Union School
359 Union Ave
Rutherford NJ, 07070, Bergen County
Phone: 201-438-7675
Ranking: (583 out of 1,847, top 32%)*
Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 4 to Grade 8
School District: Rutherford Borough School District
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: | 43 | 42 | 39 | 34 | 34 | 43 | 31 | |||||||
Total Students: | 500 | 492 | 497 | 493 | 481 | 489 | 484 | |||||||
Grade 4: | 95 | 19.0% | 90 | 18.3% | 92 | 18.5% | 91 | 18.5% | 92 | 19.1% | 84 | 17.2% | 98 | 20.2% |
Grade 5: | 98 | 19.6% | 93 | 18.9% | 99 | 19.9% | 95 | 19.3% | 86 | 17.9% | 98 | 20.0% | 96 | 19.8% |
Grade 6: | 95 | 19.0% | 109 | 22.2% | 99 | 19.9% | 93 | 18.9% | 99 | 20.6% | 105 | 21.5% | 93 | 19.2% |
Grade 7: | 109 | 21.8% | 97 | 19.7% | 95 | 19.1% | 105 | 21.3% | 103 | 21.4% | 100 | 20.4% | 92 | 19.0% |
Grade 8: | 98 | 19.6% | 99 | 20.1% | 110 | 22.1% | 103 | 20.9% | 95 | 19.8% | 96 | 19.6% | 96 | 19.8% |
Ungraded: | 5 | 1.0% | 4 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.4% | 6 | 1.2% | 6 | 1.2% | 6 | 1.2% | 9 | 1.9% |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 259 | 51.8% | 248 | 50.4% | 254 | 51.1% | 247 | 50.1% | 245 | 50.9% | 253 | 51.7% | 254 | 52.5% |
Female: | 241 | 48.2% | 244 | 49.6% | 243 | 48.9% | 246 | 49.9% | 236 | 49.1% | 236 | 48.3% | 226 | 46.7% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 108 | 21.6% | 106 | 21.5% | 114 | 22.9% | 111 | 22.5% | 131 | 27.2% | 119 | 24.3% | 109 | 22.5% |
Hispanic: | 86 | 17.2% | 87 | 17.7% | 82 | 16.5% | 88 | 17.8% | 68 | 14.1% | 67 | 13.7% | 68 | 14.0% |
Black: | 18 | 3.6% | 17 | 3.5% | 13 | 2.6% | 12 | 2.4% | 16 | 3.3% | 20 | 4.1% | 18 | 3.7% |
White: | 275 | 55.0% | 272 | 55.3% | 278 | 55.9% | 277 | 56.2% | 263 | 54.7% | 282 | 57.7% | 289 | 59.7% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 13 | 2.6% | 10 | 2.0% | 9 | 1.8% | 5 | 1.0% | 3 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.2% | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 15 | 3.0% | 15 | 3.0% | 9 | 1.8% | 10 | 2.0% | 10 | 2.1% | 4 | 0.8% | 14 | 2.9% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 3 | 0.6% | 5 | 1.0% | 4 | 0.8% | 9 | 1.8% | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.6% | 9 | 1.9% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 11.57 | 11.77 | 12.69 | 14.42 | 14.15 | 11.10 | 15.60 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ASK | ||||||
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 83% | 84.1% | 79.4% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 82.9% | 88.7% | 83.2% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 76.6% | 79% | 76.6% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 80.0% | 85.4% | 82.5% |
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 93.5% | 84.1% | 77.6% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 85.3% | 86.9% | 82.2% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 86.2% | 90.5% | 81.6% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 85.0% | 85.0% | 80.0% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 80.2% | 82.7% | 80.6% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 95% | 95.5% | 82.7% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 73.5% | 73.4% | 63.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 70.3% | 73.9% | 59.7% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 85.5% | 73.3% | 62.7% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 64.9% | 72% | 58.5% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 72.5% | 71.5% | 59.4% |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 82.2% | 71.6% | 68.0% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 85.3% | 78.8% | 72.1% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 86.3% | 87.6% | 80.2% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 92.6% | 90.6% | 82.3% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 95.6% | 93.6% | 84.7% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 95% | 93.0% | 84.9% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 82.3% | 80.4% | 73.1% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 94.6% | 86.5% | 77.2% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 87.6% | 81.0% | 79.3% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 84.0% | 89.8% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 81.1% | 82.8% | 78.3% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 90.2% | 91.2% | 81.1% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 94.7% | 90.5% | 82.3% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 95.6% | 92.5% | 83.1% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 94% | 94.0% | 85.1% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 96.5% | 96.7% | 91.1% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 96.8% | 93.8% | 93.5% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 97.9% | 95.0% | 90.0% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 98.9% | 98.5% | 91.3% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 95.8% | 96.5% | 89.5% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 96.6% | 96.9% | 88.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 70.9% | 76.8% | 60.0% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 84.3% | 83.8% | 66.