Summary
Union High School is a small public school in Union, Oregon, serving 166 students in grades 7–12 as the key school in Union School District 5, which ranks 66th of 141 Oregon districts — about the 53rd percentile with 3 stars. The school's own 2025–26 rank is 92nd of 271 high schools, the 66th percentile with 3 stars. The nearest comparable school is La Grande High School, about 13.9 miles away, with 604 students in grades 9–12; it ranks 144th of 271 (47th percentile, 2 stars). Because Union High School serves grades 7–12 while La Grande serves 9–12, 11th-grade results are the fairest comparison.
English language arts is Union's clearest strength: 47.9% of students met the standard, above the state's 43.8%, and 11th-grade ELA was 54.5% versus the state's 46.0% and La Grande's 28.6%. Seventh-grade ELA is also strong at 55.2%. Math is the biggest concern — 14.9% proficiency across all grades against the state's 32.9%, and 11th-grade math is under 5%, compared with La Grande's 15.0% and the state's 22.9%. Eleventh-grade science, at 33.3%, is essentially at the state average of 33.8%, though La Grande is higher at 44.4%. Eighth-grade ELA, at 30.0%, is well below the state's 41.5%, so the middle grades are mixed.
Completion outcomes are a sharp contrast: Union's graduation rate was 78.6% in 2024–25, below the state's 83.0% and far below La Grande's 93.8%, and it has swung widely in recent years. Chronic absenteeism improved from 43.4% to 38.4%, better than La Grande's 42.9% but still above the state's 33.5%. Union spends more per student ($21,691 vs. $19,600) with similar poverty indicators and class sizes. The school's effectiveness ranking for male students fell to the 26th percentile in 2025–26, down from the 82nd in 2023–24. With only 166 students, single-year swings should be read alongside multi-year trends.
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