Summary:
Hood River County School District serves roughly 3,602 students across 8 schools — 5 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high school — in the Hood River area of Oregon. The district as a whole ranks 46th of 141 Oregon districts (67th percentile, 3 stars) and beats the state in all three tested subjects: ELA 47.1% vs 43.8%, math 36.4% vs 32.9%, and science 33.5% vs 30.6%. That overall picture, however, hides very large differences between individual schools.
Westside Elementary School is the district's clear flagship: 5 stars for three straight years (93rd percentile), with 66.0% ELA, 63.1% math, and 63.5% science — far above district and state — plus low chronic absenteeism at 14.9%. Hood River Middle School and May Street Elementary School have each held 4 stars for three years, posting strong all-grade scores (59.1%/44.2%/48.4% and 55.5%/48.3%/41.3% in ELA, math, and science). Cascade Locks School is tiny, with 65 students, the highest per-student spending ($39,126), and the smallest classes (7.5 students per teacher); its ELA is a solid 54.8%, but its 3rd-grade scores are suppressed by the state, so conclusions are limited.
Three schools are 1 star: WyEast Middle School (33.1% ELA, 19.2% math, 17.5% science), Mid Valley Elementary School (30.6%, 28.5%, 13.8%), and Parkdale Elementary School, which slipped from 3 stars to 1 star in three years (31.5%, 26.4%, 31.0%). Hood River Valley High School has a strong 89.8% graduation rate but 2 stars and declining test proficiency. Notably, free/reduced lunch is nearly identical at every school (about 71%), so poverty does not explain these gaps, and higher spending does not simply translate into higher scores.
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