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 75.0% | 77.4% | 63.3% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 73.5% | 74.5% | 60.9% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 77.4% | 71.3% | 62.1% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 71.7% | 79.4% | 61.3% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 92.5% | 94.3% | 84.1% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 75.7% | 82.3% | 76.6% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 88.7% | 88.9% | 77.6% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 86.3% | 87.0% | 79.0% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 92.8% | 90.5% | 80.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 94.2% | 90.4% | 83.3% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 87.3% | 91.4% | 79.9% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 83.7% | 88.2% | 75.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 76.8% | 79.5% | 57.3% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 78.4% | 81.1% | 70.1% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 85.2% | 84.0% | 65.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 78.5% | 77.5% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 85.1% | 84.1% | 66.2% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 87.1% | 89.8% | 79% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 85.4% | 83.7% | 72.2% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 67.0% | 75.8% | 71.2% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 88.3% | 82.7% | 72.1% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 89.4% | 83.3% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 86.1% | 84.7% | 78.9% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 83.9% | 90.5% | 80.1% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 79.6% | 84.7% | 70.5% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 84.4% | 86.8% | 72.4% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 74.5% | 81.4% | 69.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 74.7% | 76.6% | 63.3% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 73.0% | 76.0% | 61.0% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 90.6% | 88.1% | 65.2% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 74% | 77.7% | 66.3% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 69.9% | 78.6% | 64.5% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 72.1% | 77.3% | 66.8% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 57.5% | 67.3% | 64.6% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 73.1% | 72.8% | 65.7% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 72.9% | 71.4% | 63.2% |
2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 77.3% | 77.4% | 63.5% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 86.4% | 89.9% | 81.4% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 84.8% | 89.5% | 82.5% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 92.8% | 94.5% | 82.9% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 94.3% | 94.4% | 82.1% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 90.8% | 91.6% | 82.2% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 90.7% | 89.1% | 81.9% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 69.9% | 76.3% | 67.7% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 80% | 82.2% | 71.8% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 86.8% | 85.5% | 69.0% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 87.7% | 83.9% | 71.5% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 86.2% | 83.3% | 71.6% |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 89.8% | 83.4% | 69.3% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 87.4% | 90.8% | 84.2% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 85% | 90.1% | 84.6% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 93.9% | 95.4% | 83.3% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 90.5% | 92.0% | 81.2% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 88.1% | 91.1% | 81.9% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 88.8% | 87.6% | 79.0% |
GEPA | ||||||
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 89.3% | 91.3% | 73.8% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 75.5% | 81.9% | 71.8% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 82.9% | 88.9% | 72.3% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 84.4% | 89.6% | 74.2% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 88.2% | 90.2% | 73.7% |
2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 76.7% | 77.2% | 56.7% |
2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 70.8% | 71.4% | 61.7% |
2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 71.2% | 76.9% | 62.4% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 67.9% | 75.5% | 64.5% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 75.8% | 79.7% | 68.4% |
2003 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 90.3% | 89.8% | 72.9% |
2004 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 81.2% | 85.1% | 74.7% |
2005 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 88.3% | 90.7% | 76.8% |
2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 84.3% | 89.1% | 79.0% |
2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 86.3% | 86.1% | 78.9% |
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* Union School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.