Summary
Knappa High School is a small public high school in Astoria, OR, serving 131 students in grades 9–12 as part of Knappa School District 4, a district ranked 128th of 141 in Oregon (9th percentile, 0 stars). The school's own standing has been volatile: it placed 102nd of 270 (62nd percentile, 3 stars) in 2024–25 before falling to 232nd of 271 (14th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–26. Graduation rates have slipped as well, from above the state average in 2022–23 to 70.3% in 2024–25.
Compared with nearby comprehensive high schools, Knappa has the smallest enrollment, the lowest student-teacher ratio (11.9, versus 17.2 at Seaside High School, 15.5 at Warrenton High School, and 17.5 at Astoria Senior High School), and the highest per-student spending ($25,146). Yet outcomes trail: ELA proficiency is 33.3% (state 43.8%; Warrenton 58.3%), math is reported as under 5% (state 32.9%; Warrenton 31.3%), and science is 13.6%. The 70.3% graduation rate sits below the state's 83.0% and below Warrenton's 83.8% and Astoria's 94.6%. Chronic absenteeism of 49.6% is the highest among these schools and well above the state's 33.5%.
Free/reduced lunch eligibility climbed from 38.03% in 2022–23 to 61.83% in 2024–25, a sharp rise in economic need that adds context to attendance, graduation, and proficiency trends. Subgroup results have swung widely from year to year, pointing to inconsistency rather than a stable pattern of strength or weakness. Some figures need caution: Seaside's free/reduced lunch number is a reporting anomaly and not usable for comparison, Warrior Academy (13 students, grades 6–12) is not comparable, and Knappa's math proficiency is a bound of under 5%, so the exact rate is unknown.
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