LaPine Senior High School

LaPine Senior High School in La Pine, Oregon, serves about 440 students in grades 9–12 as part of Bend-LaPine Administrative School District 1. For parents, the most important context is that this school is ranked 210th of 271 Oregon high schools in 2025–26 (23rd percentile, 1 star), while its district ranks 34th of 141 (76th percentile, 4 stars). Academic proficiency is the clearest concern: all-grade English Language Arts is 14.3%, compared with 53% in the district and 43.8% statewide, and math is under 5% proficient at both all-grade and 11th-grade levels, far below district and state. Science is a relative bright spot: 11th-grade science is 25.9%, above the district’s 24.2%, though still below the state’s 33.8%.

Graduation and attendance are improving but remain below benchmarks. The graduation rate rose to 73.8% in 2024–25 from 59.2% in 2020–21 and 2021–22, but it dipped from 78.1% in 2023–24 and is still below the district’s 85.8% and the state’s 83.0%. Chronic absenteeism fell to 43.3% in 2024–25 from 52.4% in 2022–23, yet it remains above district (34.2%) and state (33.5%). Subgroup results are broadly low: no subgroup reaches the state median, with male and low-income students generally in the bottom quartile and female students improving to the 34th percentile in 2025–26 after an extreme low in 2024–25. This points to school-wide instructional challenges rather than one isolated group.

The nearest comparison is Gilchrist Junior/Senior High School, about 16.5 miles away in Klamath County School District. Gilchrist is much smaller (105 students, grades 7–12) and has nearly universal economic disadvantage (98.1% free/reduced lunch) versus LaPine’s 48.64%. It spends far more per student ($37,495 vs. $21,547) and has a much lower student-teacher ratio (8.9 vs. 17.4). Gilchrist outperforms LaPine in ELA, math, and graduation, but has much worse chronic absenteeism (59.6% vs. 43.3%). LaPine has better attendance and slightly stronger all-grade science. Overall, LaPine’s most pressing needs are math and ELA, plus closing gaps with its high-performing district and the state.