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Union High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1800 Tremont Blvd Nw

Grand Rapids MI, 49504, Kent County

Phone: 616-819-3160

Ranking:

(592 out of 665, bottom 11%)*

Type: Other/Alternative School, High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Grand Rapids Public Schools

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

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:	58		60		62		47		46		52		61
Total Students:	1,086		932		933		1,202		1,060		905		1,043
Grade 9:	439	40.4%	421	45.2%	395	42.3%	512	42.6%	429	40.5%	249	27.5%	378	36.2%
Grade 10:	285	26.2%	228	24.5%	253	27.1%	342	28.5%	275	25.9%	284	31.4%	275	26.4%
Grade 11:	191	17.6%	158	17.0%	158	16.9%	184	15.3%	208	19.6%	206	22.8%	230	22.1%
Grade 12:	171	15.7%	125	13.4%	127	13.6%	164	13.6%	148	14.0%	166	18.3%	160	15.3%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	607	55.9%	515	55.3%	495	53.1%	671	55.8%	446	42.1%	398	44.0%	496	47.6%
Female:	479	44.1%	417	44.7%	438	46.9%	531	44.2%	402	37.9%	418	46.2%	460	44.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	13	1.2%	15	1.6%	15	1.6%	13	1.1%	6	0.6%	10	1.1%	9	0.9%
Asian:	12	1.1%	6	0.6%	13	1.4%	22	1.8%	11	1.0%	1	0.1%	6	0.6%
Hispanic:	490	45.1%	484	51.9%	476	51.0%	581	48.3%	332	31.3%	325	35.9%	384	36.8%
Black:	320	29.5%	207	22.2%	202	21.7%	261	21.7%	243	22.9%	203	22.4%	216	20.7%
White:	171	15.7%	147	15.8%	155	16.6%	248	20.6%	264	24.9%	285	31.5%	345	33.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	78	7.2%	71	7.6%	71	7.6%	76	6.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	910	83.8%	776	83.3%	758	81.2%	956	79.5%	871	82.2%	669	73.9%	729	69.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	39	3.6%	30	3.2%	35	3.8%	34	2.8%	44	4.2%	71	7.8%	85	8.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.76		15.53		15.17		25.49		23.30		17.40		17.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	37.9%	29.3%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	40.3%	27.5%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	56.1%	50%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	57.3%	47.5%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	41.1%	32.6%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	43%	31.3%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	36.8%	34.4%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	35.5%	31%	55.9%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	38.9%	40.1%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	35.4%	42%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	3%	9.2%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	1.9%	8.5%	28.6%
MME
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	37.6%	30.9%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	32.6%	28.4%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	29.5%	28.4%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	30.6%	26.3%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	20.7%	23%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	25.5%	26%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	19.5%	26.1%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	17%	30%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	3.8%	12.2%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	4%	13%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	44.6%	40.2%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	44.8%	39.4%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	38.9%	40%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	45.3%	47.7%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	28%	43%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	28.8%	36.1%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	26%	37%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	35.7%	29.4%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	31.8%	28.4%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	24.2%	29%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	26.9%	31.2%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	25%	36%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	4.6%	12.9%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	4%	10%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	74.7%	62.5%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	60.3%	56.6%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	73.2%	64%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	58.5%	60.6%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	45%	60%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	12.8%	21.3%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	9%	22%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	24.2%	20.9%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	19.8%	18.4%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	25.5%	22.1%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	16.3%	24.9%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	16%	29%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	15.4%	24.8%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	17%	27%	49%

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* Union High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.