Schools · Union

Union, IN schools

Union’s public schools score close to Indiana’s averages: 44% of students are proficient in reading against 42.6% statewide, and 86% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.9%. Kids attend Kingsford Heights Elementary Sch through grade 4, then LaPorte High School or LaPorte Middle School and LaPorte High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

TownTapestry School GradeNew

B⁻

Union’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Union’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 54% of Indiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

BTest scoresDGraduation

Indiana school districts we grade (390)Better than 46%

Lower resultsHigher results

Indiana towns with similar household incomes (813)Better than 33%

Towns in LaPorte County (21)Better than 29%

High confidence. Built on 3,029 tested students and a graduating class of 434; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Indiana’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Indiana only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Indiana with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Union kids go to school

Grades PK–4

BKingsford Heights Elementary Sch 150 students · Kingsford Heights La Porte Community School Corporation

Grades 5–12

BLaPorte High School or C+LaPorte Middle School Depends on your address La Porte Community School Corporation

Grades 12

BLaPorte High School 1,807 students · LaPorte La Porte Community School Corporation

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, La Porte Community School Corporation)44%

State average 42.6%

Math (grades PK–12, La Porte Community School Corporation)37%

State average 35.8%

Graduation · class of 2020

86% graduate on time

Graduation rate

86%

IN: 90.9%

Graduating class

434

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Union

La Porte Community School CorporationGrades PK–12 · 12 schools · 6,089 students

$13,506 per studentIN $13,688B-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Union

There’s no college in Union, but 8 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Marian University-Ancilla in West, 13.8 miles away.

Marian University-AncillaUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · West13.8 mi218 students Valparaiso UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Valparaiso20.1 mi2,774 students John Patrick University of Health and Applied SciencesUniversity or college · For-profit · South Bend25.3 mi365 students Indiana University-South BendUniversity or college · Public · South Bend26.2 mi3,778 students Holy Cross CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Portage26.2 mi547 students Saint Mary's CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Portage26.4 mi1,467 students University of Notre DameUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Portage26.9 mi12,910 students Bethel UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Mishawaka27.9 mi972 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Union. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.

Every school

All 1 school in Union

Level

All 1 Elementary 1

Type

All 1 Public 1

Showing 1–1 of 1 school

Kingsford Heights Elementary SchElementary · Grades PK–4 · 150 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

Also serving Union

Schools Union kids attend in other towns

Public schools in Union’s district that are located in LaPorte.

LaPorte High SchoolOther · Grades PK–12 · 1,807 students · Laporte

LaPorte Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 862 students · Laporte