Summary:
Zip code 42461 has one elementary school, Uniontown Elementary School, serving grades K–5 and enrolling 199 students. Its 2025–2026 results show a clear difference by subject: reading was closer to state results, while math lagged well behind. The most important finding for families is that math is the school’s largest measured academic gap, averaging 19% proficient in grades 3–5 compared with 43% statewide.
Reading is the school’s relative bright spot, though its average remained below the state’s: 42% proficient across grades 3–5, versus 50% statewide. It was also above the Union County district average of 38%. Results varied by grade: third-grade reading was 48%, just 1 percentage point below the state’s 49%, while fourth-grade reading was 34%, compared with 50% statewide. Math was weaker in every tested grade—29% in grade 3, 14% in grade 4, and 13% in grade 5, versus 43% statewide in each. Grade 5 social studies was 16% versus 38% statewide, and Editing and Mechanics was 19% versus 48%. Science and Writing results were suppressed. There are no other schools in the ZIP code to compare as local leaders or laggards.
Results have moved in different directions over time: reading improved from an average of 38% in 2024–2025 to 42% in 2025–2026, narrowing its state gap from 11 to 8 percentage points. For grades 3 and 5, math fell from an average of 29% to 21%, widening the state gap from 14 to 22 points. SchoolDigger ranked the school 601st of 684 statewide in 2025–2026, at the 12th percentile, and awarded it 1 star; its rank was 608th of 685 in 2023–2024 and 547th of 685 in 2024–2025. As additional context, the student–teacher ratio was 12.8 in 2024–2025, when 62% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. Chronic absenteeism was 14% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 23% and the state’s 24%.
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