Best Public Schools in Powers, OR

Powers, Oregon has two public schools serving K–12 students: Powers Elementary School for grades K–6 with 62 students, and Powers High School for grades 7–12 with 52 students, together enrolling 114 students in Powers School District 31, which ranks 122 of 141 in Oregon at the 13th percentile with 1 star. The district is very small and rural, and its size creates data volatility: many grade-level test results are suppressed, and the high school’s older rank history does not reflect current test years. Both schools have chronic absenteeism above the state’s 33.5%: elementary 37.1%, high school 39.6%, district 38.2%.

Powers Elementary School is closer to state averages in all-grade English language arts and math than Powers High School. Elementary ELA is 41.7% vs state 43.8%, math is 30.6% vs state 32.9%, and science is 21.4% vs state 30.6%. Its recent ranks are low but improved: 567 of 709 at the 20th percentile in 2025–2026, up from 639 of 706 at the 9th percentile in 2024–2025. Powers High School has mixed results: graduation rate is 87.5%, above Oregon’s 83.0%, and 8th-grade science is 41.7%, above the state’s 27.7%, but all-grade ELA is 20%, math is 5.7%, and science is 19.2%, all below state.

Powers High School also spends $36,057 per student and has a 6.6 student-teacher ratio, compared with $26,984 and 10.4 at Powers Elementary School, yet its current proficiency is lower overall. Reported grade-level results show elementary 5th ELA 28.6%, math 21.4%, science 21.4%; high school 8th ELA 16.7%, math 8.3%, science 41.7%; 11th ELA 14.3%, math under 5%, science under 5%. Elementary 3rd, 4th, and 6th grade ELA/math and high school 7th grade ELA/math are suppressed. The elementary free/reduced lunch figure of 117.74% is anomalous and should not be treated as a valid rate. Overall, Powers is a very small, high-spending, low-ratio district with mixed outcomes: elementary near state in ELA and math but below in science, and high school with a strong graduation rate and 8th-grade science bright spot but low current all-grade ELA and math.