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Union Township School District

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Union Township School District is located in northeast New Jersey. Union Township School District has 9.07 square miles of land area and 0.02 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Union Township School District population is 57,285. Union Township School District median household income is $73,249 in 2010-2014. Union Township School District median house value is $316,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Union Township School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (236 out of 285, bottom 17%) Elementary/Middle School: (432 out of 515, bottom 16%)* Rank: #487
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	11
Population	57,285 (2010-2014), rank #30
Population Growth	6.49% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	6,300.55/sq mi, rank #64
Median Household Income:	$73,249 at 2010-2014—1.67% increase since 2005-2009, rank #326
Median House Price:	$316,000 at 2010-2014—-11.04% increase since 2005-2009, rank #283
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	9.07 sq mi, rank #242
Water Area:	0.02 sq mi (0.23%), rank #474
State:	New Jersey
County:	Union County
City:	Union, Vauxhall
Zip:	07083, 07088
Area:	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA

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Union Township School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

2369 Morris Ave

Union NJ, 07083, Union County

Phone: 908-851-6419

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	7,474	7,510	7,466	7,761	7,707	7,776	7,823
English Language Learner Students:	192	212	194	181	158	118	NA
Total Teachers:	612.60	557.90	572.00	610.00	595.00	588.60	552.00
Prekindergarten:	7.00	8.00	9.00	10.00	15.00	13.00	8.00
Kindergarten:	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00	21.00	21.80	20.80
Elementary:	291.77	267.90	277.00	295.00	234.00	182.30	7.00
Secondary:	197.83	183.00	185.00	201.00	233.00	279.40	275.90
Ungraded:	114.00	97.00	100.00	103.00	92.00	92.10	4.00
Total Other Staff:	574.90	562.19	438.50	438.50	469.00	212.70	226.20
Instructional Aides:	145.00	132.00	104.00	96.50	106.00	93.00	164.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	17.40	15.25	13.00	17.00	14.00	16.00	17.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	23.00	21.00	18.00	17.50	19.00	10.50	22.20
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	8.00	7.50	9.00	NA	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	10.00	10.00	10.00	NA	NA
Other Guidance Counselors:	23.00	21.00	NA	NA	NA	10.50	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	6.00	7.00	7.00
Library/Media Support:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
District Administrators:	6.00	5.95	4.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	5.00
District Administrative Support:	26.00	23.00	20.00	23.50	23.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	20.50	20.50	21.00	20.00	21.00	27.00	5.00
School Administrative Support:	59.00	62.00	52.50	55.50	62.00	0.00	NA
Student Support Services:	64.00	59.99	60.00	61.00	60.00	55.20	6.00
Other Support Services:	207.00	215.50	139.00	135.50	153.00	0.00	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.20	13.46	13.05	12.72	12.95	13.21	14.17

Schools

Battle Hill	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	2600 Killian Place, Union NJ 07083
Burnet Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1000 Caldwell Ave, Union NJ 07083
Connecticut Farms	Kindergarten to Grade 4	875 Stuyvesant Ave, Union NJ 07083
Franklin Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	1500 Lindy Terrace, Union NJ 07083
Hamilton	Grade 5 to Grade 5	1231 Burnet Ave, Union NJ 07083
Hannah Caldwell Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	1120 Commerce Ave, Union NJ 07083
Jefferson	Grade 5 to Grade 5	155 Hilton Ave, Union NJ 07083
Kawameeh Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	490 David Terrace, Union NJ 07083
Livingston	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	960 Midland Blvd, Union NJ 07083
Union Senior High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	2350 North Third St, Union NJ 07083
Washington	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	301 Washington Ave, Union NJ 07083

