Summary:
The city of Milton Freewater, Oregon is home to 4 schools serving students from elementary through high school, including 2 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. The schools in this district face significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance, high poverty rates, and extremely high chronic absenteeism across the board.
Gib Olinger Elementary School has the highest enrollment with 498 students, but struggles with concerning test scores and a very high chronic absenteeism rate of 34.3%. In contrast, Ferndale Elementary School has the lowest enrollment at 233 students and an extremely high free/reduced lunch rate of 85.84%, indicating a high-poverty student population. The district's only high school, McLoughlin High School, has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Oregon high schools, with a graduation rate of just 81.8% and very low test scores.
Across the Milton-Freewater Unified School District 7, the data reveals a pattern of consistently low performance, with all 4 schools ranking in the bottom half or quarter of their respective school types in the state. Addressing the district's high chronic absenteeism rates, improving academic outcomes, and providing targeted support for students and families should be the top priorities for district leadership.
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