Union Gap School District

Union Gap School District serves Union Gap, Washington, through one elementary school, Union Gap School, which serves students from prekindergarten through 8th grade and enrolls about 558 students.

Because the district has only one school, there are no school-to-school comparisons within the district. Overall, Union Gap School performed best in science in 2025–2026: 51.89% of students were proficient, slightly above the Washington rate of 50.95%. Science also improved by about 6 percentage points from the prior year. Other notable strengths included 6th-grade math, where proficiency was 51.47%, about 12 points above the state, and 8th-grade English language arts, where proficiency was 57.41%, about 6.5 points above the state. Fifth-grade science, 5th-grade math, and 6th-grade English language arts also exceeded state results. These results show that performance varies considerably by grade and subject rather than being uniformly strong or weak.

The clearest areas for improvement are 3rd- and 4th-grade literacy and math. Third-grade English language arts proficiency was 17.02%, compared with 48.84% statewide, while 3rd-grade math was 36.17%, compared with 53.20% statewide. Fourth-grade results also trailed the state in both subjects. Schoolwide English language arts proficiency was 45.11%, about 7.7 points below Washington, while math declined to 39.94%, down nearly 4.8 points from the previous year. The school ranked at the 48th percentile statewide and received two stars in 2025–2026; the district ranked at the 62nd percentile among Washington districts. About 88.53% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch, an important factor when considering the school’s needs and resources. Parents may want to ask how the school supports early-grade instruction, addresses the recent math decline, and builds on strengths in science and selected middle-grade subjects.