Summary
Amity High School is a small, rural public high school in Amity, Oregon, serving grades 9–12 with 258 students as part of Amity School District 4J, a district ranked 93rd of 141 in Oregon. The school's latest statewide rank is 213th of 271 Oregon high schools — 21st percentile, 1 star — placing it in the bottom quartile, though its history is bumpy: 40th percentile in 2023–2024, 4th percentile in 2024–2025, and 21st percentile now, after reaching the 59th percentile back in 2016–2017.
Results are mixed. The graduation rate (90.6%) beats the state's 83.0%, and chronic absenteeism (26.8%) is lower than the state's 33.5%; both compare well with nearby Dallas High School, McNary High School, Sheridan High School, Willamina High School, and McMinnville High School. Test scores are the weak spot. English language arts proficiency (39.3%) is about even with the district and a bit below the state's 43.8%, but math (13.3%) and science (15.2%) trail the state's 32.9% and 30.6% by wide margins. At 11th grade, math is 9.6 points and science 18.6 points below state, and nearby Dayton High School posts higher science results. Science is the clearest academic weakness.
Resources look favorable: $20,847 per student and a 14.3-to-1 student-teacher ratio, better than McMinnville High School, Dallas High School, McNary High School, and West Salem High School — yet those larger schools generally show higher math and science proficiency. The share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch climbed to 64.34%. School-effectiveness rankings also differ by student group: female students rank at the 9th percentile, Hispanic students at the 4th, white students at the 22nd, and male students near average at the 51st. Overall, Amity keeps students attending and graduating, but math and science proficiency lag.
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