UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL

UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is one of the one-room-style high schools in UNION SPRINGS, New York, overseen by UNION SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 212 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 68% below the state mean of about 668.

UNION SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 709 students; UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL reports that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Cayuga County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cayuga County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.3%, the actual is 81.8%, a residual of +19.5 points.

Across the wider county, Cayuga County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,904 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cayuga County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,576 students), of which UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.2%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 24%: 279 students in 2018 compared to 212 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 93% to 87% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.