Enrollment
304
High
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION CITY AREA SD·NCES 422409002075
Union City High School
105 Concord Street, Union City, PA 16438 · (814) 438-7673 · Erie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL304 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
293 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 75%
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 72 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 73 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 75 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 84 | 28% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 59% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Union City Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.3pp since 2023
Math
40.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.5% | 40.8% |
| 2023-24 | 59.8% | 39.0% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. 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
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 →
Schools most like Union City High School
Union City High School's state test result (46.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union City High School this school | 304 | 96.4% | 46.7% |
| Windber Area High School Windber | 337 | 95.5% | 61.9% |
| Kane Area High School Kane | 282 | 98.9% | 57.0% |
| Apollo-Ridge High School Spring Church | 327 | 98.2% | 54.8% |
| Carmichaels Area High School Carmichaels | 293 | 96.6% | 41.6% |
| Bentworth SHS Bentleyville | 359 | 98.6% | 53.7% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Union City High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #354 of 576 | #10 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #291 of 626 ▲ 6 | #10 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #377 of 626 ▼ 50 | #11 of 15 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 304 | #551 of 713 | #15 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.2:1 | #8 of 601 | #1 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.2% | #470 of 604 | #12 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.4% | #204 of 619 | #7 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #152 of 373 | #5 of 11 |
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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
304
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 304 | 37.3 | 8.2:1 | 96% (293) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 31.9 | 9.5:1 | 97% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 23.6 | 13.3:1 | 70% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 311 | 27 | 11.5:1 | 75% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 343 | 27.8 | 12.3:1 | 78% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 26 | 13.3:1 | 100% (345) |
| 2010-11 | 381 | 29 | 13.1:1 | 52% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 444 | 28 | 15.9:1 | 31% (136) |
| 1990-91 | 401 | 34 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union City High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (343 to 304); teachers up 34% (27.8 to 37.3).
About Union City High School
Union City High School is a small high school in Pennsylvania, located in Union City. It had 304 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. High schools in Pennsylvania average about 738 students, which makes this school 59% below average.
Union City Area SD oversees Union City High School and 2 other schools, with 949 students in total.
The share of students at Union City High School who are White is 93%. Other groups include 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Erie County residents are about 83% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 13, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 8.2:1 is based on 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 12.8:1. In all, 96% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Erie County average 74%.
On the allk12 Grade, Union City High School lands at B, ahead of 56% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Union City High School would be expected to post about 36.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 46.7%.
The county, Erie County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $63,354, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 68, with about 35,738 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Union City Middle School, is the closest to Union City High School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Union City High School ranks 5th on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's size has been steady, with 311 students in 2020-21 and 304 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 11.5:1 to 8.2:1.
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Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,052
Census ACS
Median income
$63,354
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
35,738 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union City Area SD
- Union City Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Union City Middle SchoolMiddle · 224 students
Other schools in Union City
- Union City Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Union City Middle SchoolMiddle · 224 students
Other Union City High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Union City High. Union City High School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Union City High SchoolUnion City, NJ · 3,147 students
- Union City High SchoolUnion City, TN · 416 students
- Union City High SchoolUNION CITY, MI · 305 students
- Union City High SchoolUnion City, OK · 105 students
Nearby schools
- Union City Middle School0.0 mi · 224
- Union City Elementary School0.3 mi · 421
- Mill Village Elementary School6.6 mi · 102
- Waterford Elementary School8.3 mi · 340
- Fort LeBoeuf Middle School8.7 mi · 471
- Fort LeBoeuf SHS8.8 mi · 652
Frequently asked questions
About Union City High SchoolHow large is Union City High School?
Union City High School enrolls approximately 304 students in grades 09-12.
Is Union City High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Union City High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Union City High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Union City High School is approximately 8.2:1 (37 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Union City High School?
Union City High School reports a student body of 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Union City High School?
Union City High School is overseen by Union City Area SD in Erie County.
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