Best Public Schools in Sutherlin, OR

Sutherlin, Oregon has five schools in Sutherlin School District 130: Sutherlin High School, Sutherlin Middle School, West Sutherlin Intermediate, East Sutherlin Primary School, and Sutherlin Valley Online Academy, serving PK–12 and 1,285 students across two elementary, one middle, and two high-type schools. The district is rated 127th of 141 Oregon districts, in the 10th percentile with 1 star, framing all local results. The primary school has no test or rank data because it serves PK–2, and the online academy has some scores suppressed as “—” and no reported free/reduced-lunch rate; those values are unknown, not zero.

The high school is the strongest traditional school. Its graduation rate is 96.3%, well above the district’s 78.9% and state’s 83.0%, and its chronic absenteeism is 29.2%, the lowest in the group. Its all-grade ELA is 36.8%, math 23.2%, and science 31.9%; these beat district averages but trail state in ELA and math, while science is above the state all-grade figure but below the state 11th-grade science result. Its rank swung from 80th percentile/4 stars in 2024–2025 to 46th percentile/2 stars in 2025–2026. The online academy is the clearest negative outlier: 47.8% graduation, 75.6% chronic absenteeism, ELA 11.8%, math 6.3%, science 21.4%, a 32.4:1 student-teacher ratio, $8,960 per-student spending, and 8th percentile/0 stars.

The primary school stands out for resources: 11.0:1 student-teacher ratio, $21,050 per-student spending, 69.51% free/reduced lunch, and 29.5% chronic absenteeism, though it has no test outcomes. The intermediate school has low academics: ELA 28.9%, math 18.5%, science 14.8%, with 5th-grade math at 11.1% and science at 14.8%, and a 12th percentile/1-star rank. The middle school has declined from 32nd to 26th to 19th percentile over three years, with ELA 28.5%, math 17.4%, science 18.5%, and 30.7% chronic absenteeism. Across the district, poverty is high in reported schools at roughly 65–70%, and grade-level weak spots—such as 5th-grade math at the intermediate and 7th-grade ELA at 23.2% in the middle school—are often more severe than all-grade averages suggest.