Best High Schools in Phoenix, OR

Phoenix, Oregon has two high schools serving grades 9–12: Phoenix High School and Armadillo Community Charter School. Both belong to Phoenix-Talent School District 4, which is ranked 101 of 141 in Oregon (28th percentile, 1 star). The two schools enroll 764 high schoolers combined, but that total is heavily weighted toward Phoenix High, which has 687 students (about 90%) versus Armadillo's 77 students (about 10%).

Phoenix High School is the stronger performer by most measures. Its graduation rate is 93.1%, above the district's 87.8% and the state's 83.0%, and its all-grades English Language Arts proficiency of 45.1% slightly exceeds the state's 43.8% and the district's 36.9%. Its 11th-grade ELA score of 45.1% is just below the state's 46.0%. It ranks 168 of 271 (38th percentile, 2 stars), up from the 31st percentile the prior year but still below its 46th percentile in 2023–2024. Weak spots remain: math proficiency is 16.6% versus the district's 25.4% and state's 32.9%, science is 25.2%, and chronic absenteeism is 50.4% — well above the district's 35.8% and state's 33.5%. Per-student spending is $21,422 with a 20.1 student-teacher ratio.

Armadillo Community Charter School faces much steeper challenges despite smaller classes (14.5 student-teacher ratio) and lower per-student spending ($6,954). Its graduation rate is 56.7%, far below district and state levels; chronic absenteeism is 64.1%; ELA proficiency is 23.5%, math 5.9%, and science 17.6%. It ranks 249 of 271 (8th percentile, 0 stars) and has declined each year, from the 24th percentile to the 11th and now the 8th. At both schools, all-grades and 11th-grade test results are identical, and free/reduced lunch rates signal high need — Armadillo at 77.92%, and Phoenix High at 103.35%, an above-100% figure that should be treated cautiously as a likely reporting anomaly.