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Union Public Schools
District details
School board members: 5
Students: 14,974 (2023-2024)
Schools: 17 (2023-2024)
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Union Public Schools is a school district in Oklahoma (Tulsa County). During the 2024 school year, 14,974 students attended one of the district's 17 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 5

General election

Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 4

General election

General election for Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 4

Incumbent Stacey Roemerman defeated Anthony Jones in the general election for Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 4 on April 2, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stacey Roemerman (Nonpartisan)	63.0	92
	Submit photo	Anthony Jones (Nonpartisan)	37.0	54

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 146
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Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 3

General election

Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 2

General election

General election for Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 2

Incumbent Chris McNeil defeated Shelley Gwartney in the general election for Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 2 on April 5, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Chris McNeil (Nonpartisan)	54.8	687
		Shelley Gwartney (Nonpartisan)	45.2	566

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,253
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Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 1

General election

General election for Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 1

Joey Reyes defeated Kasey Magness in the general election for Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 1 on April 6, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Joey Reyes (Nonpartisan)	52.8	229
	Submit photo	Kasey Magness (Nonpartisan)	47.2	205

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 434
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Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 5

General election

General election for Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 5

Incumbent Kenneth Kinnear II defeated Brandon Swearengin in the general election for Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 5 on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kenneth Kinnear II (Nonpartisan)	54.6	1,659
		Brandon Swearengin (Nonpartisan)	45.4	1,380

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,039
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Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 4

General election

General election for Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 4

Incumbent Stacey Roemerman defeated Matthew Lee in the general election for Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 4 on April 2, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stacey Roemerman (Nonpartisan)	71.1	106
	Submit photo	Matthew Lee (Nonpartisan)	28.9	43

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 149
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Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 2

General election

General election for Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 2

Incumbent Lisa Ford won election in the general election for Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 2 on February 14, 2017.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Lisa Ford (Nonpartisan)

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Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 1

General election

General election for Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 1

Incumbent Jeff Bennett won election in the general election for Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 1 on February 9, 2016.

		Candidate
✔		Jeff Bennett (Nonpartisan)

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Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 4

General election

General election for Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 4

Incumbent Stacey Roemerman won election in the general election for Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 4 on February 10, 2015.

		Candidate
✔		Stacey Roemerman (Nonpartisan)

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Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 5

General election

General election for Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 5

Incumbent Kenneth Kinnear II won election in the general election for Union Public Schools Board of Education Zone 5 on February 10, 2015.

		Candidate
✔		Kenneth Kinnear II (Nonpartisan)

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Election rules

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Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board nonpartisan primary elections in Oklahoma are held on the second Tuesday in February every year. School board primary elections are only held if more than two candidates run for a school board member seat. If two candidates run, the primary is canceled and both candidates advance to the general election.

School board general elections in Oklahoma are held on the first Tuesday in April every year.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Recent or upcoming election dates for all public school districts in the state

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for all public school districts in the state. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

• Filing deadline date: December 3, 2025
• Primary election date: February 10, 2026
• General election date: April 7, 2026

Election system

School board members in Oklahoma are elected through a system of a nonpartisan primary election and a nonpartisan general election. The primary election is only held if a large enough number of candidates run for office.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Oklahoma are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Winning an election

The top two school board candidates with the most votes in the nonpartisan primary advance to the general election as long as none of them receives more than 50% of the vote. If only two candidates file for the primary election, they automatically advance to the general election. If there are three or more candidates on the ballot for the primary election and one receives more than 50% of the vote, that candidate wins the election outright and is elected to office, and the general election is canceled.

The school board candidate with the most votes in the general election is elected to office. In Oklahoma, school board candidates can be elected outright in the nonpartisan primary election.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Term length and staggering

School districts with three board members have three-year board member terms. School districts with five members have five-year board member terms. School districts with seven members have four-year board member terms. Elementary school district board members have three-year terms. Independent school districts (which serve grades K-12) have school boards with five-year terms or four-year terms, depending on how many school board members they have. Districts with average student attendance of more than 30,000 can opt to elect a chair of the board in addition to other school board members. The chair must be elected at large to four-year terms. As of 2022, Oklahoma City Schools was the only district that had opted to have an additional elected chair of the school board.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

School districts either elect all regular school board members at large, or they elect all regular school board members from residence areas (sub-districts) with one board member elected by the voters of each sub-district. Elementary school districts must elect school board members at large. Any school district with an average daily student attendance of fewer than 1,800 students may choose to elect school board members at large instead of from sub-districts. Other school districts must elect school board members by sub-districts. Independent school districts that contain a city and for which less than 20% of the population of the school district resides outside of the city's limits may use the city's ward boundaries instead of drawing its own sub-district boundaries. Board members elected from sub-districts must reside within that sub-district when elected and for the duration of their terms. School districts with average student attendance of more than 30,000 can opt to elect a chair of the school board at large, which means that if other board members are elected by sub-district, that district would use a combination of elections at large and elections by sub-district elections.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

The deadline for candidates to file for regular school board elections is the Wednesday following the first Monday in December in the year before the February primary election. Candidates must submit their filing by 5:00 pm on the day of the filing deadline.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §26-13A-110

Newly elected school board members officially take office at the first school board meeting taking place after the results of the election have been certified.

