Summary
Dallas High School is a 9–12 public high school in Dallas, Oregon, serving 948 students as part of Dallas School District 2. For 2025–2026 it ranks 226th of 271 Oregon high schools — the 17th percentile, 1 star — while the district ranks 60th of 141 (57th percentile, 3 stars). The decline has been steep and recent: Dallas High was in the 85th–86th percentile with 4 stars in 2015–2016 and 2017–2018, and still in the 57th percentile with 3 stars in 2022–2023, before falling to the 26th percentile in 2023–2024 and the 16th–17th range in 2024–2026.
Test proficiency is the clearest academic concern. In 2025–2026 all-grade OSAS results, Dallas High students were 20.4% proficient in ELA, 11.6% in Math, and 26.2% in Science, against state averages of 43.8%, 32.9%, and 30.6%. ELA is the lowest among nearby high schools, and Math is below most of them. Science is comparatively stronger — closer to the state average and above Amity, North Salem, Willamina, West Salem, and Central, though below South Salem, Sprague, Sheridan, and McNary. Falls City's ELA and Math results were suppressed by the state.
Graduation and attendance tell a mixed story. The 2024–2025 graduation rate of 86.3% is above the state's 83.0% and close to the district's 86.8%, up from 73.2% in 2022–2023. Chronic absenteeism, at 37.5%, is above the district's 32.0% and the state's 33.5%, but lower than at most nearby high schools. Subgroup effectiveness is a major concern: low-income students rank in the 3rd percentile statewide, Hispanic and special education students in the 5th, and other reported groups between the 16th and 18th. Dallas High also spends $16,201 per student — the lowest among nearby high schools — with a student-teacher ratio of 24.8, up from 17.7 in 2022–2023. Its reported free/reduced lunch rate rose from about 26% to 66.03%, a jump that may reflect a reporting change.
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