Summary:
Union Local is a small Ohio district made up of three schools — Union Local Elementary School (PK–5, 562 students), Union Local Middle School (6–8, 304 students) and Union Local High School (9–12, 382 students) — serving 1,248 students in all, with Union Local itself rated 545th of 773 ranked Ohio districts (29th percentile, 1 star).
Each building has a distinct profile. The elementary is the district's bright spot: it has the lowest chronic absenteeism (19.3% vs. 27.8% district-wide), the strongest single test result (3rd-grade math at 78.5% proficient vs. 62.1% statewide), and the largest year-over-year gains, including 3rd-grade math up 24.6 points. The middle school posts the district's only 100% result — Algebra I End-of-Course, versus 61.6% statewide — but is also the fastest-declining school, slipping from the 50th to the 35th percentile over three years. The high school holds the strongest single outcome measure in the data, a 99.0% graduation rate, yet also the two weakest: Geometry at 22.2% (state 43.3%) and Algebra I at 36.1% (state 61.6%).
Comparing buildings, achievement and attendance both decline as grade level rises: average proficiency gaps to the state run roughly −3 points at the elementary, −7 at the high school and −12 at the middle school, while chronic absenteeism climbs from 19.3% to 30.2% to 38.0%. Free/reduced-price lunch also rises sharply by level (33.1%, 46.71%, 79.58%). Notably, the elementary achieves its results with the largest classes (15.1 students per teacher) and the lowest per-pupil spending ($9,275), so staffing and spending alone do not explain the differences. Only the elementary is stable; the middle and high schools have each lost ground for three straight years, and that slide is what pulls the district rating down.
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