Summary:
Elementary schools in Powers School District 31 come down to a single school: Powers Elementary School in Powers, Oregon, a small rural community where the one elementary serves grades K–6 with 62 students. Because there is only one elementary school, there is nothing to compare it against locally, and school-level figures effectively are the district's elementary figures. The broader district is ranked 122 out of 141 in Oregon, placing it in the 13th percentile with 1 star.
On 2025–2026 state tests, Powers Elementary School outperformed district averages but trailed the state: 41.7% proficient in English Language Arts versus 31.0% district and 43.8% state; 30.6% in Mathematics versus 18.3% district and 32.9% state; and 21.4% in Science versus 20.0% district and 30.6% state. The only fully visible grade-level results are 5th grade, and they sit well below state averages in all three subjects — ELA 28.6% versus 47.1%, Math 21.4% versus 32.4%, and Science 21.4% versus 30.8%. Results for other grades were suppressed by the state to protect student privacy, so they are unknown rather than zero. Chronic absenteeism is 37.1%, slightly below the district's 38.2% but above the state's 33.5%.
Resources look favorable on paper: per-student spending is $26,984 and the student-teacher ratio is 10.4. Rank history, however, places the school in the bottom quartile of Oregon schools in each of the last three years — 22nd, 9th, and 20th percentile — with 0 stars in 2024–2025 and 1 star in 2025–2026. Two caveats matter for parents: with only 62 students, a single child can shift a grade-level percentage by roughly 11 points, and the reported free/reduced-lunch figure of 117.74% is not a valid percentage and should not be relied on as a measure of need.
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