Union Elementary School

Union Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in Union, Ohio, overseen by Northmont City, with 539 students on its rolls from grades 2 through 6. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Union Elementary School sits 33% larger than that benchmark.

Northmont City comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,676 students; Union Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Union Elementary School reports that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 14% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Montgomery County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Union Elementary School records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Union Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 52% of students at Union Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Montgomery County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Union Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.0%; this one delivers 64.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Montgomery County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,139 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,487 students), of which Union Elementary School is one.

Kleptz Early Childhood Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Union Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Union Elementary School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 71.8%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Union Elementary School has increased 16%, going from 464 students in 2018 to 539 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 85% to 71%.

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