Union County High School
153 Panther Circle
Blairsville GA, 30512, Union County
Phone: 706-745-2216
Ranking: 
(125 out of 392, top 32%)*
(125 out of 392, top 32%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Union County School District
Title I Eligible School: No
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 52 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 56 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 754 | 745 | 710 | 671 | 718 | 694 | 742 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 231 | 30.6% | 240 | 32.2% | 241 | 33.9% | 177 | 26.4% | 227 | 31.6% | 204 | 29.4% | 221 | 29.8% |
| Grade 10: | 208 | 27.6% | 200 | 26.8% | 154 | 21.7% | 188 | 28.0% | 167 | 23.3% | 187 | 26.9% | 186 | 25.1% |
| Grade 11: | 183 | 24.3% | 145 | 19.5% | 176 | 24.8% | 151 | 22.5% | 179 | 24.9% | 155 | 22.3% | 169 | 22.8% |
| Grade 12: | 132 | 17.5% | 160 | 21.5% | 139 | 19.6% | 155 | 23.1% | 145 | 20.2% | 148 | 21.3% | 166 | 22.4% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 383 | 50.8% | 368 | 49.4% | 344 | 48.5% | 316 | 47.1% | 355 | 49.4% | 337 | 48.6% | 360 | 48.5% |
| Female: | 371 | 49.2% | 377 | 50.6% | 366 | 51.5% | 355 | 52.9% | 363 | 50.6% | 341 | 49.1% | 372 | 50.1% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Asian: | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.4% |
| Hispanic: | 22 | 2.9% | 29 | 3.9% | 26 | 3.7% | 29 | 4.3% | 35 | 4.9% | 19 | 2.7% | 17 | 2.3% |
| Black: | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| White: | 715 | 94.8% | 700 | 94.0% | 671 | 94.5% | 631 | 94.0% | 668 | 93.0% | 663 | 95.5% | 714 | 96.2% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 11 | 1.5% | 8 | 1.1% | 7 | 1.0% | 5 | 0.7% | 6 | 0.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 311 | 41.2% | 293 | 39.3% | 283 | 39.9% | 268 | 39.9% | 289 | 40.3% | 233 | 33.6% | 216 | 29.1% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 94 | 12.5% | 98 | 13.2% | 91 | 12.8% | 87 | 13.0% | 79 | 11.0% | 64 | 9.2% | 92 | 12.4% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.47 | 14.47 | 13.12 | 11.94 | 12.71 | 12.10 | 13.20 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 93% | 95% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 84.3% | 91.3% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 76.8% | 77.6% | 55% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 51.5% | 51.5% | 40% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84% | 85% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 86.8% | 86.8% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 98.5% | 95.9% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 93.3% | 93.9% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 93.6% | 94.2% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 96.3% | 96.4% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 97.1% | 97.1% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 95.1% | 95.1% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 66% | 67% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 66.1% | 68.6% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 56.4% | 58.5% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 93.5% | 90.5% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 74.6% | 75.5% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 75.7% | 76.2% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 87.5% | 87.5% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 91.2% | 90.7% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 43.4% | 50.5% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 57% | 58% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 75% | 75% | 66% |
| 2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 89% | 89% | 68% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 92% | 92% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 86.7% | 86.3% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 86.9% | 85.2% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 92.7% | 92.7% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 88.6% | 88.6% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 79% | 79% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 88.9% | 90.2% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 87.2% | 87.2% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 72.5% | 79.6% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 69.1% | 69.1% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 65.5% | 66.5% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 70.1% | 70.1% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 45.5% | 47% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 48.3% | 49.5% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 47.2% | 47.2% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 52.9% | 52.9% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 77% | 77% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 79.2% | 79.2% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 80.4% | 80.4% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 82.6% | 82.6% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 86.2% | 86.1% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 92.3% | 92.5% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 90.3% | 90.3% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 95.3% | 96.5% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 81% | 81% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 82.7% | 82.7% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 82.4% | 82.4% | 63% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 88.4% | 88.4% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 94.2% | 94.6% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 93.9% | 94.2% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 90.6% | 90.6% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 95.6% | 96.6% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 79% | 79% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 75.2% | 75.2% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 61.6% | 61.6% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 72.7% | 72.7% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 68.5% | 68% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 66.2% | 66.7% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 71.6% | 71.6% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 100% | 92% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 93.5% | 93.8% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 95.2% | 95.5% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 97.3% | 97.6% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 94% | 95% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 85% | 86% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 93.6% | 93.8% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 91.1% | 91% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 95.5% | 95.1% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 95% | 95% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 87.6% | 87.9% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 78% | 79% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 95% | 96% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 98.2% | 98.4% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 86% | 87% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 91.2% | 91.8% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 95% | 96% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 94.48% | 95% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 96% | 96% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 69% | 69% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 77.1% | 78% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 86% | 86% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 86.5% | 87.4% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 91% | 91% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 92.47% | 93% | 87.24% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Union County High School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.