Union Elementary School

Union Elementary School is an elementary-level community of close-knit scale in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, part of Upper Sandusky Exempted Village, instructing 265 students in grades K through 3. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 34% leaner than typical.

Within Upper Sandusky Exempted Village, which oversees 5 schools and 1,560 students, Union Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Union Elementary School reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Union Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Ohio schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 69.0%; actual is 84.8%, +15.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Wyandot County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,768 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Wyandot County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,289 students), Union Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Upper Sandusky Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Union Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 77.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Union Elementary School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 261 (now 265).

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.