See law: Oklahoma Statute §70-5-107A. Boards of education of school districts - Membership - Election procedure

 

About the district

School board

Union Public Schools consists of five members serving five-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members

Name	Seat	Year assumed office	Year term ends
Steve Nguyen	Zone 5	2024	2030
Stacey Roemerman	Zone 4	2014	2029
Heather McAdams	Zone 3		2028
Chris McNeil	Zone 2	2022	2027
Joey Reyes	Zone 1	2021	2026

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Union Public Schools

Office Name	Current Officeholder	Party	% School District Covered	% Other District Covered
Oklahoma House of Representatives District 75	T. Marti	Republican Party	27%	48%
Oklahoma House of Representatives District 76	Ross Ford	Republican Party	23%	53%
Oklahoma House of Representatives District 67	Rob Hall	Republican Party	19%	48%
Oklahoma House of Representatives District 79	Melissa Provenzano	Democratic Party	19%	40%
Oklahoma House of Representatives District 80	Stan May	Republican Party	13%	15%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2021-2022

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$30,484,000	$2,031	14%
Local:	$102,111,000	$6,804	48%
State:	$80,329,000	$5,352	38%
Total:	$212,924,000	$14,187

Expenditures, 2021-2022

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$187,449,000	$12,489
Total Current Expenditures:	$161,035,000	$10,729
Instructional Expenditures:	$82,773,000	$5,515	44%
Student and Staff Support:	$18,887,000	$1,258	10%
Administration:	$23,012,000	$1,533	12%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$36,363,000	$2,422	19%
Total Capital Outlay:	$18,952,000	$1,262
Construction:	$17,256,000	$1,149
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$5,780,000	$385
Interest on Debt:	$1,563,000	$104

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	20	39	9	12	15-19	21	32
2018-2019	29	54	15	18	24	30	44
2017-2018	28	56	12	17	24	30	44
2016-2017	32	54	13	20	28	36	49
2015-2016	64	82	47	52	62	67	78
2014-2015	66	84	49	55	65	65	80
2013-2014	67	85	50	55	64	67	80
2012-2013	74	89	56	62	75	74	84
2011-2012	75	88	59	62	75	77	85
2010-2011	75	86	58	62	74		84

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	20	35	11	11	20-24	20	33
2018-2019	29	47	16	16	28	30	47
2017-2018	29	44	15	16	31	30	46
2016-2017	32	44	16	18	32	37	49
2015-2016	63	77	47	48	69	66	79
2014-2015	68	79	53	52	71	71	83
2013-2014	68	78	54	52	70	70	82
2012-2013	71	80	58	56	77	73	83
2011-2012	71	78	57	55	72	77	83
2010-2011	71	79	57	54	75		82

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2019-2020	90	>=95	90-94	86	80-89	85-89	94
2018-2019	93	>=95	90-94	85	>=90	>=95	96
2017-2018	89	90-94	85-89	86	90-94	85-89	91
2016-2017	89	90-94	85-89	84	90-94	90-94	92
2015-2016	87	90-94	80-84	80-84	80-84	85-89	92
2014-2015	88	>=95	85-89	75-79	85-89	90-94	93
2013-2014	90	90-94	85-89	85-89	80-89	85-89	94
2012-2013	89	90-94	80-84	80-84	80-84	90-94	95

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2023-2024	14,974	0.6
2022-2023	14,890	-0.8
2021-2022	15,008	0.3
2020-2021	14,959	-5.7
2019-2020	15,815	0.3
2018-2019	15,773	-0.5
2017-2018	15,847	-0.9
2016-2017	15,983	-0.1
2015-2016	16,006	1.1
2014-2015	15,826	1.9
2013-2014	15,526	1.5
2012-2013	15,298	2.0
2011-2012	14,990	0.4
2010-2011	14,931	-0.5
2009-2010	15,010	2.3
2008-2009	14,658	1.0
2007-2008	14,518	1.2
2006-2007	14,342	1.7
2005-2006	14,101	0.9
2004-2005	13,968	1.1
2003-2004	13,819	2.2
2002-2003	13,517	1.5
2001-2002	13,315	2.0
2000-2001	13,054	0.6
1999-2000	12,977	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2023-2024

RACE	Union Public Schools (%)	Oklahoma K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	3.7	10.9
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	7.1	2.3
Black	15.1	7.8
Hispanic	40.9	20.5
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.3	0.5
Two or More Races	9.9	13.5
White	23.0	44.5

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2023-2024 school year, Union Public Schools had 854.36 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 17.53.

Teachers, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	32.00
Kindergarten:	44.72
Elementary:	354.25
Secondary:	423.39
Total:	854.36

Union Public Schools employed 8.00 district administrators and 46.00 school administrators as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Administrators, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	8.00
District Administrative Support:	92.81
School Administrators:	46.00
School Administrative Support:	78.90

Other staff, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	198.25
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	17.30
Total Guidance Counselors:	42.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	14.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	28.00
Librarians/Media Specialists:	17.00
Library/Media Support:	5.00
Student Support Services:	183.76
Other Support Services:	499.87

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

Union Public Schools operates 17 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Andersen Es	385	PK-5
Boevers Es	433	PK-5
Cedar Ridge Es	458	PK-5
Clark Es	429	PK-5
Darnaby Es	550	PK-5
Ellen Ochoa Es	910	PK-5
Grove Es	558	PK-5
Jarman Es	533	PK-5
Marshall T. Moore Es	489	PK-5
Mcauliffe Es	499	PK-5
Peters Es	422	PK-5
Rosa Parks Es	651	PK-5
Thomas Jefferson Es	576	PK-5
Union 6th-7th Grade Ctr	2,177	6-7
Union 8th Grade Ctr	1,185	8-8
Union Hs	3,516	10-12
Union Hs Freshman Academy	1,203	9-9

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