Summary:
Junction City School District 69 in Oregon is home to a single high school, Junction City High School, which serves grades 9 through 12 with 525 students. Because there is only one high school in the district, there is no other school to compare it against, so its results stand in for the district as a whole at the high school level. The school is located at 1135 W 6th St in Junction City, and about 81.71% of its students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, meaning it serves a largely high-poverty population. It is ranked 62nd of 141 districts in the state ranking (56th percentile, 3 stars), and its per-student spending is $21,263 with a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
The clearest strength is English language arts. In 2025–2026, 63.1% of students were proficient in ELA, well above the state's 43.8% at all grades and the state's 46.0% in 11th grade. The school has also improved dramatically in its overall ranking: it moved from 221 of 268 schools in 2023–2024 (18th percentile, 1 star) to 201 of 270 in 2024–2025 and then to 104 of 271 in 2025–2026 (62nd percentile, 3 stars), a jump of 117 places and 44 percentile points in two years.
Math is the biggest academic weakness, with 21.1% proficiency — below the district's 28.5% and the state's 32.9% at all grades, and slightly below the state's 22.9% in 11th grade. Science sits in between at 28.6%. Chronic absenteeism is a serious concern at 42.9%, compared with 34.4% in the district and 33.5% statewide. The graduation rate is 80.7%, matching the district but trailing the state's 83.0%.
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