Union Elementary School

Located at 7672 Lesourdsville West Cheste, in West Chester, Ohio, Union Elementary School is a roomy elementary-level community that teaches 682 students (grades 3 through 6), run under Lakota Local. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 69% above typical.

Within Lakota Local, which oversees 25 schools and 18,806 students, Union Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Union Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 13% Black, 13% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Butler County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Union Elementary School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.5:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 42% of students at Union Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Union Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.7%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Butler County) reports that median household earnings sit near $81,590, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Union Elementary School is one of 90 public schools in Butler County (combined enrollment of about 59,107 students).

Freedom Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Union Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Union Elementary School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 75.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Union Elementary School has grew 21%, going from 565 students in 2018 to 682 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 64% to 56% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.