Schools · Union Gap

Union Gap, WA schools

Union Gap’s public schools score well below Washington’s averages: 42% of students are proficient in reading against 61% statewide, and 73% of high schoolers graduate on time against 83%. Kids attend Union Gap School or Martin Luther King Jr Elementary through grade 8, then Union Gap School and one of 4 high schools.

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

C-School Grade #242Highest graduation rate in WA (of 254)

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Union Gap’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Union Gap’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 82% of Washington’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C-Test scoresDGraduation

Washington school districts we grade (291)Better than 18%

Lower resultsHigher results

Washington towns with similar household incomes (169)Better than 16%

High confidence. Built on 8,640 tested students and a graduating class of 1,261; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Washington’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: 2018–19; 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 Washington 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 Washington 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 Gap kids go to school

Grades PK–8

Union Gap School or Martin Luther King Jr Elementary Depends on your address Union Gap School District

Grades 8

Union Gap School 558 students · Union Gap Union Gap School District

Grades 9–12

4 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Yakima School District

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

Test scores · 2018–19

Below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–8, Union Gap School District)59%

State average 61%

Reading (grades 9–12, Yakima)42%

State average 61%

Math (grades PK–8, Union Gap School District)54%

State average 50.3%

Math (grades 9–12, Yakima)34%

State average 50.3%

Graduation · class of 2020

73% graduate on time

Graduation rate

73%

WA: 83%

Graduating class

1,261

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #242 of 254 WA towns →

Districts

Two districts serve Union Gap

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Union Gap School DistrictGrades PK–8 · 1 school · 558 students

$17,833 per studentWA $18,444B+🏫

Yakima School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 29 schools · 15,488 students

$18,105 per studentWA $18,444C-

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

Within reach

Colleges near Union Gap

There’s no college in Union Gap, but 4 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Perry Technical Institute in Yakima, 2.5 miles away.

Perry Technical InstituteCommunity college · Private nonprofit · Yakima2.5 mi973 students Yakima Valley CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Yakima2.8 mi2,527 students

Pacific Northwest University of Health SciencesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Terrace Heights3.7 mi649 students

Heritage UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Toppenish13.2 mi761 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Union Gap. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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