Photo: Andrew Jameson · CC BY-SA 3.0Union Township’s public schools
Traverse City Area Public Schools, Kingsley Area Schools and Forest Area Community Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Union Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 97% of students in Michigan’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Union Township’s schools, in brief
School by school
15 of Union Township’s 21 district schools with test results score above the middle of Michigan’s 2,812 public schools. Willow Hill Elementary School places highest (better than 91%); Traverse Heights Elem School lowest (16%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
13 elementary schools serve Union Township, graded from C− to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then six middle schools and four high schools: West Senior High, Central High School, Kingsley Area High School and Forest Area High School. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Union Township, with each school’s own grade.
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Traverse City Area Public Schools.
Three districts serve Union Township
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Union Township vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Michigan towns that share Union Township’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Union Township | — | Traverse City Area PK–12 · Kingsley Area Schools PK–12 · Forest Area PK–12 |
| Whitewater | A | Elk Rapids Schools |
| Boardman | C | Forest Area |
| East Bay | A− | Traverse City Area |
| Fife Lake | A− | Forest Area PK–12 · Kingsley Area Schools PK–12 |
2 of the 4 neighbors share Forest Area with Union Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Union Township
21 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Michigan’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Union Township’s schools
Are Union Township’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Union Township. Traverse City Area Public Schools, Kingsley Area Schools and Forest Area Community Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Union Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 15 of its 21 district schools with test results score above the middle of Michigan’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Union Township in?
Traverse City Area Public Schools, Kingsley Area Schools and Forest Area Community Schools.
Where do Union Township kids go to high school?
One of four high schools, depending on your address: West Senior High, Central High School, Kingsley Area High School and Forest Area High School.
Parents talk
What Union Township families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Union Township → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.