Union Heights Elementary

Public PK, KG-8

 663 Lebanon HWY
       Carthage, TN  37030


(615) 735-1975

District: Smith County

SchoolDigger Rank:
653rd of 1,020 Tennessee Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,828 Help


Students who attend Union Heights Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Smith County Middle School
High:    Gordonsville High School
    Smith County High School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.3 Help
Number of students:  216

Racial breakdown:

White:
85.6%
Hispanic:
7.4%
Two or more races:
6.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  51.9% Help


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Compare Details Union Heights Elementary ranks worse than 64% of elementary schools in Tennessee. It also ranks last among 5 ranked elementary schools in the Smith County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 36.26. (See more...)
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Compare Details Union Heights Elementary ranks better than 54.2% of middle schools in Tennessee. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 49.84. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (85.6%), Hispanic (7.4%), two or more races (6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Union Heights Elementary is 13.3, which is the lowest among 6 elementary schools in the Smith County School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Union Heights Elementary is $9,828, which is the 2nd highest among 5 elementary schools in the Smith County School District.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Union Heights Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Union Heights Elementary 653rd of 1020 Tennessee public elementary schools. (See Union Heights Elementary in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Union Heights Elementary 272nd of 594 Tennessee public middle schools. (See Union Heights Elementary in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Smith County 41st of 140 Tennessee school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Union Heights Elementary

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Union Heights Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2010 38.92 531st 809 34.4%
2011 56.64 376th 818 54.0%
2012 23.70 699th 820 14.8%
2013 69.84 252nd 846 70.2%
2014 68.50 210th 853 75.4%
2015 69.53 241st 855 71.8%
2017 45.52 344th 646 46.7%
2018 42.35 564th 997 43.4%
2019 47.29 469th 985 52.4%
2021 38.13 586th 983 40.4%
2022 40.02 583rd 1000 41.7%
2023 36.26 653rd 1020 36.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Union Heights Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.92 545th 877 37.9%
2019 52.49 332nd 821 59.6%
2022 64.12 209th 858 75.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Union Heights Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 43.50 501st 926 45.9%
2021 40.69 533rd 945 43.6%
2022 43.59 523rd 975 46.4%
2023 47.61 495th 989 49.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Union Heights Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 45.15 476th 916 48.0%
2021 34.71 598th 941 36.5%
2022 30.22 694th 980 29.2%
2023 26.30 743rd 987 24.7%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Union Heights Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.96 601st 841 28.5%
2019 33.82 567th 812 30.2%
2021 29.72 623rd 844 26.2%
2022 26.42 668th 844 20.9%
2023 23.75 709th 852 16.8%
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Data source: test scores: Tennessee Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Union Heights Elementary

