Union City El Sch

Union City El Sch is a K-5 school of medium-sized scale in Union City, Pennsylvania, run under Union City Area SD, hosting 421 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Union City El Sch is one of 3 schools operated by Union City Area SD, a district that serves 949 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Union City El Sch reports that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Union City El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.5%; this one delivers 41.8%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Erie County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,354 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Union City El Sch is one of 68 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students).

The closest other public school is Union City HS, roughly 0.3 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Union City El Sch ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 59.5%.

Union City El Sch operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 21%: 532 students in 2018 compared to 421 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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