Union Elementary School

Union Elementary School operates as a cozy elementary-level community in Union, Oregon, overseen by Union SD 5. Current enrollment sits at 212 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 34% below the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 321 students.

Within Union SD 5, which oversees 2 schools and 378 students, Union Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Union Elementary School logs that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Union County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. An estimated 66% of students are eligible 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 36.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Union County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,661, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Union County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,646 students), of which Union Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Union High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Union Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Union Elementary School has ticked up 28%, going from 165 students in 2018 to 212 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 92% to 86% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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