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Rank History for all middle school students at Union Heights Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2010 40.98 274th 435 37.0%
2011 56.54 209th 462 54.8%
2012 87.16 43rd 466 90.8%
2013 61.24 203rd 475 57.3%
2014 35.36 368th 485 24.1%
2015 40.74 356th 492 27.6%
2017 62.68 114th 362 68.5%
2018 64.66 142nd 563 74.8%
2019 43.52 311th 574 45.8%
2021 33.19 369th 576 35.9%
2022 30.58 391st 569 31.3%
2023 49.84 272nd 594 54.2%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Union Heights Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.98 223rd 481 53.6%
2019 36.20 329th 490 32.9%
2021 32.84 319th 483 34.0%
2022 48.93 218th 495 56.0%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Union Heights Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 37.23 355th 529 32.9%
2021 14.01 465th 538 13.6%
2022 45.02 293rd 552 46.9%
2023 56.33 221st 560 60.5%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Union Heights Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 45.28 264th 523 49.5%
2021 34.19 333rd 529 37.1%
2022 15.17 467th 540 13.5%
2023 42.10 307th 557 44.9%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Union Heights Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.79 196th 481 59.3%
2019 33.56 333rd 484 31.2%
2021 25.82 390th 496 21.4%
2022 22.46 413th 500 17.4%
2023 30.36 365th 503 27.4%
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Data source: test scores: Tennessee Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Union Heights Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 160 7 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 169
1989 165 8 n/a 2 n/a n/a n/a 0 175
1990 176 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 180
1991 178 1 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 180
1992 168 1 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 170
1993 171 0 2 0 1 n/a n/a 8 182
1994 190 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 191
1995 215 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 215
1996 215 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 215
1997 217 0 0 4 1 n/a n/a 4 226
1998 223 6 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 231
1999 232 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a -1 232
2000 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 226 226
2001 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 247 247
2002 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 266 266
2003 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 266 266
2004 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 279 279
2005 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 278 278
2006 253 5 2 6 0 n/a n/a 0 266
2007 283 5 2 8 0 n/a n/a 0 298
2008 259 3 3 4 0 n/a n/a 0 269
2009 264 3 4 8 4 n/a n/a 0 283
2010 262 8 4 9 1 n/a n/a 0 284
2011 259 5 3 14 0 0 1 0 282
2012 253 3 3 15 0 0 2 0 276
2013 249 4 3 17 0 0 1 0 274
2014 262 2 2 17 4 0 1 0 288
2015 248 1 2 19 0 0 3 0 273
2016 239 6 2 20 0 0 3 0 270
2017 231 4 1 23 0 0 7 0 266
2018 240 7 1 22 0 0 9 0 279
2019 238 4 0 27 1 0 7 0 277
2020 222 5 0 25 0 0 12 0 264
2021 200 6 0 20 0 0 10 0 236
2022 203 2 0 17 0 0 12 0 234
2023 185 2 0 16 0 0 13 0 216

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Union Heights Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 169 8.0 21.1 n/a
1989 175 10.0 17.5 n/a
1990 180 10.0 18.0 n/a
1991 180 9.0 20.0 n/a
1992 170 9.0 18.8 n/a
1993 182 9.0 20.2 n/a
1994 191 9.0 21.2 n/a
1995 215 9.0 23.9 n/a
1996 215 9.0 23.9 n/a
1997 226 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 231 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 232 n/a 0.0 n/a
2000 226 n/a 0.0 n/a
2001 247 n/a 0.0 n/a
2002 266 n/a n/a n/a
2003 266 n/a n/a n/a
2004 279 n/a n/a n/a
2005 278 n/a n/a n/a
2006 266 17.0 15.6 n/a
2007 298 19.0 15.7 36.2
2008 269 19.0 14.2 47.2
2009 283 19.0 14.9 48.1
2010 284 20.0 14.2 54.6
2011 282 19.0 14.8 55.3
2012 276 20.0 13.8 54
2013 274 20.0 13.7 60.6
2014 288 20.0 14.4 56.9
2015 273 19.0 14.3 59.3
2016 270 16.0 16.8 57.4
2017 266 16.9 15.7 n/a
2018 279 20.3 13.7 n/a
2019 277 18.0 15.3 n/a
2020 264 17.9 14.7 51.9
2021 236 18.4 12.8 n/a
2022 234 16.3 14.3 n/a
2023 216 16.1 13.3 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Union Heights Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 169 8.0 21.1 n/a
1989 175 10.0 17.5 n/a
1990 180 10.0 18.0 n/a
1991 180 9.0 20.0 n/a
1992 170 9.0 18.8 n/a
1993 182 9.0 20.2 n/a
1994 191 9.0 21.2 n/a
1995 215 9.0 23.9 n/a
1996 215 9.0 23.9 n/a
1997 226 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 231 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 232 n/a 0.0 n/a
2000 226 n/a 0.0 n/a
2001 247 n/a 0.0 n/a
2002 266 n/a n/a n/a
2003 266 n/a n/a n/a
2004 279 n/a n/a n/a
2005 278 n/a n/a n/a
2006 266 17.0 15.6 n/a
2007 298 19.0 15.7 36.2
2008 269 19.0 14.2 47.2
2009 283 19.0 14.9 48.1
2010 284 20.0 14.2 54.6
2011 282 19.0 14.8 55.3
2012 276 20.0 13.8 54
2013 274 20.0 13.7 60.6
2014 288 20.0 14.4 56.9
2015 273 19.0 14.3 59.3
2016 270 16.0 16.8 57.4
2017 266 16.9 15.7 n/a
2018 279 20.3 13.7 n/a
2019 277 18.0 15.3 n/a
2020 264 17.9 14.7 51.9
2021 236 18.4 12.8 n/a
2022 234 16.3 14.3 n/a
2023 216 16.1 13.3 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Union Heights Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $659 (8.2%) $6,623 (82.7%) $8,012
2020 $734 (8.5%) $7,174 (83.2%) $8,619
2021 $874 (8.9%) $8,199 (83.4%) $9,828

