Summary:
Maupin, Oregon has two public schools covering the full PK–12 span — South Wasco County Elementary School (PK–5, 80 students) and South Wasco County Middle/High School (grades 6–12, 138 students) — both part of South Wasco County School District 1, a small rural district serving 218 students in a high-poverty community with no standalone middle or alternative school.
The two schools are headed in opposite directions. South Wasco County Elementary School is the current standout: it ranks 296th of 709 elementary schools (58th percentile, 3 stars), up from 456th and 433rd in prior years. It beats the state in math (43.2% vs. 32.9%) and science (35% vs. 30.6%), with 4th-grade math at 70% versus the state's 38.9%, though 4th-grade ELA lags at 30% vs. 43.5%. Meanwhile, South Wasco County Middle/High School dropped to 193rd of 271 high schools (29th percentile, 1 star), down from 3 stars a year earlier. It has an impressive 92.3% graduation rate — 9.3 points above the state — but all-grade proficiency trails the state in ELA (35% vs. 43.8%), math (21.7% vs. 32.9%), and science (28.6% vs. 30.6%), with 6th-grade math at just 10%.
For parents, two things stand out. First, chronic absenteeism is a district-wide problem: 46.9% at the middle/high school, 44.4% at the elementary school, and 45.9% district-wide, versus 33.5% statewide. Second, despite free/reduced lunch rates of 98.75% and 90.58%, per-student spending is above $30,000 at both schools. The district's overall 2-star, 40th-percentile rating averages a rising elementary school and a struggling secondary school. Because enrollment is so small, year-to-year percentages can swing sharply, so trends matter more than any single number.
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