Union Primary

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Regular School · Big Stone Gap, VA

Union Primary is a regular school school in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, serving grades PK–04 with 809 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 13.3:1.

Level

Elementary

Grades

PK – 04

Enrollment

809

Teachers (FTE)

61.0

Student–Teacher Ratio

13.3:1

Status

Open

Lunch Program Participation

Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity	Students	Share
White	721	89%
Two or more races	47	6%
Black or African American	29	4%
Hispanic/Latino	11	1%
Asian	1	0%
Total enrollment	809	414M / 395F

English Language Learners: 3 (0% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric	This School	State Avg	Tested
Math Proficiency	72.0% +16.7pp	55.3%	249
Reading Proficiency	79.0% +8.9pp	70.1%	252

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

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented

Program offered

7 students enrolled

Out-of-School Suspensions

0.9% of enrollment · SY 2021–22

Chronically Absent

6.3% 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.)	809	100%

Contact & Location

2945 Second Avenue East

Big Stone Gap, VA 24219

Phone: (276)523-4900

http://www.wise.k12.va.us/pvp/Default.htm

District

Wise County Public Schools

Per-pupil expenditure: $16,480

District enrollment: 5,913

Other Schools in District

Coeburn Primary Elementary
J.W. Adams Combined Elementary
St. Paul Elementary Elementary
Wise Primary Elementary
Central High High
Eastside High High
Union High High
Coeburn Middle Middle

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Related Data

Neighborhood demographics (ZIP 24219) → CensusDepth.com
Virginia population & income data → CensusDepth.com
Virginia teacher salaries → WageDepth.com

NCES ID

510408001793

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