Enrollment
539
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHMONT CITY·NCES 390487203377
Union Elementary School
418 W Martindale Rd, Union, OH 45322 · (937) 832-6700 · Montgomery County
GRADES 02–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL539 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Ohio 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
282 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 43%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 107 | 20% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 54% · 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
Union Elementary School→Northmont High School
Based on grade levels within Northmont City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
59.9%
OH avg 59.8% . -9.6pp since 2021
Math
63.3%
OH avg 56.1% . -4.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.9% | 63.3% |
| 2023-24 | 67.2% | 65.7% |
| 2022-23 | 73.1% | 73.8% |
| 2021-22 | 69.5% | 67.6% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
64.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 Elementary School
Union Elementary School's state test result (64.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Elementary School this school | 539 | 52.3% | 64.9% |
| Royalview Elementary School Willowick | 689 | 52.4% | 59.4% |
| Amity Elementary School Cincinnati | 569 | 48.2% | 67.5% |
| Wickliffe Lower School Wickliffe | 642 | 49.8% | 53.7% |
| Smith Intermediate School Dayton | 642 | 45.2% | 71.0% |
| Oakview Elementary School Kettering | 477 | 45.9% | 82.3% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Ohio | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #537 of 673 | #27 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #840 of 1,569 ▼ 89 | #35 of 76 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #916 of 1,569 ▼ 127 | #34 of 76 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.0pp | #99 of 1,514 | #5 of 69 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 539 | #382 of 1,808 | #23 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #1,366 of 1,582 | #67 of 75 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.6% | #607 of 1,590 | #41 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.3% | #226 of 767 | #14 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.2% | #221 of 561 | #13 of 39 |
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
539
+127 (+31%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 419
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 539 | 26 | 20.7:1 | 52% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 27 | 20.4:1 | 52% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 20 | 19.1:1 | 41% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | 21 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 464 | 23 | 20.2:1 | 43% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 497 | 23 | 21.6:1 | 42% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | 26 | 18.4:1 | 38% (182) |
| 2000-01 | 313 | 18 | 17.4:1 | 25% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 419 | 19 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (464 to 539); teachers up 13% (23 to 26).
About Union Elementary School
Union Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Union, Ohio. It is open to students in grades 2 through 6 and enrolls 539 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Ohio enroll about 404 students on average.
Northmont City is the district for Union Elementary School. It has 8 schools and 4,676 students.
Federal enrollment data show Union Elementary School is 71% White. The next largest groups are 14% Black, 8% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. In Montgomery County overall, the White share is about 68%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
With 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 20.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1. Roughly 52% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 42% for public schools in Montgomery County.
Union Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of Ohio public elementary schools.
Schools in Ohio with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 69.0%. Union Elementary School scores 64.9%.
In Montgomery County, median household income comes to about $66,139, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Montgomery County counts 160 public schools with about 74,487 students.
The closest school to Union Elementary School is Kleptz Early Childhood Learning Center, located about 1.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Union Elementary School's average proficiency of 64.9% compares with 71.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES describes the area around Union Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose by 31% across 4 years, from 412 in 2020-21 to 539 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 19.6:1 in 2020-21 to 20.7:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Union Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
536,096
Census ACS
Median income
$66,139
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
74,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northmont City
- Northmont High SchoolHigh · 1,369 students
- Kleptz Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 856 students
- Northmont Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Northmoor Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
- Englewood Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Northwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
Other Union Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 14 states are named Union Elementary. Union Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 26.
- Union Elementary SchoolWest Chester, OH · 682 students
- Union Elementary SchoolUpper Sandusky, OH · 265 students
- Union ElementaryShallotte, NC · 654 students
- Union Elementary SchoolGallatin, TN · 620 students
- Union Elementary SchoolMacon, GA · 475 students
Nearby schools
- Kleptz Early Childhood Learning Center1.8 mi · 856
- Northmont Middle School2.4 mi · 716
- Northmont High School2.5 mi · 1,369
- Englewood Hills Elementary School2.8 mi · 369
- Northmoor Elementary School3.6 mi · 458
- Miami Valley Ctc3.8 mi · 1,652
Frequently asked questions
About Union Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Union Elementary School?
Union Elementary School enrolls approximately 539 students in grades 02-06.
Is Union Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Union Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 02-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Union Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Union Elementary School is approximately 20.7:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Union Elementary School?
Student demographics at Union Elementary School are roughly 71% White, 6% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Union Elementary School in?
Union Elementary School is part of Northmont City.
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