Heppner Junior/Senior High School

Heppner Junior/Senior High School is a small rural school in Heppner, Oregon, serving 171 students in grades 7–12 as part of Morrow School District 1. No other schools are located within 20 miles, so the most useful comparisons for families are against the district and Oregon state averages rather than nearby campuses.

The school's strongest signals are in reading, science, graduation, and attendance. In 2025–2026, 65.9% of students met ELA standards versus 43.8% statewide and 34.5% in the district, while 53.1% met science standards versus 30.6% statewide. Eleventh-grade ELA reached 75%, and eleventh-grade science hit 62.5%. Graduation rates have been at or near 100% in four of the past five reported years—roughly 17 to 19 percentage points above the state—and chronic absenteeism sits in the low 20s, well below district and state rates in the mid-30s. In the years reported, the school ranked among the top few Oregon schools for low-income students, a meaningful result given that about two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Overall, it ranked 43rd of 271 Oregon high schools in 2025–2026 (84th percentile, 4 stars), far above its district's 48th percentile, 2-star standing.

Math is the clearest area to watch: all-grade math proficiency was 30.7%, above the district's 23.5% but slightly below the state's 32.9%, with grade 8 math also just under the state mark. Male students ranked at the 71st percentile in 2025–2026, down from 84th the year before, compared with 86th for female students—still above average, but a gap worth monitoring. With only 171 students, year-to-year rank swings can be driven by small cohort changes, so any single year is best read as part of a broader trend.