Enrollment
279
High
DISTRICT 238 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190002200957
Union High School
200 Adams St, La Porte City, IA 50651 · (319) 342-2697 · Black Hawk County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL279 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
67 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Union Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
84.0%
IA avg 73.6% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
77.3%
IA avg 70.9% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
76.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
279
-76 (-21%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.7:1
% White
91%
was 95%
% Hispanic
5%
was 2%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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Black Hawk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,049
Census ACS
Median income
$66,417
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
18,224 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union Comm School District
- La Porte City Elementary SchoolElementary · 260 students
- Dysart-Geneseo Elementary SchoolElementary · 219 students
- Union Middle SchoolMiddle · 194 students
Other schools in La Porte City
- La Porte City Elementary SchoolElementary · 260 students
Nearby schools
- La Porte City Elementary School0.6 mi · 260
- Poyner Elementary11.4 mi · 362
- Orange Elementary School11.4 mi · 518
- Bunger Middle School11.5 mi · 440
- Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School11.6 mi · 219
- Union Middle School11.7 mi · 194
Frequently asked questions
About Union High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Union High School?
Union High School enrolls approximately 279 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Union High School serve?
Union High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Union High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Union High School is approximately 11.9:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Union High School?
At Union High School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Union High School?
Union High School is overseen by Union Comm School District in Black Hawk County.
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