Union City

The Union City district has two public schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Union City Elementary School serves PK–8 and has 205 students, while Union City High School serves grades 9–12 and has 105. In 2025–2026, both schools were below the state in all-grades English Language Arts I and mathematics, but their science results went in opposite directions. The most important finding is the 28-point science gap: elementary scored 34%, compared with 6% at the high school.

Union City Elementary School stands out in science, scoring 4 points above the state’s 30%; Union City High School was 24 points below the state in that subject. The high school led in ELA, at 23% versus 17% at elementary, though both trailed the state’s 26%. Mathematics was close between the schools—18% at elementary and 17% at high school—against 25% statewide. A same-grade comparison offers a brighter high school result: its 11th-graders matched the state in math at 17%. High school U.S. History was 32%, 9 points below the state.

Results improved in several areas, but not across the board. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, high school mathematics rose from 7% to 17%, ELA from 17% to 23%, and U.S. History from 24% to 32%; science edged down from 7% to 6%. Elementary science also dipped, from 35% to 34%. SchoolDigger reports the high school’s statewide ranking rising from the 7th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 28th in 2025–2026. For context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 58% at elementary and 41% at high school; student-teacher ratios that year were 15.5 and 13.1, respectively. High school chronic absenteeism was 11% versus 16% statewide, and its graduation rate was 82% versus 78% statewide. Because the schools serve different grade spans, all-grades comparisons are broad rather than grade-matched.