Union School District 5

Schools in Union School District 5 are a small two-school Oregon district serving about 378 students: Union Elementary School for K–6 (212 students) and Union High School for grades 7–12 (166 students), with grades 7–8 housed at the high school because there is no separate middle school. The district is ranked 66th of 141 Oregon districts, at the 53rd percentile with 3 stars, but the schools look very different: Union High School ranks 92nd of 271 high schools (66th percentile, 3 stars), while Union Elementary School ranks 465th of 709 (34th percentile, 2 stars).

Test scores show a split profile. Union High School is stronger in English language arts: all-grade ELA is 47.9% proficient versus 43.8% statewide, 7th-grade ELA is 55.2% versus 45.3%, and 11th-grade ELA is 54.5% versus 46.0%. Union Elementary School has early bright spots too: 3rd-grade ELA is 56.5% versus 41.5%, and 4th-grade math is 48.1% versus 38.9%. However, math is the district-wide weak point: district math is 21.7% versus 32.9% statewide. Union High School has all-grade math at 14.9% versus 32.9%, with 11th-grade math under 5% versus 22.9%, 7th-grade math 22.2% versus 33.3%, and 8th-grade math 21.1% versus 30.0%. Union Elementary School drops in upper grades: 5th-grade math is 12% versus 32.4%, 6th-grade math is 13.2% versus 29.7%, and all-grade science is 12% versus 30.6%.

Other measures matter for families. Chronic absenteeism is 33.7% at Union Elementary School, close to the state’s 33.5%, but higher at Union High School, 38.4%. Free/reduced lunch is nearly identical—66.04% at Union Elementary School and 65.06% at Union High School—and Union High School spends $21,691 per student versus $19,063 at Union Elementary School, with a higher student-teacher ratio (17.1 versus 15.1). The high school’s graduation rate is 78.6%, below the state’s 83.0%. Its rank also fell from 38th of 268, 86th percentile, 4 stars in 2023–2024 to 92nd of 271, 66th percentile, 3 stars in 2025–2026. Because both schools are small, percentages can swing with a few students, and the 11th-grade math result is a bound of under 5%, not an exact score.