Union School Corporation

Union School Corporation serves 7,821 students across five schools — two elementary and three high schools — with enrollment overwhelmingly concentrated in its three digital-named schools, which together account for 96.3% of students. Indiana Digital Junior and High School (4,166 students) alone holds 53.3% of the district, followed by Indiana Digital Elementary (2,125) and Indiana Digital Alternative School (1,238). The two traditional schools, Union Elementary School and Union Junior & High School, together enroll just 292 students, or 3.7%. District-wide, Union School Corporation ranks 341 of 374 in Indiana, in the 9th percentile with 0 stars, and reports a 62.3% graduation rate against the state's 89.7% and chronic absenteeism of 29.3% against the state's 16.7%.

Despite the digital schools' size, the traditional schools post the strongest results. Union Elementary School is the district's top-ranked school (705 of 1,015, 31st percentile, 2 stars) and leads all-grade proficiency in ELA (25%), Math (36.25%) and Science (26%) — though most of its grade-level results still sit below state averages. Union Junior & High School reports a 100% graduation rate and the district's highest SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing score at 42.86%, still below the state's 51.9%. Indiana Digital Junior and High School graduates 84.5% of students, above the district but below the state.

The clearest concerns are at Indiana Digital Elementary, the lowest-ranked school in the corporation (987 of 1,015, 3rd percentile, 0 stars) with the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 76.38%, and Indiana Digital Alternative School, which has the lowest graduation rate (41.5%), the highest chronic absenteeism (55.2%) and near-zero SAT Math proficiency (0.35%). Math is the weakest subject across the corporation, and every school with reported data has chronic absenteeism above the state's 16.7%. Because the two traditional schools are very small, a few students can move their percentages sharply.