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Union County

At a glance

150^thof 158 Kentucky districts▼ 1

Better than 5% of Kentucky districts

Elementary 3 Middle 1 High 3Grades PK, KG-12

4500 US Highway - 60 W
Morganfield, KY 42437·(270) 389-1694·All Kentucky district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2026

2026: better than 5.1% of districts

Schools

2,086

Students

Top rankedSturgis Elementary School442^nd of 684 Kentucky elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Union County High School up 15 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Morganfield Elementary School 10.3 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

2★

1★

0★

3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Union County has six schools, from elementary through high school, including a learning academy; enrollment ranges from 71 to 642 students. The available results cover 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. Overall, the reported school-grade averages were below the state in all six subjects, with writing furthest behind by an average of 24 percentage points.

Sturgis Elementary School is the clearest elementary standout: its fifth-grade math score was 53%, compared with 13% at both Morganfield Elementary School and Uniontown Elementary School. Sturgis also led in fifth-grade reading, at 54%, versus 18% at Morganfield and 44% at Uniontown. The weaker results are not identical across schools: Morganfield’s fifth-grade reading was 18%, while Uniontown’s was 44%. Union County Middle School scored 16% in sixth-grade math, close to the district’s 15% but 26 points below the state. Union County High School pairs a 97% graduation rate with below-state results in most reported subjects and chronic absenteeism of 29%, compared with 24% statewide.

Results shifted differently by school: across 37 comparable results, the average gap from the state worsened by 2 points, while Union County High’s average gap improved by 6 points and Morganfield’s worsened by 6. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rank rose from 30 to 35 for Sturgis between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026, but fell from 14 to 5 for Morganfield; the middle school ranked 7 in 2025–2026. Context also varies: in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 69% at Sturgis and 76% at Morganfield, while student–teacher ratios were 14.4 and 10.3, respectively. The Union County Learning Academy had chronic absenteeism of 64%, compared with 14% at Uniontown; its 2025–2026 test results are suppressed, so its test performance cannot be compared.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				KSA Mathematics (2026)							KSA Reading (2026)							KSA Science (2026)			KSA Writing (2026)			KSA Social Studies (2026)			KSA Editing and Mechanics (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KSA Mathematics 3rd Grade	KSA Mathematics 4th Grade	KSA Mathematics 5th Grade	KSA Mathematics 6th Grade	KSA Mathematics 7th Grade	KSA Mathematics 8th Grade	KSA Mathematics 10th Grade	KSA Reading 3rd Grade	KSA Reading 4th Grade	KSA Reading 5th Grade	KSA Reading 6th Grade	KSA Reading 7th Grade	KSA Reading 8th Grade	KSA Reading 10th Grade	KSA Science 4th Grade	KSA Science 7th Grade	KSA Science 11th Grade	KSA Writing 5th Grade	KSA Writing 8th Grade	KSA Writing 11th Grade	KSA Social Studies 5th Grade	KSA Social Studies 8th Grade	KSA Social Studies 11th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 5th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 8th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Morganfield Elementary School	Public	K-5	511 S Mart St	Morganfield	42437	Union County	Union County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 389-2611	328	32	10.3	75.9%	232 (70.7%)	51 (15.5%)	11 (3.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (10.1%)	8.1	651^st of 684 public elementary schools	4.8%		14.5	611^th of 685 public elementary schools	10.8%	40		29.0	13.0						29.0	18.0					21.0									22.0			$17,245	$1,243	$16,002
Sturgis Elementary School	Public	K-5	1101 Grant St	Sturgis	42459	Union County	Union County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 333-4088	343	24	14.4	68.5%	317 (92.4%)	10 (2.9%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.8%)	37	442^nd of 684 public elementary schools	35.4%		36.8	453^rd of 685 public elementary schools	33.9%	11	29.0	43.0	53.0					54.0	39.0	54.0					32.0			3.0			34.0			31.0			$16,750	$1,392	$15,358
Union County High School	Public	9-12	4464 US Hwy 60W	Morganfield	42437	Union County	Union County	No	No	No	No	(270) 389-1454	642	39	16.6	52.2%	548 (85.4%)	31 (4.8%)	16 (2.5%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (6.2%)	30.4	188^th of 262 public high schools	28.2%		21.7	203^rd of 254 public high schools	20.1%	15							34.0							39.0						27.0			28.0			40.0	$15,138	$422	$14,716
Uniontown Elementary School	Public	K-5	401 Walnut St	Uniontown	42461	Union County	Union County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 822-4462	199	16	12.8	61.8%	177 (88.9%)	5 (2.5%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (7.0%)	16.8	601^st of 684 public elementary schools	12.1%		23.3	547^th of 685 public elementary schools	20.1%	54	29.0	14.0	13.0					48.0	34.0	44.0											16.0			19.0			$16,603	$865	$15,739
Union County Middle School	Public	6-8	4465 US Hwy 60W	Morganfield	42437	Union County	Union County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 389-0224	413	27	15.5	62.2%	352 (85.2%)	25 (6.1%)	12 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.3%)	12.4	303^rd of 326 public middle schools	7.1%		11.3	302^nd of 320 public middle schools	5.6%	1				16.0	13.0	20.0					32.0	24.0	21.0			14.0			29.0			28.0			42.0		$16,535	$1,282	$15,250
Union County Learning Academy	Public, Virtual	6-12	4464 US Hwy 60W	Morganfield	42437	Union County	Union County	No	No	Yes	No	(270) 389-3553	71	2	35.5	69.0%	64 (90.1%)	1 (1.4%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (7.0%)								(n/a)
Union County Area Vocational Educational Center	Public	9-12	4464 US Hwy 60 W	Morganfield	42437	Union County	Union County	No	No	No	No	(270) 389-3120	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Union County Preschool and Headstart	Public	PK	4464 Us Hwy 60 W	Morganfield	42437	Union County	Union County	No	No	No	No	(270) 389-3553	90	1	90.0	73.3%	61 (67.8%)	15 (16.7%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (14.4%)								(n/a)

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Henderson County	13.09 mi	16	48^th
Webster County	15.04 mi	6	127^th
Kentucky Technical System	16.58 mi	50
Crittenden County	25.76 mi	3	73^rd
Hopkins County	28.11 mi	18	66^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kentucky Department of Education.

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