Union High School

Union High School is a comprehensive community public high school located in Union Township, in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Union Public School District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1953. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,270 students and 169.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4:1. There were 687 students (30.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 239 (10.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. History High school education in Union dates to 1881 when six students enrolled in classes. Classes were originally held in the Connecticut Farms School, and from 1895 to 1906, in the Unionville School as well. Union's first high school building was constructed on Morris Avenue in 1924 with expansions in 1928, 1948, and 1959. In December 1965, voters approved a $4 million referendum to expand and convert Burnet Junior High School, which opened in 1958, into a senior high school, thereby relieving overcrowding in the 1924 building. An additional $850,000, caused by cost increases and a labor dispute, was approved by voters in May 1967. After two years of construction, Union High School moved to the former Burnet building in September 1969, with Burnet Junior High School moving to the former high school building. Awards, recognition and rankings The school was the 201st-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 250th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 243rd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 229th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 210th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.