Summary:
St Paul High School is the only high school in St Paul School District 45, a small rural district in Saint Paul, Oregon, at 20449 Main St NE. It serves grades 7–12 with 146 students, so it is a combined junior/senior high school where a handful of students can move percentages and rankings noticeably from year to year. The district overall is rated 32nd of 141 districts, at the 77th percentile with 4 stars, but the high school's own recent state rank is much lower: 186th of 271, 31st percentile, 2 stars in 2025–2026; 189th of 270, 30th percentile, 2 stars in 2024–2025; and 49th of 268, 82nd percentile, 4 stars in 2023–2024.
The school's clearest strengths are its graduation rate of 100.0% for 2024–2025 (district 100.0%, state 83.0%), English Language Arts at 56.3% across all grades versus 43.8% statewide, and middle-grade ELA specifically: 64.3% in 7th grade versus 45.3% statewide and 61.9% in 8th grade versus 41.5% statewide. Math is above the state at every reported level — all grades 37.5% versus 32.9%, 11th grade 23.1% versus 22.9%, 7th grade 42.9% versus 33.3%, and 8th grade 42.9% versus 30.0%. Chronic absenteeism is 28.9%, below the state's 33.5% but above the district's 20.6%. Resources look favorable, with per-student spending of $22,235 and a student-teacher ratio of 12.6.
Science is the weakest subject, below the state at every reported level: all grades 20.0% versus 30.6%, 11th grade 14.3% versus 33.8%, and 8th grade 23.8% versus 27.7%. Eleventh-grade ELA is 38.5%, below the state's 46.0%, which contrasts with the strong 7th- and 8th-grade ELA results and may reflect a transition gap or a one-year fluctuation in a small cohort. The sharp two-year rank decline, weak science, and absenteeism above the district average are the main areas to watch; free/reduced-lunch data is not provided, so socioeconomic context cannot be assessed.
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