Best Public Schools in Klamath Falls, OR

Klamath Falls, Oregon is home to 19 schools serving roughly 7,647 students, split between the Klamath County School District (10 schools, ranked 78 of 141 statewide) and Klamath Falls City Schools (9 schools, ranked 63 of 141). The list includes 10 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, 5 high schools, and 1 alternative school, ranging from Klamath Home Learning Academy with 45 students to Henley High School with 720. Nearly every reporting school is above 92% free or reduced lunch, so economic need is a shared baseline across the area rather than a difference between schools.

The strongest options are concentrated at the high school level. Henley High School ranks 33 of 271 statewide with a 97.7% graduation rate and 23.2% chronic absenteeism, both well better than state averages. Mazama High School has the highest graduation rate in the list at 97.9% and moved from the 41st to the 77th percentile in three years. Among elementary schools, Roosevelt Elementary School is the standout, with math proficiency of 49.2% against a state figure of 32.9%, and Joseph Conger Elementary School improved from the 35th to the 61st percentile.

The clearest need is Mills Elementary School, ranked 682 of 709 with 0 stars and ELA, math, and science all far below state levels. Stearns Elementary School and Brixner Junior High School are also persistently low, and math is weak across most elementary and middle grades. Chronic absenteeism is highest at Klamath Learning Center (72.6%) and Falcon Heights (70.8%). Notably, spending does not track with results: Mills spends $31,108 per student, and Eagle Ridge New Technical High School spends $91,335 with suppressed test data.