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ASK Test
2004	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	77.6%	79.4%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	78.3%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	79.1%	82.4%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	80.4%	83.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	87.9%	86.1%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	59.8%	62.9%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	58.0%	59.8%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	65.9%	63.0%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	65.9%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	67.8%	66.4%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	73.7%	76.6%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	80.4%	82.5%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	86.5%	86.8%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	85.8%	87.3%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	87.9%	86.8%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	72.4%	75.4%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	76.7%	78.3%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	83.5%	78.9%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	80.9%	78.4%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	81.1%	77.7%
2003	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	76.8%	77.6%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	82.1%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	75.2%	81.6%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	78.4%	80.0%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	78.2%	80.6%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	79.3%	82.7%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	62.3%	63.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	59.7%	59.7%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	60.7%	62.7%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	61.0%	58.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	57.2%	59.4%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	65.8%	68.0%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	71.5%	72.1%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	72.9%	80.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	78.3%	82.3%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	80.8%	84.7%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	80.3%	84.9%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	68.4%	73.1%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	76.6%	77.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	84.8%	79.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	80.5%	77.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	81.4%	78.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	79.1%	81.1%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	81.5%	82.3%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	81.8%	83.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	86.0%	85.1%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	91.8%	91.1%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	94.8%	93.5%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	94.7%	90.0%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	92.2%	91.3%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	86.7%	89.5%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	86.5%	88.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	47.4%	60.0%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	56.3%	66.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	55.0%	63.3%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	53.3%	60.9%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	55.0%	62.1%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	56.8%	61.3%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	82.5%	84.1%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	59.8%	76.6%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	65.8%	77.6%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	68.2%	79.0%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	78.0%	80.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	83.2%	83.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	81.2%	79.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	68.1%	75.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	43.1%	57.3%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	59.3%	70.1%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	57.0%	65.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	64.1%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	64.5%	66.2%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	67.2%	79%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	56.7%	72.2%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	52.8%	71.2%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	61.4%	72.1%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	71.6%	77.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	75.8%	78.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	74.4%	80.1%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	62.2%	70.5%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	64.6%	72.4%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	60.6%	69.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	57.2%	63.3%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	57.3%	61.0%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	59.7%	65.2%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	56.6%	66.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	48.0%	64.5%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	53.2%	66.8%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	50.2%	64.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	59.0%	65.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	60.6%	63.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	54.9%	63.5%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	76.4%	81.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	74.9%	82.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	73.2%	82.9%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	78.0%	82.1%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	79.1%	82.2%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	80.8%	81.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	53.3%	67.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	58.6%	71.8%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	51.1%	69.0%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	62.8%	71.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	66.0%	71.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	70.3%	69.3%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	82.1%	84.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	78.9%	84.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	80.3%	83.3%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	78.3%	81.2%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	81.3%	81.9%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	83.4%	79.0%
GEPA Test
2003	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	73%	73.8%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	65.5%	71.8%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	64.9%	72.3%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	64.6%	74.2%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	64.3%	73.7%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	54.5%	56.7%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	57.8%	61.7%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	51.6%	62.4%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	56.8%	64.5%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	58.3%	68.4%
2003	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	74.2%	72.9%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	75.5%	74.7%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	72.9%	76.8%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	79.5%	79.0%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	80.6%	78.9%
HSPA Test
2003	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	77.0%	80.1%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	81.4%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	77.5%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	79.1%	83.5%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	82.4%	85.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	79.2%	83.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	78.1%	84.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	80.9%	88.0%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	85.8%	89.6%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	87.4%	91.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	90.9%	91.6%
2003	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	62.8%	65.9%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	64.7%	70.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	66.4%	75.5%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	68.9%	75.9%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	65.6%	73.4%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	63.3%	75.4%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	60.5%	73.7%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	60.6%	75.0%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	58.0%	75.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	67.7%	79.3%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	71.4%	79.7%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% proficient	71.7%	72.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$125,873,000	$16,859		$126,536,000	$16,304		$115,020,000	$14,924
Federal:	$5,377,000	$720	4.3%	$6,086,000	$784	4.8%	$9,567,000	$1,241	8.3%
State:	$38,742,000	$5,189	30.8%	$40,604,000	$5,232	32.1%	$28,211,000	$3,660	24.5%
Local:	$81,754,000	$10,950	64.9%	$79,846,000	$10,288	63.1%	$77,242,000	$10,022	67.2%
Total Expenditures:	$125,885,000	$16,861		$124,379,000	$16,026		$122,977,000	$15,957
Total Current Expenditures:	$108,072,000	$14,475		$110,023,000	$14,176		$107,878,000	$13,997
Instructional Expenditures:	$65,016,000	$8,708	60.2%	$67,932,000	$8,753	61.7%	$65,137,000	$8,452	60.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$14,419,000	$1,931	13.3%	$13,916,000	$1,793	12.6%	$14,055,000	$1,824	13.0%
Administration:	$9,922,000	$1,329	9.2%	$9,715,000	$1,252	8.8%	$9,504,000	$1,233	8.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$18,715,000	$2,507	17.3%	$18,460,000	$2,379	16.8%	$19,182,000	$2,489	17.8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$8,441,000	$1,131		$4,361,000	$562		$3,445,000	$447
Construction:	$7,684,000	$1,029		$3,890,000	$501		$2,841,000	$369
Total Other:	$68,000	$9		$295,000	$38		$311,000	$40
Interest on Debt:	$1,445,000	$194		$1,079,000	$139		$1,398,000	$181

Total Salary:	$69,325,000	$9,285		$71,595,000	$9,225		$69,957,000	$9,077
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$44,954,000	$6,021	64.8%	$47,397,000	$6,107	66.2%	$45,875,000	$5,952	65.6%
Other Salary:	$24,371,000	$3,264	35.2%	$24,198,000	$3,118	33.8%	$24,082,000	$3,125	34.4%
Total Benefit:	$27,131,000	$3,634		$26,482,000	$3,412		$24,273,000	$3,149
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$16,794,000	$2,249	61.9%	$16,483,000	$2,124	62.2%	$15,136,000	$1,964	62.4%
Other Benefit:	$10,337,000	$1,385	38.1%	$9,999,000	$1,288	37.8%	$9,137,000	$1,186	37.6%

* Union Township School District was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.