The top reported proficiency rate is 29% in Science. The lowest is 16% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on North Side Elementary School
North Side Elementary School serves students from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade as part of the Randolph Eastern School Corporation. The school is a regular public elementary school in Union City, a small border town that straddles the Indiana–Ohio state line. Families considering this school should know that it sits on the northwest edge of town, separate from the historic downtown core, and shares an adjoining campus with the district's junior-senior high school.
The student body is diverse in one notable dimension: a substantial share of students are of Hispanic background, while the majority are white. A significant portion of the student population qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, reflecting the area's working-class economic context. The school itself enrolls a moderate number of students across its grade levels, and a substantial share of those students are eligible for meal assistance. Union City's housing market is notably more affordable than state and national benchmarks, with home values well below the Indiana median. The town has experienced slow population decline in recent decades, and no new major housing developments were identified in publicly reported sources.
On statewide assessments, North Side Elementary's results paint a picture that warrants attention. In math, roughly one in five students scored proficient or above. In English language arts, about one in six students met the proficiency mark. Science results were somewhat higher, with more than a quarter of tested students scoring proficient, while social studies proficiency was slightly below one in five. These results position the school below the midpoint among districts in Randolph County on an overall proficiency index, a comparison set that includes five other districts. The data does not provide information on how these results have changed over time; multi-year trend data was not available. A parent may want to ask the school directly about its academic improvement strategies and how it supports students who are not yet meeting benchmarks.
The school's participation rates on the assessments were strong, indicating that nearly all enrolled students took the tests. Data on discipline incidents, chronic absenteeism, and staffing levels was not available, so a family would want to seek that information from the school or district office. The district itself, Randolph Eastern School Corp, showed no publicly reported recent changes or strategic shifts that would affect a family's daily experience.
Union City offers a compact, walkable small-town setting with a National Register-listed historic commercial district and an annual community festival called Stateline Heritage Days. Civic anchors include the Union City Public Library, which serves both sides of the state line, and the historic Union City Passenger Depot. No major employers were specifically named in publicly available sources, and no public transit system was identified. The town's economy is working-class, and its population has been slowly declining, so families moving here are choosing a stable but not growing community.
North Side Elementary is the only elementary school in the district, meaning most local children attend here before moving on to the shared junior-senior high school campus. For a parent, the housing affordability and small-town character are clear draws, but the academic proficiency numbers are soft and merit a close conversation with the school about instruction, intervention, and how the school tracks student progress across the elementary years.
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