Best Public Schools in Rainier, OR

Rainier, Oregon is a small city served by just two public schools, both part of Rainier School District 13: Hudson Park Elementary School, which covers grades K–6 with 423 students, and Rainier Junior/Senior High School, a combined junior/senior high serving grades 7–12 with 366 students. Together they enroll 789 students. The district is ranked 87th of 141 in Oregon, in the 38th percentile with 2 stars, and both schools share that district rating.

The high school is the stronger of the two. Rainier Junior/Senior High School ranks 140th of 271, in the 48th percentile with 2 stars, down from the 62nd–66th percentile and 3 stars in the two prior years. It beats the district average in all-grade English language arts, math, and science, and its all-grade science score of 35.2% tops the state's 30.6%. Still, its graduation rate is 62.2% versus 83.0% statewide, and 7th-grade ELA proficiency is just 8.9% against a state figure of 45.3% — while 8th-grade ELA is 57.6%, far above the state's 41.5%. Hudson Park Elementary School has stayed at 1 star for three years, ranking in the 22nd percentile, and trails district and state in ELA, math, and science at every all-grade level. Its bright spot is 3rd-grade ELA at 44%, above the state's 41.5%, but performance falls off sharply by 6th grade.

Both schools serve a high-poverty population — free/reduced lunch is 88.18% at the elementary and 78.96% at the high school — and chronic absenteeism is well above the state's 33.5%, at 44.7% and 48.6% respectively. The elementary has lower per-student spending ($19,268 vs $21,636) and larger classes (19.2 vs 16.6 students per teacher). The most urgent concerns are the graduation rate, the 8.9% 7th-grade ELA result, upper-elementary math and ELA declines, and absenteeism in both schools.