Umatilla School District 6R

Umatilla School District 6R is a small eastern Oregon district with just three listed schools — one elementary, one middle, and one high school — serving grades K–3, 7–8, and 9–12, with a combined enrollment of about 1,450 students and a district-wide ranking of 140th of 141 in Oregon, at the 1st percentile with 0 stars. Note that no listed school covers grades 4–6, so that grade band is missing from this data.

Comparing the three schools: McNary Heights Elementary School is the district's academic leader, with 22.8% proficient in ELA and 15.0% in math — above the district's 15.6% and 11.5%, but still far below the state's 43.8% and 32.9%. It is also the only school here that recently earned a star, rising to the 10th percentile. Clara Brownell Middle School has the district's best attendance, with chronic absenteeism of 21.2% versus 33.0% district and 33.5% state, yet the weakest ELA (8.9%) and math (8.1%). Umatilla High School posts the district's brightest result — an 87.0% graduation rate, above Oregon's 83.0% — but also the lowest math proficiency (6.2%) and highest absenteeism (41.3%), and its rank fell from the 22nd percentile to the 7th, dropping from 1 star to 0 stars.

Several data caveats matter. Free/reduced-lunch figures are reported above 100% at all three schools (107.17%, 108.37%, and 107.89%), which cannot be literal student shares. McNary Heights is listed as K–3 but reports 5th-grade science, another inconsistency. Per-student spending ranges from about $18,207 to $20,441 with no simple link to outcomes. Grade-level gaps can be severe: Clara Brownell's 7th-grade ELA proficiency is 8.3% versus 45.3% statewide. Overall, the district faces broad challenges, with its strongest signals being the high school's graduation rate and the middle school's attendance.