UNION HIGH

UNION HIGH is a senior high of expansive scale in UNION, Missouri, one of the schools within UNION R-XI, teacheing 956 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 91% larger than the state mean of about 501.

UNION R-XI runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 3,120 students. UNION HIGH is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, UNION HIGH lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting UNION HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, UNION HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 48.3%, a residual of -2.2 points.

Around the school, Franklin County reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,165 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. UNION HIGH is one of 41 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 15,025 students).

AUTUMN HILL SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around UNION HIGH. On composite proficiency, UNION HIGH comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 42.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 5%: 907 students in 2018 compared to 956 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

On this page, the feed for UNION HIGH typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.