Summary
Bonanza Elementary School in Bonanza, Oregon, is a K–6 public school in the Klamath County School District serving 206 students in a small, high-poverty rural community.
Overall, the school ranks 381st of 709 Oregon elementary schools — the 46th percentile, 2 stars — in 2025–26, after reaching the 55th percentile, 3 stars, in 2024–25. Its clearest strength is math: 36.3% proficiency beats the district’s 28.3% and the state’s 32.9%. ELA is weaker at 37.1%, below the district’s 41.1% and the state’s 43.8%, and science is also below at 24.0%. Chronic absenteeism has improved sharply, from above 40% in 2021–22 and 2022–23 to 26.9% in 2024–25, now better than the district’s 31.0% and the state’s 33.5%. The school’s student–teacher ratio is 13.7, and per-student spending is $20,901. Low-income students perform exceptionally well: 81st percentile, 4 stars in 2025–26 and 93rd percentile, 5 stars in 2024–25. Grade-level results show 5th grade ELA at 48.0% and math at 40.0%, above district and state, while 3rd grade ELA at 27.6% and 6th grade ELA at 30.8% are weaker spots.
Among nearby same-district schools, the school’s math results beat Peterson Elementary School (27.4%), Henley Elementary School (25.4%), and Stearns Elementary School (16.7%), edge Shasta Elementary School (36.6%) and Ferguson Elementary School (35.4%), but trail Merrill Elementary School (42.2%) and Malin Elementary School (43.8%). In ELA, the school falls below the top nearby performers but above the lowest. Its attendance is better than some nearby schools, though others have lower chronic absenteeism. Its 13.7 student–teacher ratio is second-lowest among these nearby schools, and its spending is above the nearby same-district average but not the highest. In Klamath Falls City Schools, Roosevelt Elementary School is a high performer at the 70th percentile, 4 stars, while Mills Elementary School is far lower at the 4th percentile; Klamath Home Learning Academy has suppressed grade-level values, so those should be treated as unknown rather than zero. Overall, the school is mid-ranked with a math advantage, strong low-income student outcomes, improving attendance, and favorable class sizes; ELA, science, and uneven grade-level results remain the main challenges.
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