Union High School

Located at 2350 NORTH THIRD STREET, in UNION, New Jersey, Union High School is an expansive 9-12 campus that serves 2,410 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Township of Union School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 929 students each, so Union High School sits 159% larger than that benchmark.

Within Township of Union School District, which oversees 10 schools and 7,845 students, Union High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Union High School logs that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 30% Hispanic, 13% White, 9% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 157 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Union High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.1%; this one delivers 25.8%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Union County put median household income runs about $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Union High School is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

The closest other public school is Hannah Caldwell Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Union High School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.2%.

Union High School operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 9%: 2,207 students in 2018 compared to 2,410 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 30% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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