Union City HS

Located at 105 Concord Street, in Union City, Pennsylvania, Union City HS is an intimate four-year high school that teaches 304 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Union City Area SD. Enrollment runs roughly 59% leaner than the state mean of about 738.

Union City Area SD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 949 students. Union City HS is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Union City HS records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder looks like 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Erie County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Union City HS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.3%, the actual is 46.7%, a residual of +10.4 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Erie County put median household income runs about $63,354, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Union City HS is one of 68 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students).

Union City MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Union City HS at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 61.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Union City HS's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 343 (now 304). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Union City HS community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.