Summary:
Heppner, Oregon is served by a single elementary school: Heppner Elementary School, located at 235 E Standsbury. It serves grades K–6, enrolls 185 students, and belongs to Morrow School District 1. Because it is the only elementary school in the city, the most useful comparisons for families are to its own district and to Oregon statewide results rather than to other Heppner schools.
On the 2025–2026 OSAS assessments, the school outperforms both its district and the state across all grades in every tested subject. In English Language Arts, 47.7% of students met the proficiency standard, versus 34.5% in the district and 43.8% statewide. In mathematics, the school reached 41.1% compared with 23.5% in the district and 32.9% in the state; in science, it reached 43.5% versus 22.1% and 30.6%. It also beats the district in every reported grade-level test. The strongest results are 6th grade ELA at 67.7% proficient (25.9 percentage points above state) and 5th grade science at 43.5% (12.7 points above state and 29.2 points above district). A few areas trail the state—3rd grade ELA at 34.6% versus 41.5%, 4th grade ELA at 37.0% versus 43.5%, and 5th grade math at 26.1% versus 32.4%—though each is still above the district average.
Context metrics are encouraging. Chronic absenteeism is 23.0%, well below the district's 35.4% and the state's 33.5%, even though 67.57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Per-student spending is $20,372 and the student-teacher ratio is 15.4. The school's state rank has slipped from 191 of 710 (73rd percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024 to 208 of 706 (71st percentile, 4 stars) and then 249 of 709 (65th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026, but it remains above the state midpoint and well ahead of the district's 48th percentile and 2-star rating. The main watch points are early-grade ELA, 5th grade math, and continuing to reduce absenteeism.
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