Summary:
Union Area School District has only one middle school, Union Area Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. The school has faced declining performance in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 212 out of 893 Pennsylvania middle schools in 2022-2023 to 406 out of 873 in 2024-2025. Its overall performance, as measured by SchoolDigger's star rating, has also declined from 4 stars to 3 stars over the same period.
Academically, Union Area Middle School struggles with significantly lower math proficiency rates compared to the state average, ranging from 22.5% to 29.4% for individual grade levels, while the state average is 30.5% to 37.8%. In English Language Arts (ELA), the school's proficiency rates are closer to the state average, ranging from 46.9% to 52.9% for individual grade levels, compared to the state average of 49.2% to 50.8%. The school's science proficiency rate of 56.1% is slightly lower than the state average of 54.5% for 8th grade.
The school faces significant socioeconomic challenges, with 100% of its students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. However, the school's student-teacher ratio of 13.6 is slightly lower than the state average, and its per-student spending of $20,190 is higher than the state average, which may be an attempt to address these challenges. Despite these efforts, the school's overall performance continues to decline, suggesting a need for targeted interventions and support to improve student outcomes, particularly in the area of math.
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