Summary:
If you live in the Sisters area, there is one elementary school serving your community: Sisters Elementary School, part of Sisters School District 6. It serves grades K–5 and enrolls 491 students at 2155 W McKinney Butte Rd. in Sisters, Oregon. The district as a whole is one of Oregon's strongest, ranked 8th of 141 districts (94th percentile) with a 5-star district rating.
Sisters Elementary performs above the Oregon state average in every tested subject. In English language arts, 52% of students are proficient versus 43.8% statewide; in math, 42.9% versus 32.9%; and in science, 43.5% versus 30.6% — a 12.9-point advantage. Grade-level results show 4th-grade ELA as a high point at 59.5%, which is 16 points above the state. Fifth-grade ELA is the one exception, at 46.3% versus the state's 47.1%, a narrow 0.8-point gap. Math proficiency slips as students move up: 48.5% in 3rd grade, 43.8% in 4th, and 37.3% in 5th, though each grade still beats the state. The school holds a 4-star rating and ranks 209th of 709 Oregon schools (71st percentile) in 2025–2026. The district's all-grade ELA (55.7%) and science (53.4%) figures run higher, but those totals span other grade levels.
Attendance is a clear strength: chronic absenteeism is 25.2%, below the district's 26.7% and well below the state's 33.5%. Just over half of students (52.14%) qualify for free or reduced lunch, yet the school still outpaces state proficiency averages. Per-student spending is $18,847 and the student-teacher ratio is 15.3. One thing to watch: relative rank has eased from the 82nd percentile in 2023–2024 to 75th and then 71st, even as the 4-star rating held steady.
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