Union City MS

Union City MS operates as a minimally staffed 6-8 campus in Union City, Pennsylvania, operated by Union City Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 224 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 62% smaller than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

Union City MS is one of 3 schools operated by Union City Area SD, a district that works with 949 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Union City MS lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%); the rest comes out to 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Union City MS shows 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Erie County (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Union City MS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.3%.

Zooming out to the county, Erie County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,354, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Union City MS is one of 68 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students).

Union City HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Union City MS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Union City MS at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 62.1%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Union City MS's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 251 (now 224). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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