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Enrollment
886
Elementary
STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION GROVE J1 SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551518001964
Union Grove Elementary
1745 Milldrum St, Union Grove, WI 53182 · (262) 878-2015 · Racine County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL886 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
57 FTE teachers
STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
250 students
STATE 42%
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 | 58 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 101 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 97 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 108 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 33% smaller than its 8th grade class (108).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 54% · 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
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.0%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
68.0%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.3% | 68.5% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. 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
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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 Grove Elementary
Union Grove Elementary's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Grove Elementary this school | 886 | 28.2% | 65.0% |
| Edgerton Community Elementary Edgerton | 809 | 31.4% | 57.4% |
| Salem Elementary Salem | 936 | 32.4% | 58.5% |
| Greenfield Elementary Baldwin | 770 | 30.5% | 61.9% |
| Ellsworth Elementary Ellsworth | 734 | 32.8% | 57.7% |
| Denmark Elementary Denmark | 778 | 22.8% | 66.1% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 Grove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Racine County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #297 of 982 | #10 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #237 of 992 ▲ 26 | #5 of 32 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #334 of 992 ▲ 63 | #9 of 32 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 886 | #10 of 1,157 | #4 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #746 of 901 | #24 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.7% | #524 of 901 | #21 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.2% | #766 of 1,064 | #25 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.3% | #90 of 240 | #9 of 12 |
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
886
+58 (+7%) vs 2020
+257% since 1990-91, when it was 248
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 886 | 56.5 | 15.7:1 | 28% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 868 | 55.7 | 15.6:1 | 30% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 902 | 56.1 | 16.1:1 | 29% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 828 | 52 | 15.9:1 | 100% (824) |
| 2017-18 | 796 | 50.6 | 15.7:1 | 21% (168) |
| 2015-16 | 848 | 46 | 18.4:1 | 26% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 790 | 51 | 15.5:1 | 29% (226) |
| 2000-01 | 311 | 22 | 14.1:1 | 12% (37) |
| 1990-91 | 248 | 12 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union Grove Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (796 to 886); teachers up 12% (50.6 to 56.5).
About Union Grove Elementary
Union Grove Elementary is an elementary school in Union Grove, Wisconsin, according to federal school records. The school serves 886 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Wisconsin is roughly 323 students; this school is 174% bigger than that.
Union Grove Elementary is administered by Union Grove J1 School District.
White students are the large majority at Union Grove Elementary, with 81% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 12% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Racine County's population at about 72%. Union Grove Elementary has a diversity index of 33%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 15.7 students per teacher and 56.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 28%. The rate at public schools in Racine County averages 48%, higher than here.
allk12 grades Union Grove Elementary a B. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Union Grove Elementary is 4.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Wisconsin schools.
Union Grove Elementary is located in Racine County, where median household income is about $78,096, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 54 public schools in Racine County, with a combined enrollment of about 25,901.
Union Grove High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools. Union Grove Elementary ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 65.0% against a local average of 62.5%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
Union Grove Elementary had 828 students in 2020-21 and 886 in 2024-25, a 7% rise.
Community posts for Union Grove Elementary can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Racine County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,532
Census ACS
Median income
$78,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
25,901 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union Grove
- Union Grove HighHigh · 1,032 students
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Other Union Grove Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Union Grove Elementary. Union Grove Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Union Grove Elementary SchoolGLADEWATER, TX · 376 students
- Union Grove ElementaryUnion Grove, NC · 247 students
- Union Grove Elementary SchoolFriendsville, TN · 213 students
Nearby schools
- Union Grove High1.1 mi · 1,032
- Kansasville Elementary3.3 mi · 81
- Paris Elementary3.8 mi · 251
- Brighton Elementary4.2 mi · 196
- Yorkville Elementary4.5 mi · 465
- North Cape Elementary7.2 mi · 194
Frequently asked questions
About Union Grove ElementaryHow many students attend Union Grove Elementary?
Union Grove Elementary enrolls approximately 886 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Union Grove Elementary serve?
Union Grove Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Union Grove Elementary have?
Union Grove Elementary employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Union Grove Elementary?
At Union Grove Elementary, the student body is approximately 81% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Union Grove Elementary in?
Union Grove Elementary is part of Union Grove J1 School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.