Summary:
Roseburg, Oregon is served by 12 schools — eight elementary, two middle, and two high schools — enrolling 5,117 students, with nearly all campuses in Douglas County School District 4, plus Lookingglass Elementary School in Winston-Dillard School District 116 and the tiny Horizons - Foster Educational Program in Douglas Education Service District. District 4 ranks 49 of 141 districts statewide with 3 stars; Winston-Dillard ranks 129 of 141 with 0 stars.
Melrose Elementary School is the clear academic standout: 58 of 709 elementary schools (92nd percentile, 5 stars), with 64.7% ELA, 66.0% math and 56.5% science, plus the lowest chronic absenteeism in the city at 22.5% — all while 87.75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Hucrest Elementary School (81st percentile, 4 stars) follows with 58.5% ELA and 51.3% math. Roseburg High School, the largest school at 1,587 students, graduates 85.5% (above district and state), beats state 11th-grade scores in all three subjects, but has the highest chronic absenteeism (39.1%) and student-teacher ratio (19.9) reported here. Across schools, ELA averages 43.8% (equal to state), math roughly 33.4% and science roughly 36.1% (both slightly above state).
Lower-performing outliers include Eastwood Elementary School (28th percentile, 1 star) and Lookingglass (11th percentile, 1 star, science under 5%). Secondary attendance is a shared concern: Roseburg High, John C Fremont Middle School and Joseph Lane Middle School are the only schools above the state absenteeism rate. Math is the most common weak spot, most dramatically at Roseburg High (59.7% ELA vs. 26.4% math in grade 11). Spending and class size don't cleanly predict results — Sunnyslope Elementary School spends the most per student among standard schools yet scores below state in ELA — and Melrose's rise from 124th to 58th over three years shows improvement is achievable.
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