Summary
Oakridge High School is a small public high school serving grades 9–12 with 155 students in the rural Oregon community of Oakridge, where the closest comparison school in this data is about 19 miles away, and it belongs to Oakridge School District 76. Academically, families have a lot to feel good about: for 2025–2026 the school ranks 56th of 271 Oregon high schools — the 79th percentile, 4 stars — a dramatic jump from 240th of 268 just two years earlier. Eleventh-grade test results are above the state average in all three subjects: 68.2% in English language arts (state 46%), 50% in science (state 33.8%), and 25% in math (state 22.9%).
Comparing with the one nearby school provided, Lowell Junior/Senior High School (grades 7–12, 178 students), shows how differently two similar districts can perform at the school level. The districts rank almost identically — Oakridge School District 76 at 57th of 141 and Lowell School District 71 at 58th of 141 — yet Lowell's school ranks 243rd of 271 overall (10th percentile, 1 star). Oakridge also spends substantially more per student, $32,810 versus $21,481, and has a smaller student-teacher ratio of 12.3 versus 15.2. Subgroup results are a noted strength: students from low-income families rank 17th of 152 schools, the 89th percentile, after improving from the 23rd percentile two years earlier.
The clearest concern is completion. Oakridge's 2024–2025 graduation rate was 67.7%, below the state's 83.0% and well below Lowell's 90.0%, and it has been uneven recently (52.9%, 57.1%, 71.0%, then 67.7%). Chronic absenteeism is 34.6%, slightly above the state's 33.5% but better than Lowell's 39.2%, and improved from 52.4% three years ago. Because the school is small, year-to-year numbers can swing widely, and with only one nearby school in this comparison set, it is worth weighing several years of trends alongside the strong current test scores before deciding.
Thank you for your feedback!