Summary:
Mapleton, Oregon is a small rural community served by just two public schools, both part of Mapleton School District 32: Mapleton Elementary School (grades K–5, 63 students) and Mapleton Junior/Senior High School (grades 6–12, 76 students), totaling 139 students. There is no standalone middle school or alternative school, so the junior/senior high also serves middle grades. The district ranks 91st out of 141 Oregon districts — the 35th percentile, with 2 stars.
The two schools have very different profiles. Mapleton Elementary School is the improving school: its rank climbed from the 14th percentile in 2017–2018 to the 39th percentile in 2025–2026, and its All Grades scores beat the state in ELA (55.6% vs. 43.8%) and math (35.3% vs. 32.9%) — though science is far below state at 14.3% vs. 30.6%. Mapleton Junior/Senior High School is more split: its graduation rate is 91.7% vs. the state's 83.0%, and 11th-grade science is 63.6% vs. the state's 33.8%, but All Grades ELA is 18.8% vs. 43.8%, All Grades math is under 5% vs. 32.9%, and 6th-grade ELA is also under 5% vs. 41.8%.
Other practical details matter for families. Both schools spend over $42,000 per student, and the high school's student-teacher ratio of 9.5 is lower than the elementary school's 15.7. Chronic absenteeism is a bigger issue at the elementary school (48.3%) than the high school (34.3%), and both exceed the state's 33.5%. Reported free/reduced lunch figures (101.32% and 117.46%) exceed 100% and reflect a reporting convention, but still signal high economic need. Because enrollment is so small, a few students can shift a proficiency rate by several percentage points. Several grade-level ELA and math results are suppressed for privacy, so those scores are unknown and should not be read as zeros.
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