Summary:
Elementary Schools in Union, Oregon come down to a single option: Union Elementary School, a K–6 school with 212 students in Union School District 5, so there is no other local elementary school to compare it against and this profile is the whole picture for the city.
Union Elementary currently holds a 2-star SchoolDigger rating and ranked 465 out of 709 Oregon elementary schools in 2025–2026, the 34th percentile. That is essentially flat versus 2024–2025 (469/706, 34th percentile) and a bit below 2023–2024 (438/710, 38th percentile). Its district, by contrast, is rated higher at 66 out of 141 districts, the 53rd percentile, 3 stars. The brightest results are in 3rd grade ELA, where 56.5% of students were proficient against 41.5% statewide, and 4th grade math, at 48.1% versus 38.9% statewide. All-grade math, 25.7%, also beats the district's 21.7%, though both trail the state's 32.9%. The clearest weaknesses sit in the upper grades and in science: all-grade science is 12% proficient versus 21.5% in the district and 30.6% statewide, 5th grade math is 12% against 32.4% statewide, 6th grade math is 13.2% against 29.7%, 6th grade ELA is 28.9% against 41.8%, and 5th grade science is 12% against 30.8%.
Two other numbers matter for parents. Chronic absenteeism in 2024–2025 was 33.7%, slightly above the state's 33.5% and below the district's 35.7% — roughly one in three students missing enough school to count as chronically absent, which makes raising proficiency harder. Economic need is high, with 66.04% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. The school spends $19,063 per student and has a 15.1:1 student-teacher ratio; the data provides no state or district benchmarks for those figures, so they can't be judged as high or low. For a family considering this school, the takeaway is isolated strength in 3rd grade ELA and 4th grade math alongside real gaps in science and grades 5–6 math and ELA.
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