Summary:
Winchester, Oregon is home to a single public school: Winchester Elementary, a PK–5 building serving 330 students in Douglas County School District 4. Because it is the only school in the area, there is no local peer to compare it against — but the school and its district tell very different stories. The district as a whole ranks in the 65th percentile statewide (3 stars), while Winchester Elementary sits at the 20th percentile (1 star), which means other schools in the district are pulling that average up considerably.
On 2025-26 state tests, 30.1% of students met the standard in English language arts, 23.1% in math, and 21.6% in science — each roughly 9 to 14 points below the state and similar amounts below the district. In practical terms, the school performs at about 69–71% of the state level in every subject, a pattern that points to a school-wide issue rather than one weak subject. Grade 3 comes closest to par, with 37% proficient in ELA, just 4.5 points below the state. By grades 4 and 5, results slip further, and grade 4 math (20%) is about half the state rate. Science shows the sharpest gap: the district actually beats the state at 36.6%, yet Winchester Elementary lands 15 points below its own district.
Two context measures stand out. Chronic absenteeism is 38.6% — higher than both the district (35.8%) and the state (33.5%), meaning more than 1 in 3 students miss enough school to be flagged. Also, 83.33% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, with per-student spending of $17,968 (about $5.93 million a year) and a 13.6:1 student-teacher ratio. The encouraging news is the trend: the school's statewide rank improved from the 7th percentile in 2024-25 to the 20th in 2025-26, its strongest showing of the past three years.
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