Union School District 5

Union School District 5 in Oregon is home to two schools: Union Elementary School and Union High School. While Union Elementary School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking in recent years, Union High School has maintained a relatively strong position, ranking 38th out of 268 Oregon high schools for the 2023-2024 school year and earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Union High School outperforms the district and state averages in English Language Arts (ELA) for 11th and 7th grades, with 66.7% proficiency compared to 45.2% and 43.2% statewide, respectively. In mathematics, Union High School also performs better than the district and state averages for 7th grade (38.9% vs. 30.5% statewide), but lags behind in 11th grade (28.6% vs. 20% statewide). In contrast, Union Elementary School's test scores are generally below the district and state averages, with the exception of 5th-grade ELA, where the school outperforms the district and state.

The significant difference in free and reduced lunch rates between the elementary and high school (69.9% vs. 41.18%) suggests that the elementary school serves a more economically disadvantaged population, which could be a contributing factor to the lower performance at the elementary school level. Additionally, Union High School spends more per student ($19,713) than Union Elementary School ($17,378) and has a lower student-teacher ratio (17:1 vs. 18.7:1).