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.7%.

Union Intermediate operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Union Intermediate's enrollment has expanded 38% since 2018, when it stood at 286 (now 396). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 53% to 59%.

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