Summary
Union High is a public high school in Roosevelt, Utah, serving grades 9–12 and 1,166 students in the rural Duchesne County area. It is much larger than nearby Altamont High, with 273 students, and Uintah River High, with 82 students. The school ranks 122nd out of 139 Utah high schools, placing it in the 12th percentile with a one-star rating. Its broader Duchesne District ranks in the 27th percentile.
The most important concerns involve overall student progress and completion. In 2024–25, Union’s graduation rate was 80.2%, below the district’s 81.6% and Utah’s 89.8%. Its 16.0% dropout rate was nearly twice the state rate of 8.5%. Academic proficiency is also below Utah averages in every reported ninth- and tenth-grade subject. For example, 29.1% of 10th graders were proficient in English language arts, compared with 48.2% statewide, while 21.6% were proficient in math, compared with 29.4% statewide. Chronic absenteeism was 27.2%—better than the district’s 31.0%, but higher than Utah’s 23.8%. Union also reported a relatively high student-teacher ratio of 25:1.
There are encouraging signs. Since 2022–23, proficiency improved in all six reported subject-grade areas, including notable gains in ninth-grade science and 10th-grade math. Still, results remain weak and need to translate into better graduation outcomes. Altamont High offers a useful, though imperfect, local comparison: its chronic absenteeism rate was 16.0%, and its 10th-grade proficiency exceeded Union’s in ELA (45.2% versus 29.1%), math (24.4% versus 21.6%), and science (30.3% versus 25.4%). However, Altamont is much smaller and has a lower student-teacher ratio, so the figures are not a direct like-for-like comparison.
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