Summary:
Burns, Oregon is a small, concentrated school system with four schools — one elementary school serving grades K–5, two high schools (grades 6–12 and 9–12), and one alternative school covering K–12 — enrolling 534 students in total. Two schools serve almost everyone: Henry L Slater Elementary School (297 students) and Burns High School (215 students) together account for about 96% of enrollment. Three of the four schools belong to Harney County School District 3, ranked 132 of 141 in Oregon with 0 stars; Monroe School is in the ODE YCEP District.
Henry L Slater Elementary School posts the strongest reported test results among Burns schools — 28.3% in English language arts, 24.1% in math, and 13.7% in science — and the lowest chronic absenteeism at 23.9%, better than both the district (37.7%) and state (33.5%), though still below Oregon proficiency levels. Burns High School shows a sharp split: its graduation rate of 83.3% matches the state's 83.0%, and science proficiency is a relatively strong 26.1%, but ELA is 10.7%, math is under 5%, and chronic absenteeism reaches 47.5% — roughly double Slater's rate.
The two smallest schools are hard to compare. Monroe School has just 15 students, all OSAS scores suppressed, and an old 2010–2013 rank history, yet the city's highest graduation rate at 92.9%. Burns High Desert Academy enrolls only 7 students, has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 7, spends $26,070 per student, but graduates just 22.2%. Note that 91.58% of Slater students qualify for free/reduced lunch versus 35.81% at Burns High School; both ranked schools have slipped in recent rank history.
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