Best Public Schools in Powell Butte, OR

Powell Butte, Oregon, has one school in this data set — Powell Butte Community Charter School — a K–8 elementary charter school serving 212 students in Crook County School District, with no middle, high, or alternative schools listed. That means families in Powell Butte have a single local public-school option in the data, and it covers kindergarten through 8th grade. The district overall is highly rated: 14th of 141 districts, 90th percentile, 5 stars. Test scores are for 2025–2026, while chronic absenteeism, free/reduced lunch, per-student spending, and student–teacher ratio are for 2024–2025.

Academically, the school’s strengths are English language arts and science. All-grade ELA proficiency is 55.8%, above the district’s 50.9% and the state’s 43.8%. Science is 38.5%, above the district’s 29.9% and state’s 30.6%. Upper grades are especially strong: 8th grade ELA is 93.8%, 7th grade math is 55.0%, and 8th grade science is 50.0%. Math is the clear weak spot. All-grade math is 34.4%, below the district’s 40.9% and only slightly above the state’s 32.9%. Early-grade math is particularly low: 3rd grade 28.6%, 4th grade 33.3%, and 5th grade 21.7%, all below district and state. The school’s ELA–math gap is also unusually wide: 21.4 points, compared with 10.0 points in the district and 10.9 points statewide. Because enrollment is only 212 students across K–8, grade-level percentages can be volatile and should be read with small-cohort caution.

Other metrics add context. Chronic absenteeism is 29.5%, lower than the district’s 30.1% and state’s 33.5%, though nearly 3 in 10 students are still chronically absent. Free/reduced lunch is 72.64%, per-student spending is $6,191, and the student–teacher ratio is 16.3. The school’s rank history has declined: from 145th of 710 schools in 2023–2024 (80th percentile, 4 stars) to 345th of 709 in 2025–2026 (51st percentile, 3 stars). This contrasts with the district’s strong overall standing. With no high school in Powell Butte, students likely continue elsewhere after 8th grade. Overall, this is a high-poverty K–8 school with strong ELA and science results, lower absenteeism than district and state, and a need for math improvement, especially in grades 3–5.