Summary:
Sisters, Oregon, is served by three public schools in Sisters School District 6 — Sisters Elementary School, Sisters Middle School, and Sisters High School — covering grades K–12 with 1,170 students total. The district ranks 8th of 141 Oregon districts, at the 94th percentile with 5 stars, so all three schools operate within a highly ranked district.
Sisters Middle School is the academic standout, with the highest all-grades ELA proficiency (60.2%) and science proficiency (60%), plus 8th grade ELA at 67%, math at 57.3%, and science at 60%. It also has the lowest chronic absenteeism (19.4%), the lowest student-teacher ratio (13.3), and the highest per-student spending ($21,104). Its relative weak spot is 7th grade math at 30.1%, below the state’s 33.3%. Sisters High School shows the most dramatic improvement, moving from the 21st percentile and 1 star in 2023–2024 to the 79th percentile and 4 stars in 2025–2026. Its graduation rate is 94.5%, and 11th grade science is 60% vs. state 33.8%. However, its chronic absenteeism is 33.2%, near the state average. Sisters Elementary School is consistently above state in all all-grades subjects—ELA 52%, math 42.9%, science 43.5%—and has 25.2% chronic absenteeism, but its rank percentile slipped from 82nd to 71st over three years. Its 5th grade ELA is 46.3%, just below the state’s 47.1%.
Across the district, ELA is 55.7%, math 42.4%, and science 53.4%, all above Oregon’s 43.8%, 32.9%, and 30.6%. Chronic absenteeism is 26.7% districtwide vs. 33.5% statewide. Free/reduced lunch rates are nearly identical across the three schools (about 51.5%–52.7%), so academic differences do not appear tied to different poverty rates across buildings. The main watch items are high school chronic absenteeism and the two grade-level exceptions: elementary 5th grade ELA and middle school 7th grade math.
Thank you for your feedback!