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Enrollment
494
High
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAMPSON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370414001683
Union High
1189 Kader Merritt Road, Rose Hill, NC 28458 · (910) 532-6300 · Sampson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
490 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 148 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 127 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 127 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 92 | 19% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
44.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
21.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
32.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 →
Where Union High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Sampson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #380 of 468 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #360 of 464 | #5 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #342 of 448 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #346 of 598 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #157 of 473 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #261 of 474 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #175 of 527 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #166 of 277 | #5 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
494
+40 (+9%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 13.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 494 | 29 | 17.1:1 | 99% (490) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 31.5 | 15.4:1 | 99% (481) |
| 2022-23 | 461 | 30.7 | 15.0:1 | 99% (458) |
| 2020-21 | 454 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 99% (451) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 37.6 | 14.2:1 | 97% (519) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 38 | 14.6:1 | 80% (441) |
| 2010-11 | 539 | 38 | 14.2:1 | 75% (403) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 41 | 11.4:1 | 56% (262) |
| 1990-91 | 486 | 36 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union High.
About Union High
Union High is a high school in Rose Hill, North Carolina, reachable at (910) 532-6300. The school reports 494 students in grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 35% smaller than the 761 average for high schools in North Carolina.
Sampson County Schools enrolls 7,986 students, and its 18 schools include Union High.
By race and ethnicity, Union High is 57% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 23% Black, 16% White, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Sampson County is about 22% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Union High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
The count of teachers at Union High is 29 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 17.1:1. Among high schools in North Carolina, the typical ratio is 19.6:1. The school counts 490 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 99%. That is close to the 99% average for public schools in Sampson County.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 48.5% at Union High; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.6%.
County data help place the school in context: in Sampson County, median household income is about $52,432, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The public schools of Sampson County number 23 and enroll about 11,001.
Union Elementary is located about 1.2 miles from Union High. Other public schools within five miles: 3. Union High comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Union High has an NCES locale of Rural: Remote.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 9%, from 454 to 494. By 2024-25, the school had 17.1 students per teacher, compared with 13.8 in 2020-21.
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Sampson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,470
Census ACS
Median income
$52,432
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
11,001 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sampson County Schools
- Midway HighHigh · 726 students
- Midway MiddleMiddle · 584 students
- Midway ElementaryElementary · 539 students
- Salemburg ElementaryElementary · 502 students
- Lakewood HighHigh · 475 students
- Hobbton HighHigh · 467 students
Other schools in Rose Hill
- Rose Hill-Magnolia ElementaryElementary · 1,118 students
Nearby schools
- Union Elementary1.2 mi · 466
- Union Intermediate4.1 mi · 396
- Union Middle4.2 mi · 374
- Clinton High12.4 mi · 828
- Rose Hill-Magnolia Elementary12.4 mi · 1,118
- Sampson Middle12.6 mi · 703
Frequently asked questions
About Union HighHow large is Union High?
Union High enrolls approximately 494 students in grades 09-12.
Is Union High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Union High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Union High have?
Union High employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
How diverse is Union High?
Union High reports a student body of 16% White, 57% Hispanic, 23% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Union High public or private?
Union High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sampson County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.