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North Wasco County School District 21

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At a glance

119^thof 141 Oregon districts▲ 1

Better than 15% of Oregon districts

Elementary 4 Middle 1 High 1 Alternative 1Grades PK, KG-12

3632 W 10th St
The Dalles, OR 97058-4397·(541) 506-3420·All Oregon district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2026

2026: better than 15.6% of districts

Schools

2,834

Students

Top rankedMosier Community School373^rd of 709 Oregon elementary schools

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Smallest classes

Mosier Community School 11.5 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

2★

1★

0★

1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

North Wasco County School District 21 serves about 2,834 students across 7 schools — 4 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high, and 1 alternative — in the Columbia River Gorge area around The Dalles, and it ranks 119th of 141 Oregon districts (16th percentile, 1 star). District-wide, 30.5% of students met the ELA standard versus 43.8% statewide, 19.0% met math versus 32.9%, and 20.6% met science versus 30.6%. Chronic absenteeism is 39.5% across the district, above the state's 33.5%, and roughly 94.6% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Mosier Community School is the strongest-ranked school with rank history (47th percentile, 2 stars), posting the district's best all-grade math at 28.9% and low chronic absenteeism of 32.1%. Dry Hollow Elementary School leads in science at 39.5% and has solid math at 28.0%, though its rank slipped from 54th percentile/3 stars to 40th percentile/2 stars. The Dalles High School graduates 91.2% of students, above the state's 83.0%, but 11th-grade math (16.2%) and science (19.0%) trail the state.

At the other end, Chenowith Elementary School is the lowest-ranked school at 1st percentile with 0 stars, with ELA 15.2%, math 9.9%, and science 6.0%, plus 40.8% chronic absenteeism. Colonel Wright Elementary School (8th percentile, 0 stars) and The Dalles Middle School (19th percentile, 1 star) also fall below state levels. Innovations Academy shows relative ELA and math strengths but has 72.8% chronic absenteeism and a 63.8% graduation rate, and its lower poverty rate (47.41%) means it serves a different population and should be compared cautiously.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				OSAS English Language Arts (2026)								OSAS Mathematics (2026)								OSAS Science (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	OSAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 11th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts All Grades	OSAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	OSAS Mathematics 4th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 5th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 6th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 7th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 8th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 11th Grade	OSAS Mathematics All Grades	OSAS Science 5th Grade	OSAS Science 8th Grade	OSAS Science 11th Grade	OSAS Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Chenowith Elementary School	Public	K-5	922 Chenowith Lp W	The Dalles	97058	Wasco County	North Wasco County School District 21	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 506-3350	418	28	14.9	100.0%	149 (35.6%)	2 (0.5%)	241 (57.7%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.2%)	4 (1.0%)	15 (3.6%)	5.8	703^rd of 709 public elementary schools	0.8%		7.1	697^th of 706 public elementary schools	1.3%	6	16.9	13.8	14.9					15.2	13.6	10.8	6.0					9.9	6.0			6.0	$21,138	$1,237	$19,901
Mosier Community School	Public, Charter	K-8	1204 1st Ave	Mosier	97040	Wasco County	North Wasco County School District 21	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 478-3321	161	14	11.5	91.9%	88 (54.7%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (37.9%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.8%)	43.3	373^rd of 709 public elementary schools	47.4%		50.4	304^th of 706 public elementary schools	56.9%	69	33.3	40.9	33.3	47.8	33.3	41.7		38.3	37.5	45.5	31.6	26.1	9.5	16.7		28.9	26.3	16.7		22.6	$7,476	$660	$6,816
Colonel Wright Elementary School	Public	K-5	610 W 14th St	The Dalles	97058	Wasco County	North Wasco County School District 21	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 506-3360	291	18	16.1	98.6%	147 (50.5%)	5 (1.7%)	117 (40.2%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (2.1%)	2 (0.7%)	13 (4.5%)	14.1	649^th of 709 public elementary schools	8.5%		23.5	560^th of 706 public elementary schools	20.7%	89	11.3	17.8	33.3					20.5	22.6	17.8	10.4					17.1	22.0			22.0	$19,228	$1,103	$18,125
Dry Hollow Elementary School	Public	K-5	1314 E 19th St	The Dalles	97058	Wasco County	North Wasco County School District 21	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 506-3370	424	22	19.2	99.5%	215 (50.7%)	0 (0.0%)	176 (41.5%)	5 (1.2%)	5 (1.2%)	4 (0.9%)	19 (4.5%)	38	425^th of 709 public elementary schools	40.1%		45.8	347^th of 706 public elementary schools	50.8%	78	16.9	40.5	45.0					34.7	19.7	23.0	40.0					28.0	39.5			39.5	$17,570	$1,095	$16,475
The Dalles Middle School	Public	6-8	1100 E 12th St	The Dalles	97058	Wasco County	North Wasco County School District 21	No	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 506-3380	513	30	17.1	99.0%	223 (43.5%)	2 (0.4%)	245 (47.8%)	3 (0.6%)	16 (3.1%)	7 (1.4%)	16 (3.1%)	22	301^st of 371 public middle schools	18.9%		25.1	287^th of 368 public middle schools	22.0%	14				33.1	31.4	28.2		31.0				13.5	21.2	14.7		16.4		17.5		17.5	$17,667	$804	$16,862
The Dalles High School	Public	9-12	220 E 10th St	The Dalles	97058	Wasco County	North Wasco County School District 21	No	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 506-3400	795	40	19.6	99.2%	338 (42.5%)	13 (1.6%)	372 (46.8%)	7 (0.9%)	13 (1.6%)	7 (0.9%)	40 (5.0%)	31.2	187^th of 271 public high schools	31.0%		36.1	172^nd of 270 public high schools	36.3%	15							43.4	43.4							16.2	16.2			19.0	19.0	$23,094	$806	$22,288
Innovations Academy	Public, Alternative	K-12	3601 W 10th St	The Dalles	97058	Wasco County	North Wasco County School District 21	No	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 506-3410	232	14	16.5	47.4%	141 (60.8%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (21.6%)	1 (0.4%)	10 (4.3%)	4 (1.7%)	21 (9.1%)								(n/a)							33.3	38.3							25.6	29.5			18.2	21.6	$5,434	$355	$5,079

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Dufur School District 29	12.7 mi	1
Hood River County School District	15.41 mi	8	46^th
Sherman County School District	25.5 mi	1
South Wasco County School District 1	31.72 mi	2	84^th
Oregon Trail School District 46	40.21 mi	10	15^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Department of Education.

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