Data source: Tennessee Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Union Heights Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 469th of 985 Elementary schoolsRanks 653rd of 1020 Elementary schools
 16.4%
Ranks 311th of 574 Middle schoolsRanks 272nd of 594 Middle schools
 8.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Union Heights Elementary)33.320
 13.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Smith County)54.253.3
 0.9%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)43.840.5
 3.3%
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Union Heights Elementary)43.330
 13.3%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Smith County)40.744
 3.3%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)36.940.5
 3.6%
4th Grade Mathematics (Union Heights Elementary)47.833.3
 14.5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Smith County)4953.4
 4.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)4643.6
 2.4%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Union Heights Elementary)43.540
 3.5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Smith County)40.354.9
 14.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)34.343.5
 9.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Union Heights Elementary)21.936
 14.1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Smith County)4538.8
 6.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)46.241.3
 4.9%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Union Heights Elementary)2520
 5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Smith County)33.836
 2.2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)35.237
 1.8%
6th Grade Mathematics (Union Heights Elementary)45.552
 6.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Smith County)44.742
 2.7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)3933.8
 5.2%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Union Heights Elementary)36.434.6
 1.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Smith County)38.136
 2.1%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)33.435.9
 2.5%
6th Grade Social Studies (Union Heights Elementary)27.326.9
 0.4%
   6th Grade Social Studies (Smith County)31.637.8
 6.2%
   6th Grade Social Studies (Tennessee)3843.4
 5.4%
7th Grade Mathematics (Union Heights Elementary)20.536.4
 15.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Smith County)34.435.5
 1.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)33.635
 1.4%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Union Heights Elementary)23.127.3
 4.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Smith County)3142.4
 11.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)35.436.1
 0.7%
7th Grade Social Studies (Union Heights Elementary)35.940.9
 5%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Smith County)28.947.8
 18.9%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Tennessee)43.246.9
 3.7%
8th Grade Mathematics (Union Heights Elementary)34.634.8
 0.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Smith County)57.435
 22.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)35.130.7
 4.4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Union Heights Elementary)26.98.7
 18.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Smith County)27.925.6
 2.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)27.125.8
 1.3%
8th Grade Social Studies (Union Heights Elementary)42.321.7
 20.6%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Smith County)36.443.8
 7.4%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Tennessee)41.541.5
All Grades Mathematics (Union Heights Elementary)3237.4
 5.4%
   All Grades Mathematics (Smith County)47.243.4
 3.8%
   All Grades Mathematics (Tennessee)40.838.1
 2.7%
All Grades English Language Arts (Union Heights Elementary)3229.3
 2.7%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Smith County)35.341.4
 6.1%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Tennessee)33.736.6
 2.9%
All Grades Social Studies (Union Heights Elementary)35.632.1
 3.5%
   All Grades Social Studies (Smith County)32.144.3
 12.2%
   All Grades Social Studies (Tennessee)40.943.9
 3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students277216
 22%
African American42
 50%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian00
Hispanic2716
 40.7%
Pacific Islander00
White238185
 22.3%
Two or More Races713
 85.7%


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Students who attend Union Heights Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Smith County Middle School
High : Gordonsville High School
High : Smith County High School

Union Heights Elementary ranks 653rd of 1020 Tennessee elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Union Heights Elementary are 86% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 216 students attended Union Heights Elementary.


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