Enrollment
224
Middle
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION CITY AREA SD·NCES 422409009966
Union City Middle School
105 Concord Street, Union City, PA 16438 · (814) 438-7673 · Erie County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL224 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
216 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 74 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 75 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 75 | 33% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Union City Middle School→Union City High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Union City Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
25.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 25.7% |
| 2023-24 | 60.2% | 27.9% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Union City Middle School
Union City Middle School's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union City Middle School this school | 224 | 96.4% | 45.3% |
| Carmichaels Area Middle School Carmichaels | 208 | 98.6% | 33.6% |
| Kane Area Middle School Kane | 218 | 93.1% | 42.5% |
| West Branch Middle School Morrisdale | 191 | 98.4% | 35.4% |
| Apollo-Ridge Middle School Spring Church | 264 | 99.2% | 40.3% |
| Tussey Mountain Middle School Saxton | 272 | 94.9% | 32.8% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Union City Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #282 of 479 | #10 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #372 of 513 ▼ 10 | #13 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #183 of 513 ▲ 25 | #9 of 16 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 224 | #473 of 522 | #16 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #24 of 486 | #2 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.0% | #452 of 486 | #15 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.4% | #125 of 510 | #6 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #163 of 332 | #5 of 13 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
224
-25 (-10%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 344
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 224 | 22.7 | 9.9:1 | 96% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 217 | 26.4 | 8.2:1 | 100% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 206 | 19.6 | 10.5:1 | 99% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 249 | 19 | 13.1:1 | 95% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 251 | 23 | 10.9:1 | 96% (242) |
| 2015-16 | 267 | 27 | 9.9:1 | 100% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 257 | 23 | 11.2:1 | 53% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 348 | 20 | 17.4:1 | 49% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 344 | 17 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union City Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (251 to 224); teachers down 1% (23 to 22.7).
About Union City Middle School
Union City Middle School is a middle school located in Union City, Pennsylvania, in Erie County. It had 224 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Pennsylvania have about 594 students on average; enrollment here is 62% lower.
Union City Middle School sits within Union City Area SD, which has 3 schools and 949 students.
White students account for 94% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Erie County, the White share is about 83%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 12%.
Union City Middle School lists 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 9.9 students per teacher. The school's 9.9:1 compares with an average of 13.2:1 for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 96% of the student body. That is 22 points above the 74% average for public schools in Erie County.
Among Pennsylvania public middle schools, Union City Middle School outscored 67%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Union City Middle School is 36.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 45.3%.
In the wider Erie County area, median household income comes to about $63,354, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Erie County counts 68 public schools with about 35,738 students.
Union City High School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Union City Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Union City Middle School comes in 6th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 25 students, from 249 to 224. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (9.9:1) than in 2020-21 (13.1:1).
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Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,052
Census ACS
Median income
$63,354
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
35,738 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union City Area SD
- Union City Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Union City High SchoolHigh · 304 students
Other schools in Union City
- Union City Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Union City High SchoolHigh · 304 students
Other Union City Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Union City Middle. Union City Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Union City Middle SchoolUnion City, TN · 438 students
- Union City Middle SchoolUNION CITY, MI · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Union City High School0.0 mi · 304
- Union City Elementary School0.3 mi · 421
- Mill Village Elementary School6.6 mi · 102
- Waterford Elementary School8.3 mi · 340
- Fort LeBoeuf Middle School8.7 mi · 471
- Fort LeBoeuf SHS8.8 mi · 652
Frequently asked questions
About Union City Middle SchoolHow many students attend Union City Middle School?
Union City Middle School enrolls approximately 224 students in grades 06-08.
Is Union City Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Union City Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Union City Middle School?
Approximately 9.9:1 students per teacher at Union City Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Union City Middle School?
At Union City Middle School, the student body is approximately 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Union City Middle School?
Union City Middle School is overseen by Union City Area SD in Erie County.
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