Summary:
South Wasco County School District 1 is a small rural district serving 218 students across two schools: South Wasco County Elementary School (PK–5, 80 students) and South Wasco County Middle/High School (grades 6–12, 138 students, classified as a high school). The district ranks 84 of 141 schools — the 40th percentile with 2 stars. Test scores are from 2025–2026 OSAS, while graduation, attendance, poverty and spending figures are from 2024–2025. With enrollment this small, a few students can shift a percentage or a rank noticeably, so multi-year trends are more telling than any single year.
The elementary school is the brighter story. Its rank climbed from 36th percentile in 2023–2024 to 58th percentile in 2025–2026, moving from 2 stars to 3 stars. All-grade math is 43.2% proficient versus 32.9% statewide, and science is 35% versus 30.6%. Fourth grade math stands out at 70% proficient compared with 38.9% statewide — the highest single rate in this data. Fifth grade ELA (50% vs 47.1%) and third grade math (42.9% vs 41.3%) also edge above the state. Weaker spots are 4th grade ELA at 30% (state 43.5%) and 5th grade math at 30% (state 32.4%).
The middle/high school shows a sharp contrast. Its graduation rate is 92.3%, well above the state's 83.0%, yet its rank fell to 29th percentile and 1 star in 2025–2026, down from 54th percentile the prior year. All-grade math is 21.7% proficient (state 32.9%), with 6th grade math at 10% (state 29.7%) — the lowest grade-level result here. Eleventh grade lags too: ELA 33.3% (state 46%), math 16.7% (22.9%), science 25% (33.8%). Eighth grade science is a bright spot at 30.4% versus 27.7%. Both schools face high chronic absenteeism — 44.4% elementary and 46.9% middle/high, versus 33.5% statewide — and very high free/reduced lunch rates of 98.75% and 90.58%. Spending exceeds $30,000 per student at both, with the elementary at $31,742 and a lower student-teacher ratio of 13.3 versus 15.8.
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