UNION PARK EL

UNION PARK EL is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in AUBREY, Texas, operated by DENTON ISD, with 723 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 39% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within DENTON ISD, which oversees 46 schools and 33,329 students, UNION PARK EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, UNION PARK EL reports that 30% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 29% Hispanic, 19% White, 17% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, UNION PARK EL reports 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting UNION PARK EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), UNION PARK EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 59.3%; this one comes in at 42.1%, -17.2 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Denton County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $111,498 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Denton County runs 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), of which UNION PARK EL is one.

The closest other public school is SAVANNAH EL, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, UNION PARK EL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

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