Summary:
La Grande High School is the only high school serving La Grande School District 1, a single district in eastern Oregon. It serves grades 9–12 with 604 students — roughly 151 per grade — at 708 "K" Ave in La Grande. Because it is the district's sole high school, there are no local peer schools to compare against; the meaningful yardsticks are the district's all-grades figures and the state of Oregon. About 63.08% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and per-student spending is $19,600, with a 17.5 student–teacher ratio.
Academically, the picture is mixed. Science is the clear bright spot: 44.4% of 11th graders are proficient, 10.6 points above the state's 33.8% and 16.1 points above the district's all-grades science rate — the high school is effectively carrying the district in that subject. English language arts sits at 28.6%, 17.4 points below the state's 11th-grade rate, and math is the weakest number in the record at 15.0%, 7.9 points below the state's 11th-grade rate and 17.9 points below the state all-grades rate. Only about one in seven students is proficient in math.
Outcomes and attendance tell a story of their own. The graduation rate is 93.8%, 10.8 points above the state's 83.0% — strong on its face, but in tension with the proficiency numbers. Chronic absenteeism is 42.9%, which is 9.4 points above the state and 11.9 points above the district, making it the school's sharpest divergence from benchmarks and its most actionable issue. Performance is also volatile rather than trending: two 2-star years bracket a single 4-star year, with percentile moving 41 → 75 → 47. Overall, La Grande High reads as a statistically average Oregon high school with a strong science program and graduation outcomes, plus clear needs in math, ELA, and attendance.
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