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Enrollment
723
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENTON ISD·NCES 481674013730
Union Park Elementary School
7301 FIELDWOOD WAY, AUBREY, TX 76227 · (940) 369-0900 · Denton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL723 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
242 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 51 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is 44% larger than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 63% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 37.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 27.0% | 19.0% | 33.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 61.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.0% | 64.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 44.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 22.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Park Elementary School
Union Park Elementary School's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Park Elementary School this school | 723 | 33.5% | 47.0% |
| Pete and Myra West Elementary School AUBREY | 589 | 31.7% | N/A |
| Bentley Elementary School RICHMOND | 823 | 36.1% | 69.8% |
| Challenger Elementary School PEARLAND | 614 | 38.9% | 66.9% |
| Viola Gilmore Randle Elementary School FULSHEAR | 809 | 29.3% | 65.3% |
| Sandbrock Ranch Elementary School AUBREY | 799 | 30.3% | 44.0% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,731 of 4,401 | #79 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,944 of 4,466 ▼ 424 | #74 of 138 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,338 of 4,466 ▼ 553 | #72 of 138 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.5pp | #369 of 3,998 | #12 of 129 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 723 | #774 of 4,938 | #18 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #3,220 of 4,622 | #122 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.1% | #62 of 4,628 | #9 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.5% | #4,135 of 4,789 | #81 of 143 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
723
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 723 | 45.4 | 15.9:1 | 33% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 823 | 53.2 | 15.5:1 | 37% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 47.2 | 14.7:1 | 35% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 728 | 46 | 15.8:1 | 38% (276) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union Park Elementary School.
About Union Park Elementary School
Union Park Elementary School is an elementary school in AUBREY, Texas, and it is part of DENTON ISD. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 723 students. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 39% larger than average.
Union Park Elementary School is one of 46 schools in DENTON ISD, which enrolls 33,329 students in total.
The largest group at Union Park Elementary School is Black students, at 30%. It is also 29% Hispanic, 19% White, 17% Asian, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Denton County is roughly 11% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 76, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 45.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.9 students per teacher. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 0.8 students per teacher. Roughly 33% of students at Union Park Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Denton County is close, at 35%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Union Park Elementary School would score about 59.4%. It scores 47.0%, 12.4 points below that figure.
Denton County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $111,498, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 267 public schools in the county, enrolling about 175,222, Union Park Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Union Park Elementary School is closest to Savannah Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Union Park Elementary School is 2nd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Union Park Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 723, close to the 728 recorded in 2020-21.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Denton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
979,561
Census ACS
Median income
$111,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
267
175,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DENTON ISD
- Ray Braswell High SchoolHigh · 2,812 students
- Guyer High SchoolHigh · 2,577 students
- Denton High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Ryan High SchoolHigh · 2,051 students
- Strickland Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
- Crownover Middle SchoolMiddle · 891 students
Other schools in AUBREY
- Ray Braswell High SchoolHigh · 2,812 students
- Aubrey High SchoolHigh · 1,135 students
- Dan Christie Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,016 students
- Terrie McNabb Middle SchoolMiddle · 978 students
- Pat Hagan Cheek Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
- Sandbrock Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 799 students
Other Union Park Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Union Park Elementary. Union Park Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- UNION PARK ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 447 students
Nearby schools
- Savannah Elementary School0.9 mi · 728
- Pat Hagan Cheek Middle School1.2 mi · 885
- Navo Middle School1.2 mi · 699
- Paloma Creek Elementary School1.3 mi · 516
- Ray Braswell High School1.6 mi · 2,812
- Sandbrock Ranch Elementary School1.7 mi · 799
Frequently asked questions
About Union Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Union Park Elementary School?
Union Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 723 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Union Park Elementary School serve?
Union Park Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Union Park Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Union Park Elementary School is approximately 15.9:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Union Park Elementary School?
At Union Park Elementary School, the student body is approximately 19% White, 29% Hispanic, 30% Black, 17% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Union Park Elementary School public or private?
Union Park Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DENTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.