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Union City, Tennessee - 3 schools
An equity score of 46/100 ranks Union City #38 of 140 districts in Tennessee (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,833 per pupil, Union City ranks #20 of 141 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending (Tennessee districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,540
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$11,833
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Union City operates 3 public schools serving 1,540 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Tennessee. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Obion County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,833 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 141 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending. See how Tennessee compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 29.5% local, 43.0% state, and 27.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 46/100, ranked #38 of 140 in Tennessee against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 549:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 15.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.8% White, 28.6% African American, 16.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Union City Elementary School, with a diversity index of 68.1/100.
Its largest campus is Union City Elementary School, enrolling 793 students (48% of the district's total enrollment).
Union City Elementary School accounts for 48.1% of all Union City student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Union City a distant remainder — means Union City-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Union City student-counselor ratio is 549:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Union City chronic absenteeism rate is 15.7% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Union City is typically wider than the Union City-aggregate figure suggests.
Union City has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 high. Total enrollment is 1,540 students.
How much does Union City spend per student?
Union City spends $11,833 per student. The district has an equity score of 46/100, ranking #38 in Tennessee.
What is the demographic composition of Union City?
Union City students are 46.8% White, 28.6% African American, 16.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Union City?
Union City has an equity score of 46/100, ranking #38 out of 140 districts in Tennessee.