Sara M. Gilmore Academy

Regular School · Union City, NJ

Sara M. Gilmore Academy is a regular school school in Union City, New Jersey, serving grades 01–08 with 400 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 14.3:1.

Level

Elementary

Grades

01 – 08

Enrollment

400

Teachers (FTE)

28.0

Student–Teacher Ratio

14.3:1

Status

Open

Lunch Program Participation

Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity	Students	Share
Hispanic/Latino	303	76%
White	52	13%
Asian	35	9%
Black or African American	10	3%
Total enrollment	400	194M / 206F

English Language Learners: 16 (4% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric	This School	State Avg	Tested
Math Proficiency	45.0% +19.4pp	25.6%	264
Reading Proficiency	68.0% +21.2pp	46.8%	264
Science Proficiency	35-39%	—	74

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)

+0.90 grade levels

Math

-0.23 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented

None offered

Out-of-School Suspensions

0.8% of enrollment · SY 2021–22

Chronically Absent

0.5% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category	Students	% of School
Total enrollment (est.)	400	100%

Contact & Location

1700 Kerrigan Avenue

Union City, NJ 07087

Phone: (201)348-5851

http://gilmore.ucboe.us/

District

Union City School District

Per-pupil expenditure: $32,975

District enrollment: 11,590

Other Schools in District

Colin Powell Elementary School Elementary
Eugenio Maria de Hostos Center for Early Childhood Education Elementary
George Washington Elementary School Elementary
Hudson Elementary School Elementary
Jefferson Elementary School Elementary
Robert Waters Elementary School Elementary
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School Elementary
Thomas A Edison Elementary School Elementary

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Related Data

Neighborhood demographics (ZIP 07087) → CensusDepth.com
New Jersey population & income data → CensusDepth.com
New Jersey teacher salaries → WageDepth.com

NCES ID

341638000143

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD