Summary
Dufur School is an Alternative K–12 school in Dufur, OR, serving 352 students in Dufur School District 29, and it is the largest of the three schools in this comparison set. In the data reviewed, the school's and district's figures match for graduation, chronic absenteeism, and test scores, so Dufur's results are effectively the district's results, with headline figures of 89.3% graduation, 32.0% chronic absenteeism, 38% ELA proficiency, 19.3% math proficiency, and 32.4% science proficiency.
Completion and attendance are Dufur's strongest relative metrics. Its 2024–25 graduation rate of 89.3% is above the state's 83.0%, far above Innovations Academy's 63.8%, and nearly matches Sherman County School's 90.9%; Dufur has been above the state in four of the past five years, with one dip to 73.1% in 2022–23. Chronic absenteeism of 32.0% is slightly better than the state's 33.5%, better than Sherman County's 38.4%, and dramatically better than Innovations Academy's 72.8%. Dufur improved from a high of 46.8% in 2021–22, though 37.5% in 2023–24 shows some volatility.
Academically, math is the clearest weakness: all-grade proficiency is 19.3% versus the state's 32.9%, below both nearby schools. Results are broadly low — 5th grade under 5% versus the state's 32.4%, 7th grade 10.3% versus 33.3%, 8th grade 13.6% versus 30%, and 11th grade 16.7% versus 22.9% — with only 3rd grade (40.9%) close to the state's 41.3%. ELA has bright spots in grades 3, 4, 8, and 11, but 7th grade is 13.8% versus the state's 45.3% and 5th grade is 28% versus 47.1%. Science is a relative strength at 32.4% versus the state's 30.6%, led by 8th grade (40.9% versus 27.7%). Dufur also spends the most per student in the group at $29,929, up from $21,044 in 2021–22, and has the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 66.19%, with a student-teacher ratio of 17.1.
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