Summary:
Crane Union High School is the only public high school in Harney County Union High School District 1J, serving grades 9–12 to about 96 students in the small rural community of Crane, Oregon. Because it is the district's sole high school, its results essentially are the district's high-school results. For 2025–26 it ranks 2nd of 271 ranked Oregon high schools (99th percentile, 5 stars), while the district as a whole sits at rank 30 of 141 (79th percentile, 4 stars).
Achievement is the headline here. In English language arts, 90.5% of tested students were proficient versus 43.8% statewide; in math, 65% versus 32.9%; in science, at least 95% versus 30.6% — the largest gap in the data, and a bound rather than an exact figure, so the true number may be higher. The school also far outpaces its own district averages (45.4% ELA, 24.9% math, 34.9% science). Math is the relative soft spot: 65% sits 25.5 points below the school's own ELA result, though still roughly double the state figure. Keep in mind that Oregon tests high-school students in grade 11, so all of these figures reflect one tested grade.
Completion is strong, with a 92.6% graduation rate, 9.6 points above the state. Chronic absenteeism, at 31.5%, is 2 points better than the state but still means roughly one in three students is missing school regularly — the clearest area to watch. Per-student spending is $58,518, unusually high, reflecting fixed costs spread across very few students, and 66.67% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. State rankings have swung widely in recent years (14th, then 78th, then 2nd), a pattern typical of a very small school where a few students can move the numbers.
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