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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Union Elementary School, Joliet, IL

CEP schoolUnion Elementary School is a public elementary school in Joliet, part of Union SD 81. It enrolled 143 students in 2024-25, with 11.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
143
Teachers (FTE)
12.0
Students per teacher
11.9
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 11.9. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.9
District11.9
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
1661 Cherry Hill Rd, Joliet, IL 60433
Phone
(815)726-5218
District
Union SD 81
County
Will County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
173966004004
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free or reduced-price lunch
5337.1% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Joliet

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.