Summary:
Vale School District 84 is home to just one high school: Vale High School, a 9–12 campus in Vale, Oregon, serving 293 students. Because the district has only one high school, district-level high school figures are identical to the school's own numbers, and the district's all-grade test averages include younger grades, so they don't always reflect high-school performance on their own.
Vale High School has performed at a top-tier level for three straight years, ranking 10th, 18th, and 12th among Oregon high schools with 5-star ratings each year and percentiles of 96, 93, and 96. Outcomes are equally strong: a 98.4% graduation rate compared with Oregon's 83.0%, and chronic absenteeism of 11.1% versus the state's 33.5%. Proficiency clears the state bar in every tested subject — ELA at 79.7% (state 43.8%), science at 59.7% (state 30.6%), and math at 43.5% (state 32.9%).
What makes these results notable is that 90.44% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch, a high-poverty indicator often linked to weaker academic outcomes. Math is the school's relative weak spot: still 10.6 points above the state, but far below its own ELA and science results, with roughly a 36.2-point ELA-to-math gap versus about 10.9 points statewide — the clearest area for internal improvement. Attendance and completion supports appear to be working well, given the low absenteeism and high graduation rate. The school spends $23,523 per student and has a 15:1 student–teacher ratio, though the data provided include no state averages for spending or staffing, so those figures can't be compared directly here.
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