Best Public Schools in Hines, OR

Hines, Oregon has one school in this data set: Hines Middle School, a grades 6–8 middle school with 164 students at 500 W Barnes Ave, part of Harney County School District 3. Because it is the only school listed for the city, there are no other Hines schools to compare it with; the useful comparisons are to its district and to Oregon statewide averages. The district is ranked 132 out of 141 districts in Oregon, at the 6th percentile, with 0 stars. It serves as the area’s only middle school, so its profile provides the full picture available for Hines.

Academically, Hines Middle School is below both its district and the state. In 2025–26 all-grade English Language Arts, 18.8% of students met proficiency, versus 22.5% in the district and 43.8% statewide. In mathematics, 8.6% met proficiency, versus 15.6% district and 32.9% state. Science is reported only as under 5%, compared with 13.3% district and 30.6% state. By grade, 6th grade ELA (29.8%) and 7th grade math (20.5%) are the school’s relative bright spots, though still below state figures. Eighth grade is the weakest: ELA 9.3%, math under 5%, and science under 5%. Rank history: 346 out of 371 in 2025–26 (7th percentile, 0 stars), 355 out of 368 in 2024–25 (4th percentile, 0 stars), and 312 out of 371 in 2023–24 (16th percentile, 1 star).

Other metrics show high need and high absenteeism. In 2024–25, 50.3% of students were chronically absent, compared with 37.7% in the district and 33.5% statewide—more than half the school. Also, 94.51% of students qualified for free/reduced-price lunch, indicating nearly universal economic need. Per-student spending was $21,548, with a 12.4 student-teacher ratio; the data does not include state or district averages for those two measures, so direct comparison is limited. Parents should note the school is small (164 students), so grade-level percentages can shift with one or two students, and the data mixes 2024–25 and 2025–26 years. Science and 8th-grade math/science are reported only as under 5%, so exact values are unknown.