Summary:
Douglas County School District 4 serves about 5,305 students across 11 schools — eight elementary, two middle, and one high school — with Roseburg High School alone enrolling 1,587 students, roughly 30% of the district total. The district earns 3 stars and ranks 49th of 141 Oregon districts, at the 65th percentile. It serves a high-poverty population: the median free/reduced-lunch rate among schools is 83.46%, median per-student spending is $18,284, and the median student-teacher ratio is 15.8. District proficiency sits near the state average in ELA (44.6% vs. 43.8%) and math (32.7% vs. 32.9%), runs above the state in science (36.6% vs. 30.6%), but chronic absenteeism is higher (35.8% vs. 33.5%) and the reported graduation rate is lower (75.9% vs. 83.0%).
The brightest spot is Melrose Elementary School, a 5-star school at the 92nd percentile with the district's highest ELA (64.7%), math (66.0%), and science (56.5%) scores and its lowest chronic absenteeism (22.5%) — despite an 87.75% free/reduced-lunch rate. Hucrest Elementary School is close behind at 4 stars and the 81st percentile (ELA 58.5%, math 51.3%), and its percentile has climbed 74 → 78 → 81. Roseburg High School is 4 stars and above the state in 11th-grade ELA (59.7% vs. 46.0%) with an 85.5% graduation rate, though its math (26.4%) is low in absolute terms and absenteeism (39.1%) is the district's highest. Joseph Lane Middle School stands out in science (42.5%).
Math is the systemic weakness: only four schools — Melrose, Hucrest, Sunnyslope Elementary School (36.4%), and Fir Grove Elementary School (33.0%) — exceed the state math average, while Fullerton IV Elementary School sits lowest at 21.8%. Elementary results vary widely, from 64.7% to 30.1% in ELA and 66.0% to 21.8% in math. Poverty and spending do not appear to determine outcomes. The most urgent priorities are math, attendance, and targeted support for the two 1-star schools, Winchester Elementary and Eastwood Elementary School.
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