Best Public Schools in Warm Springs, OR

The city of Warm Springs, Oregon has only one school serving grades K-8 - the Warm Springs K-8 Academy. This school is part of the Jefferson County School District 509J, which is ranked 129 out of 140 school districts in Oregon and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The Warm Springs K-8 Academy faces significant challenges in providing a high-quality education for its students. The school has consistently low academic performance, with test scores in English Language Arts and Mathematics consistently below both the district and state averages across all grade levels. For example, in 8th grade ELA, only 15.7% of students were proficient or better, compared to 29.6% in the district and 41.6% statewide. Additionally, the school has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 94.27% in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating high poverty levels among the student population.

Despite the low academic performance, the Warm Springs K-8 Academy is spending a significant amount of money per student, at $24,865 for the 2022-2023 school year, which is higher than the state average. The school also has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.6 to 1, suggesting potential staffing challenges. The high chronic absenteeism rate of 34.3% in the 2023-2024 school year further indicates that the school may be facing difficulties in student engagement and retention.