Union High School

Union High School, a low-enrollment four-year high school in La Porte City, Iowa, run under Union Comm School District, educates 279 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 40% smaller than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 468 students.

Union High School is one of 4 schools operated by Union Comm School District, a district that caters to 952 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Union High School records that nearly all students (91%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Union High School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Black Hawk County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Union High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 79.9%, the actual is 76.8%, a residual of -3.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Black Hawk County put the typical household earns roughly $66,417 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Union High School is one of 35 public schools in Black Hawk County (combined enrollment of about 18,224 students).

Nearest neighbor: La Porte City Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Union High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 67.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Union High School has decreased 21%, going from 355 students in 2018 to 279 in 2025.

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