Summary:
Oakridge, Oregon is served by three public schools covering grades K–12 — Oakridge Elementary School (K–6, 280 students), Oakridge Junior High School (7–8, 80 students), and Oakridge High School (9–12, 155 students) — all part of Oakridge School District 76, which ranks 57 of 141 Oregon districts (60th percentile, 3 stars). Total enrollment across the three schools is 515, with the elementary school enrolling about 54% of all students.
The standout is Oakridge High School, which jumped from the 10th percentile (1 star) in 2023–24 to the 79th percentile (4 stars) in 2025–26. Its English Language Arts proficiency is 68.2% (state 43.8%) and science is 50% (state 30.6%), though math is 25%, below the state's 32.9%. Notably, its graduation rate is 67.7%, well below the state's 83.0% — a real contrast with its test scores. It also has the highest per-student spending ($32,810) and the lowest student-teacher ratio (12.3) in the group.
Oakridge Elementary School is the main pressure point, staying in the bottom quartile with 1 star and proficiency of 28.6% in ELA, 22.7% in math, and 23.5% in science — all below state averages. A bright spot: 4th-grade math is 41.7%, above the state's 38.9%. Oakridge Junior High School has improved from the 18th to the 44th percentile (2 stars), with 8th-grade ELA and science above state, but 7th-grade ELA and math below. Chronic absenteeism is above the state's 33.5% at every school: junior high 41.9%, elementary 38.8%, high school 34.6%. Free/reduced-lunch data is incomplete here: elementary reports 96.07%, the high school does not report a rate, and the junior high's listed 270 is not a valid percentage.
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