Summary:
Williams, Oregon is home to just one public school: Williams Elementary School, an elementary school serving grades K–5 with an enrollment of 77 students. It belongs to the Three Rivers/Josephine County School District. The city lists no middle, high, or alternative schools, so Williams Elementary is the only local benchmark and older students likely attend school outside the city. With such a small enrollment, year-to-year percentages can shift a lot, and the state suppresses some results to protect student privacy — those values are unknown, not weak.
Academically, Williams Elementary looks strong. It earned 4 stars in each of the three reported years, and its state percentile was 84 in 2023–2024, 86 in 2024–2025, and 73 in 2025–2026. In 2025–2026, 55.9% of students were proficient in both English Language Arts and Mathematics, above the district's 40.2% and 29.0% and the state's 43.8% and 32.9%. The math gap is especially large. Fourth grade was the brightest spot, with 70% proficient in ELA and 60% in math, while 3rd grade ELA (37.5%) was near the district (37.3%) but below the state (41.5%). Fifth-grade ELA, math, and science results, plus all-grade science, were suppressed by the state, so the full picture is incomplete.
The main concern is attendance. Chronic absenteeism was 44.4% in 2024–2025, higher than the district's 37.6% and the state's 33.5%. Other context: per-student spending is $20,098 and the student-teacher ratio is 25.6, which may reflect the fixed costs of a very small school. The reported free/reduced-lunch figure of 124.68 is not a valid percentage and should not be used as a poverty indicator. The district overall ranks 67th of 141 with a 52nd percentile and 3 stars. In short, Williams Elementary is a small, academically above-average school with a clear attendance challenge.
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